Provides a quick guide to which commands are new in this release.
| New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOSEALLOTHER | Closes all other open drawings, except the current active drawing. | X | X |
| CMATTACH
COORDINATIONMODELATTACH |
Inserts references to coordination models such as NWD and NWC Navisworks files. | X | |
| DIGITALSIGN | Provides a separate command to add a digital signature to a drawing. Removes the Digital Signature tab from the SECURITYOPTIONS command. | X | X |
| GOTOSTART | Switches from the current drawing to the Start tab. The Start tab is a successor to the New tab and has a different behavior. | X | X |
| PCEXTRACTCENTERLINE | Draws a centerline for a cylindrical segment of a point cloud. | X | |
| PCEXTRACTCORNER | Marks the point of the intersection between three detected planes in a point cloud. | X | |
| PCEXTRACTEDGE | Infers the edge between two planes and draws a line to mark the edge. | X | |
| PCEXTRACTSECTION | Generates 2D geometry from a point cloud that contains section objects. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDCROPSTATE | Controls saving, restoring, and deleting point cloud crop states. | X | |
| RENDERENVIRONMENTCLOSE | Closes the Render Environment & Exposure palette. | X | |
| RENDEREXPOSURECLOSE | Closes the Render Environment & Exposure palette. | X | |
| RENDERWINDOW | Displays the Render window. Replaces the RENDERWIN command. | X | |
| RENDERWINDOWCLOSE | Closes the Render window. | X | |
| SCRIPTCALL | Executes a sequence of commands the same as the SCRIPT command, with the additional capability of also executing nested scripts. | X | X |
| SECTIONSPINNERS | Sets the default increment value for the Section Offset and Slice Thickness controls in the Section Plane Contextual Ribbon tab. | X | |
| SYSVARMONITOR | Displays the System Variable Monitor dialog box. | X | X |
| New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| CMFADECOLOR | Controls the amount of black blended on all attached coordination models. | X | |
| CMFADEOPACITY | Controls the amount of dimming through transparency for all attached coordination models. | X | |
| CMOSNAP | Determines whether object snapping is active for geometry in coordination models that are attached to the drawing. | X | |
| DIMLAYER | Specifies a default layer for new dimensions. | X | X |
| DIMPICKBOX | Sets the object selection target height, in pixels within the DIM command. | X | X |
| DIMTXTRULER | Controls the display of ruler when editing a dimension text. | X | X |
| EPDFSHX | Controls whether text objects using SHX fonts are stored in PDF files as comments when you export a drawing as a PDF file. This system variable was introduced in Service Pack 1. In the future, the name will change to PDFSHX. | X | X |
| EXPVALUE | Specifies the exposure value to apply during rendering. | X | |
| EXPWHITEBALANCE | Specifies the Kelvin color temperature (white balance) value to apply during rendering. | X | |
| GALLERYVIEW | Controls the type of preview in the ribbon drop-down galleries. | X | X |
| IBLENVIRONMENT | Enables image-based lighting and specifies the current image map. | X | |
| LEGACYCODESEARCH | Controls whether searching for executable files includes the current and drawing folders. | X | |
| LINEFADING | Controls whether line displays are faded when hardware acceleration is on and you have exceeded the line density limits. | X | X |
| LINEFADINGLEVEL | When hardware acceleration is on, controls the intensity of the line fading effect. | X | X |
| POINTCLOUD2DVSDISPLAY | Turns off or on the bounding box and text message when viewing a point cloud in the 2D Wireframe visual style. | X | |
| POINTCLOUDEDGEDISPLAY | Specifies the type of edge preview displayed in a point cloud. | X | |
| RENDERENVSTATE | Indicates whether the Render Environment & Exposure palette is open or closed. | X | |
| RENDERLEVEL | Specifies the number of iterations, or levels, the render engine performs to create the rendered image. | X | |
| RENDERLIGHTCALC | Controls the rendering accuracy of lights and materials. | X | |
| RENDERTARGET | Controls the duration to use for rendering. | X | |
| RENDERTIME | Specifies the number of minutes that the render engine uses to iteratively refine a rendered image. | X | |
| REVCLOUDCREATEMODE | Specifies the default input for creating revision clouds. | X | X |
| REVCLOUDGRIPS | Controls the number of grips displayed on a revision cloud. | X | X |
| SECTIONOFFSETINC | Sets the default increment value for the section object slice thickness control. | X | |
| SECTIONTHICKNESSINC | Sets the default increment value for section object offset control. | X | |
| SELECTIONEFFECTCOLOR | Sets the color of the glowing highlighting effect on object selection. | X | X |
| STARTINFOLDER | Stores the drive and folder path from where the product was started. | X | X |
| STARTMODE | Controls whether the Start tab is displayed. | X | X |
| SYSMON | Specifies whether changes to system variables values are monitored. | X | X |
| WORKINGFOLDER | Stores the drive and folder path of the operating system's working folder or current directory for the process, which can be of interest to developers. | X | X |
| XREFOVERRIDE | Controls the display of object properties on referenced layers. | X | X |
| 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 A360 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 patterns. | 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 |
| PRESELECTIONEFFECT | Specifies the visual effect used for preselection of objects. | X | X |
| SELECTIONEFFECT | Specifies the visual effect used when objects are selected. | 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 A360 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 A360 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 A360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNC | Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk A360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNCSETTINGS | Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced. | X | X |
| OPENFROMCLOUD | Opens an existing drawing file from your local Autodesk A360 sync folder. | 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 | |
| SAVETOCLOUD | Saves an existing drawing file to your local Autodesk A360 sync folder under a new file name. | X | 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 A360. | X | X |
| ONLINESYNCTIME | Controls the time interval for synchronizing current customization settings with a local cache, which is then stored in Autodesk A360. | 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 |