A little over two years ago, we started on a mission: to make it easier for you to access and share AutoCAD files—wherever you are. And we’ve been blown away by the overwhelming response and positive feedback our AutoCAD WS web and mobile apps have received.

While we’re happy with what we’ve been able to accomplish, there’s so much more we want to do. Since our last release, we’ve been hard at work in our software labs. And coming very soon we’ll have some cool new things to share with you, which we think you’re going to love.

So what’s with the name change?

Some of you may know Autodesk has been building a family of web and mobile apps designed to work together, which we call our “360” family. Given our exciting upcoming news, we feel it’s a good time to formally bring AutoCAD WS into that 360 family. And that’s how “AutoCAD 360” was born!

OK, so enough about us. We’ve been talking a lot about cool changes coming soon. We won’t divulge the details just yet, but if you want to be among the first to know what’s new, simply sign up below for up-to-date information!

And remember: Your input has—and will always be—crucial to what we create. And soon you’ll see just how your input has helped shape the evolution of the platform. It’ll just be a lil’ longer, so stay tuned!

—The AutoCAD W… er, AutoCAD 360 Team (We’re still getting used to our new name, too!)

In this video, you will hear John Wells from Morgan Motor Company discuss how they leverage the power of AutoCAD Design Suite to create high quality British sports cars and bring social collaboration to their design workflow.

Watch the video:

Do your drawings contain Plant 3D entities? Now you can view them with AutoCAD WS when you upload your drawings!

With AutoCAD WS, you can use your mobile device to take your designs with you to the site, take notes, collaborate with designers in the office, make changes, and sync it all back. Save your drawings to Autodesk 360 and with AutoCAD WS, all your designs are safely stored and synced between your tablet, phone, and desktop computer so you can access them anywhere.

AutoCAD WS Now Supports Plant 3D

AutoCAD WS Reaches 11 Million Downloads

We’re happy to announce that AutoCAD WS has now crossed 11,000,000 downloads on the iOS and Android App Stores!

We would like to thank you, all of our passionate users, for helping us get to this amazing achievement. We invite you to share with us your thoughts and tell us what you would like to see in the next versions of AutoCAD WS!

AutoCAD WS Wants Your Story

Do you have a cool AutoCAD WS story to share with us?

We want to hear it!

All you have to do is submit your story for a chance to be featured on our website, and we will do the rest. We look forward to reading your story!

AutoCAD WS on Apple iPad

Apple® is releasing its 128GB version of the fourth generation iPad® with Retina® display today, February 5, 2013.

If you are using Autodesk’s AutoCAD programs that employ a lot of large files, you may find that the current 64GB iPad model doesn’t provide enough storage. This new generation of the iPad® will be perfect for enterprise and educational institutions, as well as some creative professionals. More importantly, AutoCAD WS users can now store more files on their mobile device to take their designs with them to the site, take notes, collaborate with designers in the office, make changes, and sync it all back.

“Our AutoCAD WS app for iOS was designed to give customers seamless access to their designs anywhere, anytime,” said Amy Bunszel, vice president of AutoCAD products for Autodesk. “These files are often large and highly detailed so having the thin and light iPad with its Multitouch display, integrated camera and all-day battery life, is a real advantage for iPad users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD data.”

The new 128GB versions of the fourth generation iPad will be available starting today, Tuesday, February 5, in black or white, for a suggested retail price of $799 (U.S.) for the iPad with Wi-Fi model and $929 (U.S.) for the iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular model.

Read more about how our customers are using AutoCAD WS to streamline their workflow!

Verifying a design in the field?
Replacing a pole or electric equipment?
Confirming the necessary materials?

With AutoCAD WS, you can use your mobile device to take your designs with you to the site, take notes, collaborate with designers in the office, make changes, and sync it all back. Save your drawings to Autodesk 360 and with AutoCAD WS, all your designs are safely stored and synced between your tablet, phone, and desktop computer so you can access them anywhere.

AutoCAD Utility Design on AutoCADWS

Let’s start with exploring some of the milestones we had in 2012: Early this year we introduced viewing of 3D designs within AutoCAD WS and a set of geo-location tools based on the device’s GPS sensor. Our next version introduced the Design Feed, a popular new feature gaining more and more momentum and offers you a new way to manage your markups and comments in the design and review or discuss them with your colleague, engineer, architect or contractor. We also featured attaching images to the design and last but not least, we’ve made significant improvements in the application’s interface, turning the viewing and editing experience smoother and even more enjoyable. 2012 was a fascinating year for us as we expended the boundaries on one hand and on the other constantly kept improving the existing tools. We saw the amazing changes that AutoCAD WS has brought into different industries and how taking your tablet to the field can significantly increase your productivity and collaborative work.

So, what’s coming in 2013 you ask? well, 2013 is going to be a huge year for AutoCAD WS. If you think 2012 was packed with goodies, just wait, you ain’t seen nothing yet. In 2013 you can expect big announcements along with some long awaited features. We don’t want to give away too many spoilers but what we can say is that if this has been a repeating request, there’s a good chance you’ll see it even sooner than you think. Is it going to be creation of new drawings? Coordinates and ID? Supporting larger files? Additional design and annotation tools? Win8 version? The list of possibilities is so long.. who knows.. (well, we do but you will too soon).

We would like to thank our millions of users again for your amazing support and feedback in 2012. As AutoCAD WS continues to grow as a rich, secured and robust CAD application, we would like to invite you all to share your thoughts and feedback with us. If you want to share your story about how you or your company use AutoCAD WS, if you like to see other features in the product or if you just want to say hello, please write to us at feedback@autocadws.com

We wish you all a Happy New Year!

The AutoCAD WS team.

At the heart of AutoCAD WS 1.6 are new gesture-based editing features, allowing grips and handles to be used to move, scale, and rotate objects. We’ve also made modifications to some of the drawing tools, providing a faster, more accurate design experience on mobile devices. AutoCAD WS 1.6 also adds support for Apple iPhone 5, and delivers improved performance across the board.

Take AutoCAD WS 1.6 for a spin and experience a faster, more accurate way to work with AutoCAD drawings using your mobile device.

Download AutoCAD WS for iOS in the iTunes App Store here.
Download AutoCAD WS for Android in Google Play here.