Autodesk Inc, Sausalito, California says that the latest version of AutoCAD, Release 11, will cost $3,500 regardless of the supported system on which it is to run – that is all currently supported machines except ones based on the 8088, 8086 and 80186: the thing will start shipping in the US between August and November, with the 80386 version the first one to ship; it will incorporate the new AutoCAD Development System programming language environment, which can be used to create programs that link with AutoCAD or that link AutoCAD to other applications such as spreadsheets and database programs; it will also offer multiple-view plotting, providing the capability to lay out, organise, annotate and plot multiple-view AutoCAD drawings, and will offer network support, including file locking and node access functions; it will support the optional $500 Advanced Modeling Extension which, when enabled, provides a set of constructive solid geometry capabilities, will have a drawing recovery command to aid in reconstructing a damaged Release 11 drawing file, reference files that enable a reference drawing to be attached to an active drawing, additions to AutoCAD’s dimensioning capabilities and advancements in the AutoCAD user interface; Release 10 users will get the thing for $500, but 80386 Release 10 users pay $200.
