| Feature | Version | Date |
| ADE Package | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| ADE-1 | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| ADS (AutoCAD Development System) | 11 | October 1990 |
| Apollonius problem | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Arcs, alternate | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Array command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Attributes | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Audit | 11 | October 1990 |
| AutoLisp | 2.18 | January 1986 |
| AutoLisp entity access | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Axis command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| B-Splines | 10 | October 1988 |
| Binary DXF | 10 | October 1988 |
| Blipmode command | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Boundary hatching | 12 | June 1992 |
| Break command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Cascading menus | 12 | June 1992 |
| Chamfer command | 2.0 | May 1985 |
| Colour and linetype by entity | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Configuration | 1.3 | August 1983 |
| Cramer's rule | 12 | June 1992 |
| Cursor menu | 12 | June 1992 |
| Curve fitting | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Database, portable | 9 | September 1987 |
| Dialogue boxes | 9 | September 1987 |
| DIESEL | 12 | June 1992 |
| Digitiser calibration, nonuniform | 12 | June 1992 |
| Dimensioning | 1.2 | April 1983 |
| Dimensioning, associative | 2.6 | April 1987 |
| Dimensioning, extended | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Dimensioning, styles | 11 | October 1990 |
| Divide command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Doughnut command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Dragging | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Drawing file recovery | 11 | October 1990 |
| Dtext command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| DXB | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| DXF | 1.0 | December 1982 |
| DXF, new format | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Ellipse command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Explode command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Extend command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Extended entity data (Xdata) | 11 | October 1990 |
| External (shell) commands | 2.1 | May 1986 |
| External references (XREF) | 11 | October 1990 |
| Files command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Fillet command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Filmroll command | 2.6 | April 1987 |
| Geometry calculator | 12 | June 1992 |
| Grid, rotated, isometric | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Grips | 12 | June 1992 |
| Handles | 10 | October 1988 |
| Hardware lock, international | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Hardware lock, domestic | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Hatching | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Hide command | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Initial release | 1.0 | December 1982 |
| Kanji font support | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Layer names | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Line types | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Main menu eliminated | 12 | June 1992 |
| Measure command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Menus, icon | 9 | September 1987 |
| Menus, pull-down | 9 | September 1987 |
| Mirror command | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Network file locking | 11 | October 1990 |
| Object snap | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Offset command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Pan reversed | 1.0 | December 1982 |
| Pan reversed again | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Paper space | 11 | October 1990 |
| Periodic drawing save | 12 | June 1992 |
| Personalisation | 11 | October 1990 |
| Plot preview | 12 | June 1992 |
| Plot to file | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Point acquisition filters | 2.6 | April 1987 |
| Points, fancy | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Polyface meshes | 11 | October 1990 |
| Polygon command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Polylines | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| PostScript import/export | 12 | June 1992 |
| Printer plotters | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Programmable dialogues (Proteus) | 12 | June 1992 |
| Programmable status line | 12 | June 1992 |
| Qtext command | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Raster file import/export | 12 | June 1992 |
| Region modeler | 12 | June 1992 |
| Rendering, built-in | 12 | June 1992 |
| Repeat/Endrep removed | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Rotate command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Scale command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Scripts | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Selection, interactive | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Shade command | 11 | October 1990 |
| Shape compiler | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Sketch command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| Slides | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Slide libraries | 9 | September 1987 |
| Solid modeling (AME) | 11 | October 1990 |
| Spline curves | 9 | September 1987 |
| SQL | 12 | June 1992 |
| Stretch command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Style command | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Surface mesh entities | 10 | October 1988 |
| Tablet configuration | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Text alignment, general | 11 | October 1990 |
| Text fonts, multiple | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| 3D Level 1 | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| 3D Level 2 | 2.6 | April 1987 |
| 3D, full | 10 | October 1988 |
| Time command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Transparent commands | 2.6 | April 1987 |
| Trim command | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Undo and Redo | 2.5 | June 1986 |
| Undefine/Redefine commands | 9 | September 1987 |
| Units command | 1.4 | October 1983 |
| User coordinate systems | 10 | October 1988 |
| Variables and Expressions | 2.1 | May 1985 |
| Viewports, multiple | 10 | October 1988 |
| View command | 2.0 | October 1984 |
| Zoom and pan, fast | 2.5 | June 1986 |