AutoCAD WS
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AutoCAD WS means that you can work on your AutoCAD drawings whether you’re on your iPad, or iPhone or even your iPod touch. Just stop for a minute and imagine . . . you’re working in the field and your wonderful creation needs a few adaptations . . . you’re at a meeting with an important client who just loves what you’re doing with his idea, but would like to tweak it a little . . . you’re so excited about the new project you’ve been working on that you can’t sleep, and you simply can’t wait to get back to the office in the morning to continue with your masterpiece – well, don’t worry about any of that any more, because with AutoCAD WS you can adapt, adjust and tweak your AutoCAD drawings wherever you are on your iPad. You don’t even need an internet connection in order to work with the local versions of your designs.
What you can do with AutoCAD WS
Stuff You Can View
- You can open up any DWG drawings which are uploaded to your free online workspace in AutoCAD WS.
- You can also work offline for those annoying times when you can’t get an online connection.
- You can upload any files which have been sent to you as an email attachment to your account at AutoCAD WS.
- You can see everything in your DWG file.
- You can navigate even large drawings using multi-touch zoom.
Stuff You Can Edit
- You can tap objects to select them, then easily move, rotate and scale them.
- You can edit shapes and draw new ones accurately using Ortho and Snap modes.
- You can edit the text too, or add to it.
- You can use AutoCAD WS whilst you are on-site to validate real distance measurements, whilst you are really there at the actual location – think about how useful that will be, in the field or on the street.
- You can save any edits in your online workspace at AutoCAD WS so that your drawings are always up to date.
Stuff You Can Share
- You can easily share your ideas and designs directly from your iPad.
- You can work simultaneously with other people on the same file.
- You can see the edits made by others in real time (might find it rather spooky at first, hey, somebody’s changed my masterpiece).
So you see, AutoCAD WS certainly does look interesting and can help your productivity no end.
