Provides a quick guide to which commands are new in this release.
| New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOMAPIMAGE | Captures a portion of the online map to an object known as a map image, and embeds it in the drawing area. | X | X |
| GEOMAPIMAGEUPDATE | Reloads map images from the online maps service and optionally resets their resolution for optimal on-screen viewing. | X | X |
| ISODRAFT | Turns isometric drafting on or off along with all related settings, and specifies the current 2D isometric drafting plane. | X | X |
| NEWTAB | Displays a New Tab which allows direct access to files, learning resources, Autodesk 360 and more. | X | X |
| ONLINEAUTOCAD360 | Launches AutoCAD 360 in your default browser. | X | X |
| PMTOGGLE | Controls whether the Performance Recorder is turned on or off. The Performance Feedback tool can be used to record performance issues for analysis by Autodesk. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP | Displays the Point Cloud Color Map dialog box, used to define settings for Intensity, Elevation, and Classification point cloud stylizations. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDCROP | Crops a selected point cloud to a specified polygonal, rectangular, or circular boundary. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDMANAGER | Displays the Point Cloud Manager palette, used to control display of point cloud projects, regions, and scans. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDMANAGERCLOSE | Closes the Point Cloud Manager. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDSTYLIZE | Controls the coloration of point clouds. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDUNCROP | Permanently removes all cropped areas from selected point clouds. | X | |
| PTYPE | Specifies the display style and size of point objects. | X | X |
| TEXTALIGN | Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely. | X | X |
| RECAP | Launches Autodesk ReCap from within AutoCAD. | X | |
| New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| COLORTHEME | Sets the color theme of the ribbon, palettes, and several other interface elements to dark or light. | X | X |
| COMMANDPREVIEW | Controls whether a preview of the possible outcome of the command is displayed. | X | X |
| COMPLEXLTPREVIEW | Controls whether a preview of the complex linetype is displayed during interactive operations. | X | X |
| CURSORBADGE | Determines whether the cursor badge are displayed in the drawing area. | X | X |
| HIGHLIGHTSMOOTHING | Controls the anti-aliasing effect on object highlighting. | X | X |
| HPLINETYPE | Controls how non-continuous linetypes are displayed in hatch objects. | X | X |
| LAYOUTTAB | Controls whether Model and Layout tabs are displayed or not. | X | X |
| MTEXTAUTOSTACK | Controls autostacking for the MTEXT command. | X | X |
| MTEXTDETECTSPACE | Controls whether the keyboard spacebar is used to create list items in the MTEXT command. | X | X |
| NEWTABMODE | Specifies whether clicking the plus sign (+) on the file tab bar displays the New Tab or opens a new drawing. | X | X |
| ORBITAUTOTARGET | Controls how the target point is acquired for the 3DORBIT command. | X | |
| OSNAPOVERRIDE | Determines whether the object snap settings in the OSNAP dialog are enforced. | X | X |
| PCMSTATE | Indicates whether the Point Cloud Manager is open or closed. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDLIGHTING | Controls the way lighting effects are displayed for a point cloud. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDLIGHTSOURCE | Determines the light source for point clouds when lighting is turned on. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDLOD | Sets the level of density of point display for point clouds. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDPOINTMAXLEGACY | Applies only to legacy (pre-2015) point clouds. Sets the maximum number of points that can be displayed for all legacy point clouds attached to the drawing. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDPOINTSIZE | Controls the size of the points for new point cloud objects. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDSHADING | Specifies whether the brightness of the points in the point cloud are diffuse or specular. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN | Controls whether a legacy drawing (created in AutoCAD 2014) retains the on or off status of individual scans (RCS files) and regions referenced by an attached point cloud project (RCP file). | X | X |
| SORTORDER | Specifies whether the layer list is ordered using a natural sort order or ASCII values. | X | X |
| STATUSBARSTATE | Indicates whether the status bar is visible or not. | X | X |
| TEXTALIGNMODE | Stores the alignment option for aligned text. | X | X |
| TEXTALIGNSPACING | Stores the spacing option for aligned text. | X | X |
| TEXTALLCAPS | Controls automatic correction for MTEXT and TEXT/DTEXT when CAPS LOCK is active. | X | X |
| TEXTAUTOCORRECTCAPS | Controls whether or not Caps Lock is automatically turned off for Multiline text and Text. | X | X |
| New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESIGNFEEDCLOSE | Closes the Design Feed palette. | X | X |
| DESIGNFEEDOPEN | Opens the Design Feed palette. | X | X |
| FILETAB | Displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. | X | X |
| FILETABCLOSE | Hides the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. | X | X |
| GEOLOCATEME | Displays or hides an indicator that shows your current position. | X | X |
| GEOMAP | Displays a map from an online maps service, in the current viewport. | X | X |
| GEOMARKLATLONG | Places a position marker at a location defined by a latitude and longitude. | X | X |
| GEOMARKME | Places a position marker in model space at the spot corresponding to your current position. | X | X |
| GEOMARKPOINT | Places a position marker at a specified point in model space. | X | X |
| GEOMARKPOSITION | Places a position marker at a location you specify. | X | X |
| GEOREMOVE | Removes all geographic location information from the drawing file. | X | X |
| GEOREORIENTMARKER | Modifies the orientation and position of the geographic marker without changing its latitude and longitude properties. | X | X |
| INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS | Controls settings for working with AutoComplete and AutoCorrect suggestions on the command line. | X | X |
| ONLINEOPENFOLDER | Opens your local Autodesk 360 folder in Windows Explorer. | X | X |
| WEBLOAD | Loads a JavaScript file from a URL, and then executes the JavaScript code contained in the file. | X | |
