I send drawings to AutoCad by saving the drawing as a ".dwg" file. When you click "Save", a mapping file comes up. This file lets you specify layers, colors, etc. for the AutoCad file. My drawings are used internally but the resulting ".dwg" file can be zipped...
Do dual processors help? I recently had a large model on a former co-workers machine that had dual processors. The task manager showed both processors working. They were about the same percent utilized but not identical (except when both showed 100%) I was told 2 or 3 years ago that...