It has been about one year ago since AutoCAD 2005 first started shipping and about two years for AutoCAD 2004. Autodesk is holding good on its annual release cycle in favor of not doing extensions which they found people were not installing and using anyways. The new AutoCAD 2006 is packed full of large enhancements in many areas and many small tweaks to the software. Many users will find the small tweaks will impact their everyday tasks in a very positive way. Below is a break down on many of the items that I have found in AutoCAD 2006.

What's Not New Can Be Good Too

Environment Tools

Heads-up Design Changes

Annotation and Dimensioning

Block Enhancements

Drafting Enhancements

Customization

Keeping an Eye on the Task

Sharing with Others

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