| New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| CGEOCS | Stores the name of the GIS coordinate system assigned to the drawing file. | X | X |
| CLAYOUT | Sets the current layout. | X | X |
| DESIGNFEEDSTATE | Indicates whether the Design Feed palette is open or closed. | X | X |
| DIMCONTINUEMODE | Determines whether the style of a continued dimension is based on the dimension that is being continued or on the current dimension style. | X | X |
| FILETABPREVIEW | Controls the type of preview, list view or thumbnail view, when you hover over a file tab. | X | X |
| FILETABSTATE | Indicates the display status of the file tabs at the top of the drawing area. | X | X |
| FILETABTHUMBHOVER | Specifies whether the corresponding model or layout loads in the drawing window when you hover over a file tab thumbnail. | X | X |
| GEOMARKPOSITIONSIZE | Specifies the scale factor to use for point objects and multiline text objects when creating position markers. | X | X |
| HPPICKMODE | Sets whether the default method for identifying what to hatch is to select a point or to select an object. | X | X |
| INPUTSEARCHDELAY | Sets the number of milliseconds to delay before the command line suggestion list is displayed. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDCACHESIZE | Specifies amount of memory the reserved to display for point clouds. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN | Controls whether the drawing retains the on or off status of point cloud scan files that are referenced by an attached RCP file. | X | |
| SAFEMODE | Indicates whether executable code can be loaded and executed in the current AutoCAD session. | X | |
| SECURELOAD | Controls whether AutoCAD loads executable files based on their location. | X | |
| TOUCHMODE | For those using a touch-enabled screen or interface, controls the display of the Touch panel on the ribbon. | X | X |
| TRUSTEDDOMAINS | Controls the domain names or URLs from which AutoCAD can run JavaScript code. | X | |
| TRUSTEDPATHS | Controls the folders from where AutoCAD can load and execute files that contain executable code. | X | |
| TEXTJUSTIFY | Displays the default justification used by the TEXT command to create single-line text. | X | X |
| New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRAYCLASSIC | Displays the legacy Array dialog box. | X | X |
| ONLINECOLNOW | Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing. | X | X |
| ONLINEDOCS | Opens your Autodesk 360 documents list and folders in a browser. | X | X |
| ONLINEOPTIONS | Opens the Online tab of the Options dialog box. | X | X |
| ONLINESHARE | Designates who can access the current document from Autodesk 360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNC | Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNCSETTINGS | Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDCLIP | Crops the display of a selected point cloud to specified boundaries. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT | Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box that specifies intensity color mapping for eligible point clouds. | X | |
| SURFEXTRACTCURVE | Extracts isolines curves from a surface. | X | |
| VIEWCOMPONENT | Selects drawing view components for editing. | X | |
| VIEWDETAIL | Supports the creation of detail views by selecting an existing drawing view | X | |
| VIEWSECTION | Supports the creation of section views by selecting a drawing view to cut. | X | |
| VIEWDETAILSTYLE | Supports the creation or modification of detail view styles. | X | |
| VIEWSECTIONSTYLE | Supports the creation and editing of section view styles. | X | |
| VIEWSKETCH | Activates model space for a view and enters a “view sketching” state to edit and constrain a section line or detail boundary | X | |
| VIEWSKETCHCLOSE | Exits a “view sketching” state and makes paper space current. | X | |
| New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| ANNOMONITOR | Turns the annotation monitor on and off. | X | |
| ARRAYASSOCIATIVITY | Sets the default behavior of new arrays to be associative or non-associative. | X | X |
| CACHEMAXFILES | Sets the maximum number of graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product. | X | X |
| CACHEMAXTOTALSIZE | Sets the maximum total size of all graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product. | X | X |
| CLIPROMPTLINES | Sets the number of lines displayed in the temporary prompt history when an undocked command window is set to display just the prompt line. | X | X |
| CLIPROMPTUPDATE | Controls whether the command line displays the messages and prompts generated while an AutoLISP or script file is being executed. | X | X |
| ONLINEDOCMODE | Indicates whether a copies of your drawings and linked files are uploaded automatically to Autodesk 360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNCTIME | Controls the time interval for synchronizing current customization settings with a local cache, which is then stored in Autodesk 360. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME | Determines whether point cloud clipping boundaries are visible or plotted in the current drawing. | X | X |
| PLINEREVERSEWIDTHS | Controls the appearance of a polyline when it is reversed. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDBOUNDARY | Turns the display of a point cloud bounding box on and off. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME | Controls whether a point cloud clipping boundary is visible on the screen and when printed. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUDPOINTMAX | Sets the maximum number of point cloud points that can exist in a drawing. | X | |
| PROPERTYPREVIEW | Controls whether you can preview the changes to currently selected objects when you roll over drop-down lists and galleries that control properties. | X | X |
| PROPPREVTIMEOUT | Sets the maximum number of seconds for a property preview to display before the preview is automatically cancelled. | X | |
| SELECTIONPREVIEWLIMIT | Limits the number of objects that can display preview highlighting during a window or crossing selection. | X | X |
| SNAPGRIDLEGACY | Specifies whether the grid snap is active only when specifying a point, or also during object selection. | X | |
| THUMBSAVE | Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing. | X | X |
| VIEWSKETCHMODE | Turns the view sketching state on or off. | X | |
| VIEWUPDATEAUTO | Specifies whether Model Documentation views are updated automatically when changes are pending. | X | |
| WIPEOUTFRAME | Controls the display of frames for wipeout objects. | X | X |