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AUTODESK SHIPS AutoCAD RELEASE 12 FOR WINDOWS
Premiere Windows CAD Product Delivers Ease of Use
Sausalito, CA - February 16, 1993 - Autodesk announced today that its
first standalone, fully functional version of AutoCAD for Windows 3.1,
AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows, is now shipping to Authorized Autodesk
Dealers, independent application developers, Autodesk Training Center
locations, high-priority business customers, and selected publications.
General customer shipments will begin before the end of February,
according to Autodesk officials.
AutoCAD software is a powerful and comprehensive product that automates
most design and drafting processes, increases accuracy, simplifies
changes and revisions, and boosts productivity. AutoCAD Release 12 for
Windows offers the full feature set of the most current version of
AutoCAD--the world's leading CAD software--plus all the flexibility and
functionality of the Microsoft Windows environment.
An English-language version of AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows is now
available in North America and Latin America. A separate,
international English-language version is also now available for other
markets. Additional language versions will be released in coming
months, according to Autodesk representatives.
"This is an amazing product," said Len Rand, Vice President of
Autodesk's Design Automation Group. "It gives designers, drafters, and
engineers all the benefits of the latest DOS version of Release 12,
plus all the powerful usability of Windows--DOS-based AutoCAD users
will find that it is remarkably fast."
AutoCAD Release 12 features found in this new product include all of
those in AutoCAD Release 12 for DOS 386/486, including the AutoCAD
Visualization Extension (AVE), the AutoCAD SQL Extension, the Region
Modeler, the AutoCAD Development System (ADS), AutoLISP, the Autodesk
Device Interface, network licensing, and PostScript In and Out. In
addition, the optional, fully integrated solid modeler, the Advanced
Modeling Extension (AME), is also available for AutoCAD Release 12 for
Windows.
Windows-Specific Features
Windows-specific features of AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows include:
o Performance enhancements--Redraw, pan, and zoom speed in
AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows performance is comparable
to (and in some cases, faster than) AutoCAD Release 12
for DOS 386/486, due in part to a built-in display list
driver. On large drawings AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows
performs redraws faster than AutoCAD Release 12 for DOS
386/486.
o Multiple Sessions--Allows customers to, for example, begin
to plot or render a complex AutoCAD drawing in the background,
open a second AutoCAD drawing for editing, open a third next
to the second, quickly copy geometry--including extended entity
data and block references--from one drawing to the other, then
return to the plot to check its progress.
o Easy-to-use Windows Graphical User Interface--Helps make
it possible to train new AutoCAD users quickly and easily,
using pull-down menus, dialog boxes, scroll bars, icon-based
objects, and a fully customizable toolbox into which users
can put their most frequently used AutoCAD commands.
o Object Linking and Embedding Server Implementation--A key
Windows feature that makes it possible for users to link or
embed AutoCAD drawings into other Windows applications, like
word processors or spreadsheets, and then edit them with
AutoCAD.
o Enhanced Clipboard Support--Enables users to copy and paste
AutoCAD drawings to other applications for reports or
presentations, and import vector-based graphical entities
from drawings created elsewhere directly into AutoCAD drawings
and edit them there.
o Aerial View--Allows users to quickly pan and zoom to any area
on a drawing.
o Context-Sensitive On-line Help--Much more than just an on-line
copy of the AutoCAD reference manual; available via the F1 key
for all pull-down menus and commands.
o Render Window-- Allows users to view several rendered images
simultaneously; via multi-page printing, rendered images can
be subdivided into segments and printed in sections on standard
letter-sized printers.
o Visual Basic 2.0 Support--Makes it possible for users to quickly
and easily write ADS applications.
o Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Support--Allows AutoCAD Release
12 for Windows to be linked to any other database program
supporting ODBC, such as Access, Informix, or Oracle.
o Dynamic Data Exchange--Allows lists, tables, text--such as
data-driven design tables, bills of materials, equipment lists
for facilities managers--in other Windows applications (e.g.,
Microsoft Excel) to be dynamically linked to AutoCAD drawings,
ensuring that changes made in either place are simultaneously
reflected in both drawing and linked data.
o Enhanced Digitizer Support--Makes it possible to use a digitizer
as a Windows pointing device, eliminating the need for a separate
mouse.
o Drag and Drop--Allows users to quickly load drawings or ADS
and AutoLISP applications, or change menus or fonts, just by
dragging iconized files from the File Manager onto the AutoCAD
graphics window.
For optimal performance, depending upon the application involved,
Autodesk recommends a minimum configuration that includes an IBM
386/486 (or 100 percent compatible) system plus 8 to 16 MB of RAM.
The suggested retail price of the AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows is
US$3,750. The suggested retail price of AME Release 2.1 for Windows
(the version required for use with AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows) is
US$495.
To obtain the name of the nearest Authorized AutoCAD Dealer in the
United States, call 800-964-6432. For international prices, please
contact a local Dealer, Distributor, or Autodesk office. (Educational
and international prices, including Canadian prices, for Autodesk
products and upgrades may vary.)
Special Pricing
Any customer in the United States and Canada who purchased a full or
upgrade AutoCAD Release 12 package within 30 days of the availability
of AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows is entitled to exchange that version
for a free copy of AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows.
Any customer who purchased a full or upgrade package of AutoCAD Release
12 for DOS 386/486 more than 30 days before the availability of AutoCAD
Release 12 for Windows is entitled to exchange it for a copy of AutoCAD
Release 12 for Windows for a suggested retail price of US$75 (plus
shipping and handling charges as appropriate).
After AutoCAD Release 12 for Windows is available, registered owners of
AutoCAD Release 12 for DOS 386/486 may make this exchange through an
Authorized Autodesk Dealer or by contacting Autodesk directly at
800-964-6432, extension 912.
Note: Special pricing may not apply to promotional and educational
copies of AutoCAD.