Autodesk Updates Add-in for AutoCAD

By DE Editors

The free 3D/2D ShareNow add-in from Autodesk (San Francisco, CA) has been updated to work with AutoCAD-based vertical solutions. This applies to the 2008 product line that is available now and the 2009 product line that will be available soon.

The 3D/2D ShareNow add-in lets you share your design with others with one easy click. While in AutoCAD, Inventor (or Inventor LT), or Revit, you click on a ShareNow icon and see your design in Project Freewheel.

With this update of the ShareNow add-in, Autodesk has done two things in terms of AutoCAD. Where it originally only supported vanilla AutoCAD, it now supports AutoCAD vertical solutions, including such AutoCAD-based products as AutoCAD 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Architecture 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Electrical 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD MEP 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 / 2009, AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 / 2009, and AutoCAD P&ID 2008 / 2009. And second, where the original ShareNow menu was placed on the toolbar, ShareNow is now a floating toolbar. You can move and dock it where you would like it.

The following links are for users with YouTube access; the videos are also posted on the blog. To viewINVENTOR: Publish to Project Freewheel from Inventor video (2:05 minutes), click here.

To viewAUTOCAD: Publish to Project Freewheel from AutoCAD video (0:49 minutes), click here.

To view REVIT: Publish to Project Freewheel from Revit video (2:20 minutes), click here.

Last, but not least, users are invited to download ShareNow, give it a try, and let Autodesk know what you think. Use this link at Autodesk.

For more details on ShareNow in action in Inventor, AutoCAD, and Revit, go to Autodesk.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.