What's New in AutoCAD 2023

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD 2023. For technical details, see the release notes.

Updates

2023.1 Highlights

Performance Analyzer

Use the Performance Analyzer to diagnose operations in AutoCAD that seem slow or unresponsive.

Sheet Set Manager Improvements (Web)

AutoCAD brings in additional capabilities to the Sheet Set Manager for Web.

Autodesk Assistant

Currently available for customers using English, German, or Japanese AutoCAD.

Additional enhancements

3D Graphics: Below is a list of improvements that have been made to the 3D Graphics system.
  • TrueType font support for Mac OS
  • Line weights
  • Locked layer dimming
  • Xref dimming
  • And other performance improvements

2023 Release

Highlights

New Features Overview (Video)

This video shows the key enhancements in this release.

Markup Import and Markup Assist

Markup Import and Markup Assist use machine learning to identify markups and provide a way to view and insert drawing revisions with less manual effort.

My Insights: Macro Advisor

Macro insights are suggested command macros intended to help you be more productive.

Trace

Building on the initial release of the Trace feature, you can now create traces in desktop and contribute to traces created by others.

Count

You can now count instances of an object or blocks within a specified area.

Floating Drawing Windows

Continued improvements to floating drawing windows are included in this release.

3D Graphics

This release includes the new cross platform 3D graphics system, leveraging all the power of modern GPUs and multi-core CPUs to offer a smooth navigation experience for much larger drawings.

2D Graphics Display

This release of AutoCAD includes a new graphics engine, which provides a better display effect on most high-end GPUs that support DirectX 12.

Sheet Set Manager for Autodesk Docs

Manage sheet sets from Autodesk Docs using the new Sheet Set Manager for Web.

Drawing and Layout Tabs

Changes to the drawing and layout tabs make it easier to tell which drawing and layout is active. Changes also make it easier to see which drawing is active on the drawing tab overflow menu.

CUTBASE

The new CUTBASE command copies selected objects to the Clipboard, along with a specified base point, and removes them from the drawing.

Polyline Extend

A new grip option, Extend Vertex, adds a new vertex to your polyline extending from the selected end grip. You no longer have to reverse the polyline direction.

MLEADER Enhancement

The MLEADER command now has an option to select an existing mtext object to use for the new leader.

Additional enhancements

Insert Block: The Block Redefine dialog box provides an option to rename a block when the specified block name already exists in the drawing.

Options Dialog Box: A new task dialog prompts you to either save or discard the changes made when you attempt to close or cancel the Options dialog box.

Isolation Mode: The object selection is now maintained when you exit isolation mode.

New Drawing: Hovering over the New drop-down on the Start tab, displays a tooltip with the name of the drawing template file that will be used.

Customer Error Reporting (CER): Your email address is now automatically filled in when an error report is generated.

Multi-core Background Publishing: The publish option "Include Hyperlinks" is now supported when publishing a Multi-sheet PDF file using background publishing.

Related Concepts

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