Autocad 2006

. For the first time, a mini-version of the command line followed the user's cursor across the screen like a loyal companion. Drafters no longer had to play "visual ping-pong" between their drawing and the bottom of the monitor; dimensions and prompts appeared right where the action was happening. A Tool for the "Dummies" and the Experts

8.5/10 Score (today): 4/10 (for modern use) / 9/10 (for a legacy, stable 2D drafting system) autocad 2006

To create a new drawing in AutoCAD 2006: A Tool for the "Dummies" and the Experts 8

Hatching—filling an area with a pattern—was notoriously finicky in earlier versions. The 2006 release introduced a more robust hatching engine that allowed for easier area selection and the ability to recalculate boundaries on the fly. Point cloud data (from laser scanning) was not supported

You could not attach a PDF as an underlay (that came in 2010). Point cloud data (from laser scanning) was not supported. For users receiving modern PDFs, you'd have to convert to DWF or raster images.