
AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy
11 ©2010DavidS.Cohn
Thisdrawingtook3hours:25minutestocompleteusingAutoCAD2008.Thesamedrawingtookonly2hours:
6minutestocompleteusingAutoCAD2011,animprovementof39percent.
Task#4:Reflectedceilingplanofacomplexofficebuilding
AutoCAD2011was39percentmoreefficientinthecreationofthetask#4drawing.Themostsignificant
improvementwasindeedboththeabilitytopreviewhatchpatternsinAutoCAD2011andalsotheabilityto
usegripeditingtoquicklyandeasilymodifytheangleandoriginofhatchpatterns
aftertheywereaddedto
thedrawing.InAutoCAD2008,itwasmuchmoredifficulttogettheceilingtilestoalignproperlyineachroom,
particularlythoseroomsalongthecurvedportionofthebuilding.
DrawingTask#5
Thefifthdrawingtaskwasthecreationofaseriesofconceptualdesignstudiesforapavilionstructure.This
taskscenariowasdesignedtohighlightthenewconceptualdesignandsurfacingcapabilitiesofAutoCAD2011.
Conceptualdesignisadifficultprocesstoquantify.Inthistask,theendresultsofeach
designiterationneeded
tobethesame,althoughthetoolsusedtoachievethoseresultswouldvaryinAutoCAD2008andAutoCAD
2011.Figure5showsthefivedifferentdesigniterations.
Figure5:Completedtask#5drawing–3Dconceptualdesignstudiesforapavilion.
IneachversionofAutoCAD,thistaskbeganwithasetofpointsthatcouldbeusedasthebasisforsketching
thefootprintofthebuilding.Eachiterationofthedesignrequiredthatvariationsbemadetothecurvesused
asabasisforcreatingthewallsandroofs.After
creatingthethirdoption,askylightbasedonthefootprintof
thelowerroofwasaddedtothedesign,andthenportionsofthewallsandupperroofweremergedinorder
tobeginstudyingtheformoftheconcretewallsandroof.Then,anotherchangewasmadetothe
rooflinesto
createafifthdesignoptionthatalsoincludedtheskylightandtheformoftheconcretewallsandroof.
Materialswerethenaddedtothevariousbuildingcomponentsinthatfifthiteration.
ThankstoimprovedfunctionalityinAutoCAD2011comparedtoAutoCAD2008,Ianticipatedsignificant
improvementsthanks
totheabilitytousecompletelydifferentworkflows:
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00:28
00:57
01:26
01:55
02:24
02:52
03:21
03:50
AutoCAD2011 Aut oCAD2008
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