1. 1 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Advanced Micro Systems, Inc.

2. © 2005 Autodesk 2 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? What is AutoCAD Mechanical 2006?  Purpose built for associative 2D mechanical drafting and design  Standards based, fully native DWG  Intelligent and collaborative engineering tools  Integrated data management AutoCAD Mechanical accelerates mechanical design projects with tools that automate common tasks, saving you countless hours of design and re-work

3. © 2005 Autodesk 3 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Mechanical 2006

4. © 2005 Autodesk 4 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Mechanical 2006

5. © 2005 Autodesk 5 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Associative Hidden Lines  Re-designed user interface  Simple and straightforward  Manage from one location  Visual workflow  Send backwards, forwards  Bring to front, move to back  Dynamic highlighting  Improved performance Save time, let hidden lines be drawn automatically

6. © 2005 Autodesk 6 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Copy/Paste Mechanical Structure  Supports popular windows shortcuts  Attribute & hidden line relationships maintained Efficiently re-use existing designs (Ctrl – C) (Ctrl – V)

7. © 2005 Autodesk 7 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Mechanical Structure Enhancements  Group & find associated browser items  Apply property over-rides across multiple folders, views and components  Systematically replace drawing views Quickly manipulate & edit data

8. © 2005 Autodesk 8 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Communicate and Manage Design Data Increase Drafting Productivity Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Mechanical 2006

9. © 2005 Autodesk 9 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Autodesk Inventor Associativity  Visualize and document native Autodesk Inventor models  Changes to the 3D model are automatically updated in the 2D drawings  Create native AutoCAD Mechanical DWG files Only Autodesk delivers cross platform 3D to 2D associativity

10. © 2005 Autodesk 10 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Detailing Enhancements  New hole chart sorting options  Updated Standards (DIN, JIS, GB…)  Improved BOM workflow for multiple borders Effortlessly improve drawing documentation

11. © 2005 Autodesk 11 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Standards-Based Dimensioning  New dimension types  Arc Length  Jogged Radii  Initial Length  Flexible editing additions  Flip Arrow  Uniform Extension Lines Increase productivity with consistent communication

12. © 2005 Autodesk 12 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Dynamic Design  Command line moves with cursor  Heads up on-screen editing Built-in to AutoCAD Mechanical

13. © 2005 Autodesk 13 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Ease of Use Tutorials  Learn the mechanical workflow  Design parts & assemblies  Create production ready drawings  Concise yet comprehensive topics  “show me” animations Jumpstart your understanding of the most popular features

14. © 2005 Autodesk 14 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Communicate and Manage Design Data Increase Drafting Productivity Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Mechanical 2006

15. © 2005 Autodesk 15 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Data Migration  Turn AutoCAD blocks into Mechanical Structure  Streamlined interface easier to customize  Written in simple and accessible VBA language Re-use instead of Re-create

16. © 2005 Autodesk 16 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Autodesk Vault Autodesk Vault provides easy-to-use work-in-progress data management integrated with the design applications you use today  Manage Work-in-Progress  Easy to Use and Administer  Organize & Reuse  Protect and Secure Centralize design storage and improve design reuse

17. © 2005 Autodesk 17 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Collaboration and Viewing Easily share designs with the extended manufacturing team  Publish 2D and 3D models to DWF  DWF publishing built-in  Auto-publishing with Autodesk Vault  Lightweight published data  Secures intellectual property  Autodesk DWF Viewer  Free download  Viewing and printing

18. © 2005 Autodesk 18 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? Reduce Complex or Repetitive TasksIncrease Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 Helps You…

19. © 2005 Autodesk 19 AutoCAD Mechanical 2006 – What’s New? AutoCAD Mechanical 2006  Purpose built for associative 2D mechanical drafting and design  Standards based, fully native DWG  Intelligent and collaborative engineering tools  Integrated data management AutoCAD Mechanical accelerates mechanical design projects with tools that automate common tasks, saving you countless hours of design and re-work