Make the case for an AutoCAD upgrade. Find out what how getting current will help you meet customer expectations, produce a better product than the competition and increase productivity.

1. Making the Case: Getting Current on AutoCAD 2012

2. Introduction For those of you working on an older version of AutoCAD, this presentation may help you communicate your need for updated software to your boss. With features that speak to customer benefits, this might be what you need to get current. Even better, we’ll show you how to leverage a subscription so that you can always have the most current version of AutoCAD.

3. Opportunities for the organization Leverage updated AutoCAD software for better productivity with the organization On average projects can be completed faster with AutoCAD 2012 over AutoCAD 2008- a project that took 13.5 hours now takes 9.25 Lower the total investment in AutoCAD by leveraging a subscription The cost of a new license would be allocated as a capital expense and the subscription could potentially be allocated under operating expenses.

7. Benefit #2: Produce a better product than competition The new modeling standard used today is 3D Autodesk Inventor Fusion software adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD and sets a new standard for professional 3D Make drawing revisions in less time Dramatically slash time with parametric drawing. Infer constraints in real time, virtually eliminating the need to manually define object relationships

9. Cost Savings: Based on 3 years With a subscription of 3 years an organization would save $645 per license

11. New upgrades and any incremental product enhancements

12. Web support direct from Autodesk Technical Experts