AutoCAD version history
The version history of AutoCAD, a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application by Autodesk, began with the release of version 1.0 in December 1982.[1] The software has been continuously updated since its initial release.
AutoCAD opens documents having a DWG version which matches the version of AutoCAD being used or any prior DWG version.
History
The following table summarizes the version history of the AutoCAD software application.
| Official name | Version | DWG
tag |
Release | OS
support |
Date of release | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoCAD Version 1.0 | 1.0 | MC0.0 | 1 | 1982, December | DWG R1.0 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 1.2 | 1.2 | AC1.2 | 2 | 1983, April | DWG R1.2 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 1983, August | DWG R1.3 file format | ||
| AutoCAD Version 1.4 | 1.4 | AC1.40 | 4 | 1983, October | DWG R1.4 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 2.0 | 2.0 | AC1.50[2] | 5 | 1984, October | DWG R2.05 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 2.1 | 2.1 | AC2.10 | 6 | 1985, May | DWG R2.1 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 2.5 | 2.5 | AC1002 | 7 | 1986, June | DWG R2.5 file format | |
| AutoCAD Version 2.6 | 2.6 | AC1003 | 8 | 1987, April | DWG R2.6 file format. Last version to run without a math co-processor. | |
| AutoCAD Release 9 | 9.0 | AC1004 | 9 | 1987, September | DWG R9 file format | |
| AutoCAD Release 10 | 10.0 | AC1006 | 10 | 1988, October | DWG R10 file format | |
| AutoCAD Release 11 | 11.0 | AC1009 | 11 | 1990, October | DWG R11 file format, first version to incorporate basic 3D solid modelling via the Advanced Modeling Extension (AME) | |
| AutoCAD Release 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1992, June | DWG R11/R12 file format. Last release for Apple Macintosh till 2010. | ||
| AutoCAD Release 13 | 13.0 | AC1012 | 13 | 1994, November | DWG R13 file format. Sole release for Windows NT Alpha. Last release for AIX, Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, MS-DOS and Windows 3.1. | |
| AutoCAD Release 14 | 14.0 | AC1014 | 14 | Windows 95 | 1997, February | DWG R14 file format |
| AutoCAD 2000 | 15.0 | AC1015 | 15 | Windows 95 [3]
Windows NT 4.0 |
1999, March | DWG 2000 file format. Multi-Document Interface. |
| AutoCAD 2000i | 15.1 | 16 | Windows 95
Windows 98 Windows NT 4.0 |
2000, July | ||
| AutoCAD 2002 | 15.2 | 17 | Windows 98 [4]
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 |
2001, June | ||
| AutoCAD 2004 | 16.0 | AC1018 | 18 | Windows NT 4.0[5]
Windows 2000 |
2003, March | DWG 2004 file format |
| AutoCAD 2005 | 16.1 | 19 | Windows 2000
Windows XP
|
2004, March | ||
| AutoCAD 2006 | 16.2 | 20 | 2005, March | Dynamic Block | ||
| AutoCAD 2007 | 17.0 | AC1021 | 21 | 2006, March | DWG 2007 file format | |
| AutoCAD 2008 | 17.1 | 22 | 2007, March | Annotative objects introduced. AutoCAD 2008 and higher (including AutoCAD LT) can directly import and underlay DGN V8 files. | ||
| AutoCAD 2009 | 17.2 | 23 | Windows XP | 2008, March | Revisions to the user interface including the introduction of the Ribbon | |
| AutoCAD 2010 | 18.0 | AC1024 | 24 | Windows XP
Windows Vista |
2009, March 24 | DWG 2010 file format introduced. Parametrics introduced. Mesh 3D solid modeling introduced. PDF underlays. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 are compatible with and supported under Microsoft Windows 7. |
| AutoCAD 2011 | 18.1 | 25 | 2010, March 25 | Surface modeling, surface analysis and object transparency introduced. October 15, 2010[10] AutoCAD 2011 for Mac was released. Are compatible with and supported under Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
| AutoCAD 2012 | 18.2 | 26 | 2011, March 22 | Associative array, model documentation, DGN editing. Support for complex line types in DGN files is improved in AutoCAD 2012. | ||
| AutoCAD 2013 | 19.0 | AC1027 | 27 | Windows XP
Windows Vista Windows 7 |
2012, March 27 | DWG 2013 file format (AC1027) |
| AutoCAD 2014 | 19.1 | 28 | 2013, March 26 | File tabs, design feed, reality capture, live maps | ||
| AutoCAD 2015 | 20.0 | 29 | Windows 7
Windows 8 |
2014, March 27 | Line smoothing (anti-aliasing) | |
| AutoCAD 2016 | 20.1 | 30 | Windows 7 SP1
Windows 8.1 |
2015, March 23 | More comprehensive canvas, richer design context, and intelligent new tools such as smart dimensioning, coordination model, and enhanced PDFs | |
| AutoCAD 2017 | 21.0 | 31 | 2016, March 21 | PDF import, associative center marks, and centerlines, DirectX 11 graphics | ||
| AutoCAD 2018 | 22.0 | AC1032 | 32 | 2017, March 21 | DWG 2018 file format and Mac | |
| AutoCAD 2019 | 23.0 | 33 | 2018, March 22 | Specialized toolsets (electrical, architecture, MEP, etc.) with One AutoCAD, Shared Views, DWG Compare, Save To AutoCAD Web & Mobile | ||
| AutoCAD 2020 | 23.1 | 34 | Windows 7 SP1 64
Windows 8 64 Windows 10 64[18] |
2019, March 27 | New dark theme, quick measurements, blocks palette, Microsoft OneDrive and Box.com integration, dropped support for 32bit Windows[19] | |
| AutoCAD 2021 | 24.0 | 35 | Vendor dependent[20]
Windows 8.1 64 Windows 10 64 |
2020, March 25 | Drawing history, Xref compare, Google drive integration, offline activation removed[21] | |
| AutoCAD 2022 | 24.1 | 36 | Vendor dependent
Windows 10 64 |
2021, March 23 | ||
| AutoCAD 2023 | 24.2 | 2022, March 28 |
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