ArcGIS For AutoCAD Product Roadmap

[Anonymous User]

Hi Don - is there a documented road map for updates to ArcGIS for AutoCAD and future releases with planned features and functionalities?

Thanks,

Dave

[DonKuehne]

The next release of  ArcGIS for AutoCAD 400 will include full support for Portal and Online named users (scheduled for release summer 2019).   It has been re-architected as an implementation of ArcGIS Runtime.  It will include support for ArcGIS Online/Portal hosted services and map layers.  It will have an new add data experience that understands your named user identity, organization groups etc.  The data browser will help guide you to  more and relevant content such as direct access to the living atlas.   As a by-product  of the Runtime implementation, this release  will also support feature layers shared with table joins.  The  map service draw behavior has been enhanced for  faster uninterrupted dynamic map service behavior that I think people will like.  It "should" also by that time support any newer version of AutoCAD.  

There are lots of additional functionality in our roadmap competing for attention in future releases.   Is there something you are specifically looking for sooner than later?

-Don

[MatthewCrooks]

Hi Don -

Can you tell me a little bit more about what you mean by 'architected as an implementation of ArcGIS Runtime'? Will there be native capabilities to import a CAD drawing into ArcGIS Runtime? 

Thanks,

Matt

[DonKuehne]

The implementation detail regarding "runtime" is probably an unnecessary detail to  share.  The next release does not include file based access.   ArcGIS for  AutoCAD is  an  AutoCAD plug-in application so it already supports CAD.

[ThomasKonzel]

Don Kuehne‌ checking in to see if 400 is available.  Needing this for our AutoCAD users since Jan 2019.  Do you have a more refined release date for us?

[DonKuehne]

Updated release date at the time of writing this looks more like late fall 2019.  

[MatthewDuffy]

This release should support imagery services hosted from ArcGIS Organization Online, is that still correct? 

Is it possible to announce when it is released from this blog post here?

Thanks either way Don Kuehne

[Anonymous User]

This release will support both map and imagery layers, on both ArcGIS Online and Enterprise servers, that's correct.

[ErinStrickler]

Is this update different from Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS?

[DonKuehne]

Yes this is different than the Autodesk Connectors for ArcGIS,  ArcGIS for AutoCAD is Esri's broad-based interoperability tool that works with standard AutoCAD and the AutoCAD inside AutoCAD Civil 3D and Map 3D.   You can use the two together.   Autodesk's connector for Infraworks of course works in Infraworks.  Autodesk's Map 3D and Civil 3D connectors, different than ArcGIS for AutoCAD, connect to ArcGIS information using their FDO technology and therefore can access information to support FDO-enriched experiences in Map 3D and Civil 3D interfaces to populate AEC_Entities for example from Esri content.   Esri's ArcGIS for AutoCAD continues to focus on providing excellent support for standard AutoCAD editing of ArcGIS web feature layers and high performant display of  ArcGIS maps and imagery for the full spectrum of AutoCAD-based applications.