ChattMan Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 So I'm the unofficial Cad Manager for a small group of architects and drafters. Sadly, some of the architects are still using 2005 while I'm on 2008 and others are on 2010. Are there general rules of thumb for ensuring that we can all keep talking to one another? Specifically, we're try to decide if we should use annotative styles. I'm afraid we'll be shooting ourselves in the foot if we do, and find out later that there is no smooth transformation to and from the guy with 2005. More generally, is there a list of Cad functionality by year, so I can make these kinds of decisions keeping everyone from 2005-2010 on the same page? Thanks in advance. Quote
alanjt Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Sadly, when in such a situation, base everything on the guy with the lowest version. You don't want to attempt to work alongside someone that can't even edit/create the same entities you're creating. Quote
ChattMan Posted December 20, 2011 Author Posted December 20, 2011 So true. Not to be dense here, but does 2005 have annotative functionality? My research on the subject was inconclusive, and the guy that uses it is out of the office or I'd just ask him. Thanks again. Quote
alanjt Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Annotative abilities were introduced in 2008. Quote
ChattMan Posted December 20, 2011 Author Posted December 20, 2011 Perfect. But that answers my question. Thanks a bunch, alanjt. Still wondering if there is a table of cad functionality by year, for similar decisions. So if anybody spots one, I'd be grateful. Ciao. Quote
alanjt Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Perfect. But that answers my question. Thanks a bunch, alanjt. Still wondering if there is a table of cad functionality by year, for similar decisions. So if anybody spots one, I'd be grateful. Ciao. Will do. Best of luck. Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Yeah...what Alan said. Many of the newer features don't save down very well. For instance, if you use Multileaders in your 2010 seats and then try to save them down to 2004, you'll get leaders with no text. Set up all your templates using the oldest version you have. Textstyles, dimstyles, all that and avoid using any feature in the newer versions that the older ones don't have. Quote
ReMark Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I believe there was a version matrix at one time but I'm not sure if it still exists. Quote
hugha Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 This may help http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/autocad-release-history.html also http://www.hyperpics.com/commands/ via http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?46892-List-of-AutoCAD-commands-(per-version) Quote
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