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Product Release History

Autodesk Product Initial Shipment Dates

Product Date Shipped Date Terminated
AutoCAD-80 December 1982 October 1984
AutoCAD-86 January 1983
AutoScreen January 1983 February 1984
AE/CADD / AEC Architectural August 1985 May 1990
CAD/camera July 1985 December 1987
AutoSketch October 1986
AutoShade September 1987 August 1993
AutoCAD AEC Mechanical August 1987 May 1990
AutoFlix March 1988
AutoSolid June 1988 October 1990
Cellular Automata Lab June 1989 November 1993
Autodesk Animator October 1989 February 1994
Chaos—The Software November 1989 February 1994
Animator Clips June 1990
3D Studio October 1990
Home Series July 1991
Animator PRO July 1991
HyperChem March 1992 January 1994
Graphic Impact May 1992 November 1993
3D Concepts for Windows June 1992 November 1993
Office Layout September 1992   November 1993
Instant Artist September 1992 November 1993
Design/Manufacturing Expert February 1993
Cyberspace Developer Kit February 1993
Aemulus CADAM Emulator July 1993
AutoVision October 1993
AutoCAD Data Extension (ADE)   October 1993
AutoCAD LT December 1993
AutoCAD Designer January 1994

AutoCAD Version Release Dates

Release Version name Release date
1     Version 1.0 December 1982
2     Version 1.2 April 1983
3     Version 1.3 August 1983
4     Version 1.4 October 1983
5     Version 2.0 October 1984
6     Version 2.1 May 1985
7     Version 2.5 June 1986
8     Version 2.6 April 1987
9     Release 9 September 1987
10     Release 10 October 1988
11     Release 11 October 1990
12     Release 12 June 1992

Kelvin's Holiday Hacks[Footnote]

Year Code name Description
1985–1986   AutoLisp entity access
1986–1987 Urgent Fury Pull-down menus and dialogues
1987–1988   Certain Trumpet   Curves and sculptured surfaces
1988–1989 Placid Impact AutoCAD database recovery and audit
1989–1990 Caustic Moment Moving IGES from AutoCAD core code

AutoCAD Major Feature Release History

Feature Version Date
ADE Package 1.4 October 1983
ADE-1 2.0 October 1984
ADS (AutoCAD Development System) 11 October 1990
Apollonius problem 2.5 June 1986
Arcs, alternate 1.4 October 1983
Array command 1.4 October 1983
Attributes 2.0 October 1984
Audit 11 October 1990
AutoLisp 2.18 January 1986
AutoLisp entity access 2.5 June 1986
Axis command 1.4 October 1983
B-Splines 10 October 1988
Binary DXF 10 October 1988
Blipmode command 2.1 May 1985
Boundary hatching 12 June 1992
Break command 1.4 October 1983
Cascading menus 12 June 1992
Chamfer command 2.0 May 1985
Colour and linetype by entity 2.5 June 1986
Configuration 1.3 August 1983
Cramer's rule 12 June 1992
Cursor menu 12 June 1992
Curve fitting 2.1 May 1985
Database, portable 9 September 1987
Dialogue boxes 9 September 1987
DIESEL 12 June 1992
Digitiser calibration, nonuniform 12 June 1992
Dimensioning 1.2 April 1983
Dimensioning, associative 2.6 April 1987
Dimensioning, extended 2.0 October 1984
Dimensioning, styles 11 October 1990
Divide command 2.5 June 1986
Doughnut command 2.5 June 1986
Dragging 2.0 October 1984
Drawing file recovery 11 October 1990
Dtext command 2.5 June 1986
DXB 2.1 May 1985
DXF 1.0 December 1982
DXF, new format 2.0 October 1984
Ellipse command 2.5 June 1986
Explode command 2.5 June 1986
Extend command 2.5 June 1986
Extended entity data (Xdata) 11 October 1990
External (shell) commands 2.1 May 1986
External references (XREF) 11 October 1990
Files command 1.4 October 1983
Fillet command 1.4 October 1983
Filmroll command 2.6 April 1987
Geometry calculator 12 June 1992
Grid, rotated, isometric 2.0 October 1984
Grips 12 June 1992
Handles 10 October 1988
Hardware lock, international 2.1 May 1985
Hardware lock, domestic 2.5 June 1986
Hatching 1.4 October 1983
Hide command 2.1 May 1985
Initial release 1.0 December 1982
Kanji font support 2.5 June 1986
Layer names 2.0 October 1984
Line types 2.0 October 1984
Main menu eliminated 12 June 1992
Measure command 2.5 June 1986
Menus, icon 9 September 1987
Menus, pull-down 9 September 1987
Mirror command 2.0 October 1984
Network file locking 11 October 1990
Object snap 2.0 October 1984
Offset command 2.5 June 1986
Pan reversed 1.0 December 1982
Pan reversed again 2.0 October 1984
Paper space 11 October 1990
Periodic drawing save 12 June 1992
Personalisation 11 October 1990
Plot preview 12 June 1992
Plot to file 2.5 June 1986
Point acquisition filters 2.6 April 1987
Points, fancy 2.5 June 1986
Polyface meshes 11 October 1990
Polygon command 2.5 June 1986
Polylines 2.1 May 1985
PostScript import/export 12 June 1992
Printer plotters 2.1 May 1985
Programmable dialogues (Proteus) 12 June 1992
Programmable status line 12 June 1992
Qtext command 2.0 October 1984
Raster file import/export 12 June 1992
Region modeler 12 June 1992
Rendering, built-in 12 June 1992
Repeat/Endrep removed 2.5 June 1986
Rotate command 2.5 June 1986
Scale command 2.5 June 1986
Scripts 1.4 October 1983
Selection, interactive 2.1 May 1985
Shade command 11 October 1990
Shape compiler 2.0 October 1984
Sketch command 1.4 October 1983
Slides 2.0 October 1984
Slide libraries 9 September 1987
Solid modeling (AME) 11 October 1990
Spline curves 9 September 1987
SQL 12 June 1992
Stretch command 2.5 June 1986
Style command 2.0 October 1984
Surface mesh entities 10 October 1988
Tablet configuration 2.0 October 1984
Text alignment, general 11 October 1990
Text fonts, multiple 2.0 October 1984
3D Level 1 2.1 May 1985
3D Level 2 2.6 April 1987
3D, full 10 October 1988
Time command 2.5 June 1986
Transparent commands 2.6 April 1987
Trim command 2.5 June 1986
Undo and Redo 2.5 June 1986
Undefine/Redefine commands 9 September 1987
Units command 1.4 October 1983
User coordinate systems 10 October 1988
Variables and Expressions 2.1 May 1985
Viewports, multiple 10 October 1988
View command 2.0 October 1984
Zoom and pan, fast 2.5 June 1986
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