This additional functionality is powerful and adds to the learning curve already imposed by AutoCAD, but not too much more.ĪutoCAD Mechanical 2004 also incorporates and includes in its price all of the functionality of what were formerly known as the Mechanical Productivity Extension and Power Pack (primarily standard parts and features). AutoCAD Mechanical features toolbars and palettes specifically for mechanical design, such as standard parts libraries, mechanical line objects, and simple FEA (finite-element analysis) calculations for 2D objects. Just from the interface, you can tell that the two programs are obviously related, but different. Secondly, some classes of products just don’t need to be designed in 3D, so why switch? With the release of AutoCAD Mechanical, Autodesk gives new life to its premier 2D mechanical design and drafting package.Īs in the past, AutoCAD Mechanical is a specialized application that sits on top of and integrates with the AutoCAD foundation. For one thing, many users of 2D CAD software are perfectly comfortable, and capable, staying with 2D.
By now, everybody who designs mechanical products for a living has switched to 3D because 2D is dead, right? Hardly.
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