AutoCAD 2012

Tip – Downloading your Mobile/Web Edits into AutoCAD

With all the excitement surrounding the inclusion of the new online tab in AutoCAD 2012, one of the key changes has gone mostly unnoticed. Until now you have always been able to open earlier versions of your drawing online by selecting a different point in the Timeline. With AutoCAD 2012, you can also download an earlier version directly to your desktop.

Here’s how it works. Let’s say you’re out in the field working on your iPad and making some changes to your design. On your way back to the office you share your design with the client. He opens it up in his browser (he doesn’t have AutoCAD installed on his desktop) and you collaborate and make  some decisions together.

Then a month later after more changes have been added at various times, you decide you need to go back and see what the decisions you made that day were and how the drawing looked at that point in time. Perhaps you want to roll back some of the subsequent changes and beging again from an earlier edit point.

Opening the drawing in AutoCAD 2012 and selecting Timeline from the Online tab will enable you to view and download earlier versions of your design making it easier than ever to review previous versions or even roll back your designs to an earlier date and revisit the choices you made.

What’s your favorite thing about the AutoCAD WS Timeline?

How Do You Upload Files to AutoCAD WS? – Poll

AutoCAD WS is a web application that requires you to upload your drawings to cloud-based servers for viewing and editing. There are now several ways for you to upload your drawings to AutoCAD WS and we want to find out which methods you prefer.

We also want to hear from you about any other ways to upload drawings you would like to see added into AutoCAD WS for the future.

Have a look at the question below and let us know how you are working with AutoCAD WS.

For more details about the Online tab in AutoCAD 2012, read our tutorial here.

AutoCAD 2012 is Here with WS Inside

AutoCAD 2012 has arrived with AutoCAD WS fully integrated into Autodesk’s flagship product.

Click here to download AutoCAD 2012 (trial version) including the new Online tab which connects AutoCAD to your AutoCAD WS web and mobile account.

Now you can upload drawings to your mobile phone or tablet, download files that were edited online, and share drawings with clients and colleagues directly from AutoCAD:

See for yourself what the new tab looks like in AutoCAD 2012 with our new video:

For a comprehensive tutorial about the Online tab in AutoCAD 2012 click here.

If you are using a version AutoCAD 2010, or AutoCAD 2011, you can still get the appropriate downloadable plugin from here: www.autocadws.com/downloads.

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