This Technology Preview is a cloud based service for creating, sharing, storing and viewing isometric drawings. It has the ability to design and collaborate across desktop, web, and mobile devices with full DWG file type compatibility. There is a catch, you need a PCF file to upload. A PCF file can be created from Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Plant 3D and other 3d parry applications. Upload the file and let the cloud do the processing for you. That's the idea anyway.
To get started, go to the AutoCAD Isometrics WS login page. Sign in (or sign up then sign in) and get started. Once in the process is quite simple. Select your PCF file to upload, establish your Isometric styles, and create. Once complete you will have a DWG file to play with. Your files can be saved in Autodesk Cloud or you can download them.
AutoCAD Isometrics WS is a simple tool to use that can save you much time and effort. Since it's in the cloud it will save you on resources and effort. If you don't have access to a PCF file, Labs will supply you with one to try it out. Ursula Sadiq has put together a video preview for you to look at.
Autodesk Labs is looking for feedback on this preview. Try it out, kick the tires and let them know what you think. If it's garbage let them know. If's it fantastic, let them know. Just follow the feedback links from the labs.
Thanks for spreading the word. If someone has a large set of isometrics to generate, the cloud processing may come in handy. Large or small, the collaboration piece may be handy. This is what we want to know. People could also combine sets of PCF files from mixed environments into one package for collaboration.
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