FAQ: What Insights are Available for AutoCAD?

The following insights are currently available for AutoCAD:

Note: Team Insights are also available for AutoCAD.

Command Recommendations

We use machine learning to discover commands that you previously have not tried or used in a while and might benefit from.

Undoing More than You'd Like?

By looking at sequences of commands you execute, we look for commands that are frequently followed by the UNDO command. Perhaps a little assistance could be helpful.

Command Macro Recommendations

We use machine learning to evaluate your command usage patterns and suggest command macros that are intended to help you be more productive. (Available in AutoCAD 2023 and later; not available for AutoCAD-based toolsets.)

Feature Recommendations

We may recommend new features or updated commands that you are likely to use.

Have You Tried Article Recommendations

We will share articles based on features we think might be useful and are related to commands that you might not have tried yet.

Learning Pathway Recommendations

We might recommend a learning pathway to help you build new skills or as a refresh in

Update Recommendations

If you are using an earlier release or version of the product, we might suggest updating to the latest release or version to take advantage of enhancements to features that you use.

Application Performance Report

This is a high-level summary of the median times it takes to

Drawing File Statistics Report

This is a high-level summary of the average drawing file size and count of specific named object types in your drawings

Command Usage by Category

This is a high-level summary of the types of commands you execute. Commands are counted over a 30-day period and gathered into the following categories:

Category Name Commands Related To
3D Modeling Creating and modifying 3D faces, 3D meshes, and 3D solids.
Annotations Creating and modifying text, multileaders, hatches and more.
Application Using the user interface and accessing the online help of the product.
Blocks Creating, inserting, and editing blocks.
CAD Standards Checking and fixing CAD standards.
Collaboration Sharing and working with others on drawings.
Constraints Applying geometric and dimensional constraints to geometry and using parameters.
Content Re-Use Adding and using geometry to a drawing with tool palettes and DesignCenter.
Create Objects Creating 2D objects; lines, circles, arcs and more.
Customization Customizing the user interface and automating workflows.
Dimensions Adding and editing dimensions and dimension styles.
Drafting Aids Using running object snaps, grid display and snap, UCS and more.
Drawing Setting drawing units and undoing commands.
Edit Objects Modifying drawing objects.
Express Tools Using tools that are part of Express Tools.
External Databases Working with external data using the dbConnect feature.
External References Working with Xrefs, raster images, and underlays.
File Management Opening, saving, and closing drawing files.
Geographic Location Defining the geographic location of a drawing.
Import and Export Files Importing and exporting other file formats.
Inquiry Tools Getting the distance between two points, area of an object, or location of a point.
Layouts Working with named layouts.
Object Properties Working with the general properties of drawing objects.
Plot and Publish Outputting a drawing to a hardcopy or an electronic format.
View Tools Viewing 2D and 3D drawing objects.
Visualization Applying visual styles and rendering 3D objects.

Skill Tree

This is an in-depth summary of your command usage by category over the past 30-days. Using the charts and tables, you can understand which commands you use frequently and learn about adjacent commands that might be beneficial to your work.

My Usage Details

The My Usage Details report summarizes your personal usage of AutoCAD by commands and command categories.

Common, Occasional, and Rare

We further break down commands based on how frequently they're used among all AutoCAD users. This classification is not a direct reflection of your personal usage, but that of the broader community. This will allow you to compare your usage patterns to others to discover new commands.

Command Categories

The chart displays your command usage by category in the past 30-days. Click on a segment in the chart to view the top commands in that specific category.

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Command Trends

The chart displays the trend of your command usage over the past 6 months. It is broken down by the common, occasional, and rare types. The y-axis of the chart shows the total count of commands used, not the unique commands. If you used the LINE command 100 times, it would count as 100 in this chart.

An upward trend might indicate using or learning more commands. A downward trend might indicate using fewer or more efficient commands.

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Top Categories

The table displays details about your Top 10 command categories in the past 30-days; frequency of use by type, commands used, and total usage.

Click on a row to see more information about the commands within that category. Commands are displayed by type along with the number of commands used. Each command is represented by a box. The color of the box represents your frequency of use. Dark blue indicates more frequent use, while light blue signals less frequent use. Grey indicates unused commands.

Some users might see commands inside categories marked with a green dot. These are personalized recommendations for you that similar users have found useful.

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