AutoCAD 2026: What’s New?
AI-Powered Smart Blocks
Forget about manually building tedious blocks. AutoCAD’s updated Smart Blocks tool uses artificial intelligence to find recurring features in your drawing and convert them into reusable blocks. They can also be readily searched, replaced, and moved. Especially for bigger jobs, it’s a genuine time-saver. Activity Analysis
Want to monitor what has been going on in your file? AutoCAD now provides thorough activity logs indicating who did what and when. It’s great for project tracking and teamwork. Hatch Just Got Better
You can now apply textures, fills, and patterns to regions not completely enclosed using the HATCH command, which has been ramped up. You’re not boxed in by limits any more if your design is more organic or abstract.
Rapid Performance
AutoCAD 2026 starts off with a notable speed increase. We’re talking about the entire app starting up in a quarter of the time and files opening up to 11x quicker. You will see it right away: less time spent waiting and more time spent designing. Smarter Markup Tools
Should you have ever juggled comments from a PDF or picture markup, you would really enjoy this: AutoCAD now allows direct import of markups into your drawing from JPGs, PNGs, or PDFs. It makes a trace layer so you can see comments without altering your original file and even recommends modifications automatically.
