
AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy
8 ©2010DavidS.Cohn
Task#2:Floorplanfloorplanincludingoccupancyandareacalculations
AutoCAD2011was18percentmoreefficientinthecreationofthetask#2drawing,largelythankstothe
improvedaccessibilityaffordedbytheribboninterface,theabilitytopreviewhatches,andtheabilitytoeasily
createtransparentobjects.
DrawingTask#3
Thethirddrawingtaskwasthecreationofasmallthree‐dimensionalmodel.Thismodelisactuallyavariation
ofamodelusedduringtheAutoCAD2011productlaunchdemo.Thatdemoshowedhowimprovementsto
existingsolidcreationandeditingfunctionalitymadeiteasiertocreate3Dobjectsthanksto
theabilityto
selectedgeandfacesub‐objectsasprofilesorcurvesfordefiningnewobjects.Themodelingprocessforthis
objectbeganbycreatingasimplesolidbox.Asecondsolidboxwasaddedandthenvariousfacesandedges
wererevolvedandextrudedtocreatethemodel.
TheseobjectswerethencombinedusingBooleanunionand
thensolidcylinderssubtractedtocreatetheholes.Finally,filletswereadded.Figure3showsthecompleted
task#3drawing.
Figure3:Completedtask#3drawing–asmall3Dmodel.
BecauseofthenewfeaturesandfunctionsavailableinAutoCAD2011comparedtoAutoCAD2008,I
anticipatedproductivityimprovementsinanumberofareas:
• Improvedcommandaccessibilitythankstotheribboninterface.
• Improved3DnavigationthankstotheViewCube.
• Improved3Dobjectmanipulationthankstotheenhanced3D
gizmos.
• Improvedsub‐objectselection.
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