What's New in AutoCAD 2022

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD 2022. For technical details, see the release notes.

Updates

2022.1 Highlights

My Insights

Product usage insights are displayed on the Start tab. My Insights is information that's shown to you based on your usage of AutoCAD. The content is designed to be informative and actionable. See suggestions for commands and functionality that you might try along with other productivity insights.

Improved Connection to Autodesk Docs

Using the Start tab to access files on Autodesk Docs is now more responsive.

Autodesk Assistant

Currently available for customers using English, German, or Japanese AutoCAD.

Additional enhancements

Performance: Performance improvements for Count, Autodesk Docs folder display, and Start tab folder display.

2022 Release

Highlights

AutoCAD 2022 New Features Overview (Video)

This video shows the key enhancements in this release.

Trace

Trace provides a safe space to collaborate on drawing changes in the AutoCAD web and mobile apps without fear of altering the existing drawing. The analogy of trace is a virtual, collaborative tracing paper that's laid over the drawing, allowing collaborators to add feedback right in the drawing.

Count

Quickly and accurately count the instances of objects in a drawing. You can insert a table with the count data into the current drawing.

Floating Drawing Windows

You can now drag a drawing file tab off of the AutoCAD application window, making it a floating window.

Share Current Drawing

Share a link to a copy of the current drawing to view or edit in the AutoCAD web app. All related DWG xrefs and images are included.

Push to Autodesk Docs (Subscription Benefit)

Push to Autodesk Docs allows teams to view digital PDFs in the field for reference. Use Push to Autodesk Docs to upload AutoCAD drawings as PDFs to a specific project on Autodesk Docs.

Start Tab Redesign

The Start Tab has been redesigned to provide a consistent welcome experience for Autodesk products.

3D Graphics Technical Preview

This release includes a Technical Preview of a completely new cross platform 3D graphics system being developed for AutoCAD, leveraging all the power of modern GPUs and multi-core CPUs to offer a smooth navigation experience for much larger drawings than in prior releases.

Installer

The 2022 products provide a new, faster, more reliable install and deployment experience.

Additional enhancements

Performance improvements: Background publishing and hatch boundary detection now take advantage of multiple cores of a processor.

Graphics improvements: Microsoft's DirectX 12 is now supported for 2D and 3D visual styles.