
AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy
19 ©2010DavidS.Cohn
AbouttheSystemsUsedforTesting
Theeighttaskdrawingscenarioswerecompletedonthesamecomputerplatform,usingbothAutoCAD2008
andAutoCAD2011:
• AnHPxw4600workstationequippedwithanIntel®Core™2Duo3.16GHzCPU,4GBofRAM,a
7200rpmSATAharddrive,andanNVIDIA®Quadro®FX570graphicsaccelerator,running Windows®
XP
32‐bit.Thisworkstationdidnotbecomeavailableuntil2008;nearlyayearafterAutoCAD2008
wasreleased.
TheAutoCAD2011testswerethenrepeatedonamoremoderncomputerplatform:
• AnHPZ200workstationequippedwithanIntel®Core™i53.47GHzCPU,4GBofRAM,a7200rpm
SATA
harddrive,andanNVIDIA®Quadro®FX1800graphicaccelerator,runningWindows®732‐bit.
ThisisarelativelynewworkstationreleasedshortlybeforeAutoCAD2011beganshippingand
targetedattheentry‐leveltomid‐rangeCADmarket.
Ineverytestscenarioexcepttask#6,thetimerequiredtocomplete
thedrawingwasreducedwhenAutoCAD
2011wasrunonthenewerplatformcomparedtoAutoCAD2011ontheolderworkstation.Thetimerequired
tocompletetask#6remainedthesameonbothcomputers.Thosetimesaresummarizedinthefollowing
table.
AutoCAD2008onHP
xw4600(WindowsXP)
AutoCAD2011onHP
xw4600(WindowsXP)
AutoCAD2011onHP
Z200(Windows7)
Improvement
ACAD2008to
ACAD2011on(bothon
HPxw4600)
Improvement
ACAD2008onxw4600
toACAD2011onHP
Z200
Task1 1hr:5min 54minutes 45minutes 17% 31%
Task2 3hr:5min 2hr:32min 2hr:5min 18% 32%
Task3 15minutes 12minutes 11minutes 20% 27%
Task4 3hr:25min 2hr:6min 1hr:50min 39% 46%
Task5 34minutes 17minutes 16minutes 50% 53%
Task6 1hr:5min 4minutes 4minutes 94% 94%
Task7 3hr:20min 2hr:50min 2hr:30min 15% 25%
Task8 35minutes 21minutes 18minutes 40% 49%
TOTAL 13hr:24min 9hr:16min 7hr:29min 31% 44%
Werecordedthesetimesavingsinspiteofthefactthatallofthetaskscenariosconsistofdrawingandediting
typicalAutoCADmodelsratherthancompute‐boundoperationssuchasrenderingoranalysis.Thereductionin
thetimerequiredtocompletethesametaskswhenrunningAutoCAD2011on
thenewerworkstationunder
Windows7comparedtotheolderworkstationunderWindowsXPislikelytheresultofseveralfactors:
• ThefasterCPUandNVIDIAgraphicsacceleratorlikelyresultedinfastermanipulationofthree‐
dimensionalmodelsandlargesolidfilledandhatchedareas.Thisenabledtheusertopan,
zoom,and
orbitmorequickly.Overatypicalworksession,thiscansaveaconsiderableamountoftime.
• AutoCAD2011seemedmoreresponsiveontheZ200workstationrunningWindows7thanAutoCAD
2011onthexw4600runningWindowsXP,mostlikelythankstoWindows7’suseofDirect3D®.
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