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AutoCAD version history

computer aided design software

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ96372806 ↗
Source-derived summary

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application by Autodesk. The first release of the software started with version 1.0 in December 1982. The software has been continuously updated since its initial release.

AutoCAD opens documents with DWG compatibility as a "DWG file format version code" where the specific version code can be found by opening the .dwg file in Windows Notepad or any text editor program. The file contents starts with this string. The file format version code (tag) is dependent on the AutoCAD version.

History

The following table summarizes the version history of the AutoCAD software application.

Editorial summary

“AutoCAD version history” enters the record as computer aided design software. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what AutoCAD, version and history can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around AutoCAD, version and history.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“AutoCAD version history” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, AutoCAD, version and history provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q96372806. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1982.

Critical limits

Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Check terminology, classification and the date of the cited evidence. Scientific names and technical consensus can change while older records retain historical value.

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  • Current terminology
  • Classification context
  • Finding cited technical literature
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Primary datasets, specimen catalogues, standards bodies and the most recent peer-reviewed literature.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “AutoCAD version history”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow AutoCAD version history primary sources, AutoCAD version history archive and AutoCAD research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “AutoCAD version history”?
  2. Which observation, specimen, dataset or publication supports the account?
  3. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
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This entry incorporates text from “AutoCAD version history” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.