The comparison tools are nearly identical to those in the 2020 release, such as toggling objects on and off, swapping the draw order and changing the display of revision clouds. You can then use tools in the palette to filter the versions listed-based on a date range, the name of the person who saved the file or a specific minimum time increment between versions-and use the Drawing Compare feature to compare the current version of the drawing with any of the previous versions in the drawing history. When you open a drawing from the cloud, you now see a Drawing History palette that displays a list of the drawing’s previous versions.

The Drawing History then enables you to compare your current drawing with any previous versions. But with the new Drawing History feature in AutoCAD 2021, when you save drawings to OneDrive, Dropbox or Box, those cloud storage solutions maintain previous versions of the DWG file. Drawing Historyįor more than 35 years, whenever you saved a drawing, the previous version of the drawing is saved as a backup file with a. So, what’s new in AutoCAD 2021? Though the AutoCAD blog post describes just four new features-Drawing History, Xref Compare, changes to the Blocks palette and graphic performance improvements-there are actually more than a dozen notable enhancements. Still, Autodesk seemed to downplay this release even more than in the past.

Having successfully transitioned to a subscription model, most customers now get access to new features throughout the year, rather than having to wait for a big annual release. The lack of fanfare was similar to last year and not that surprising.

Display Card: 1GB GPU with 29GB/s bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant (4GB GPU with 106GB/s and DirectX 11 compliant recommended)ĪutoCAD LT 2021 was also released that same day, while AutoCAD for Mac 2021 became available in April.

Display Resolution: 1920x1080 with True Color (resolution up to 3840x2160 supported on Windows 10 64-bit systems).

Disk Space: 7GB free disk space for installation.

CPU: 2.5GHz processor or faster (3.0GHz or faster recommended).

Operating System: 64-bit OS that follows Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle policy.

Customers can trade in R14 through 2016 perpetual licenses for discounts of up to 25% on a 3-year subscription. Upgrade pricing and perpetual licenses are no longer available. AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021 are only available by subscription.

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