Provides a quick guide to which commands and system variables are new in this release.
| New commands | Description |
|---|---|
| AECATALOGCONFIG | Configure and connect to one of the supported databases for catalog data. |
| New system variables | Description |
|---|---|
| AEITEMRESEQUENCEMODE | Controls the version of the Item Resequence command and related project properties. The default is to use the 2017 version of the command and properties which can sort project-wide by manufacturer. The project property, Reset with Each Drawing, for item numbering is not available in the 2017 version. |
| New commands | Description |
|---|---|
| AEINVLINKSETUP | Creates or edits an electromechanical project, linking an AutoCAD Electrical project to an Inventor assembly. |
| New system variables | Description |
|---|---|
| AEEMXDATAUPDATEMODE | Controls whether the electromechanical synchronization process happens in the foreground or background. |
| AELOCATIONVIEW | Controls the state of the Location View tab in Project Manager.
Note: If the active project is linked to an Inventor assembly, this system variable is ignored so that the Location View tab is always on.
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| New commands | Description |
|---|---|
| AECATALOGOPEN | Opens the Catalog Browser where you can insert a component by selecting a catalog value, or edit the catalog database. |
| AECATALOGCLOSE | Closes the Catalog Browser. |
| AECIRCCUT | Copies selected objects to the circuit clipboard and removes them from the drawing. |
| AECIRCCOPYCLIP | Copies selected objects to the circuit clipboard. |
| AECIRCPASTE | Pastes objects from the circuit clipboard into the current drawing. |
| AEWAGOEXPORT | Exports selected terminal strips to an XML file for import into WAGO ProServe Smart Designer application. |
| AEPHOENIXEXPORT | Exports selected terminal strips to an XML file for import into the Phoenix Contact CLIP Project application. |
| AEEXPORTMOBILEDATA | Exports project and drawing data for use in the AutoCAD Electrical mobile app. For use when the data is not automatically exported. The data is written to an EXPORTED_MOBILE_DATA folder created in the project folder. |
| AEPUBLISH | Publish to PDF, PDF with hyperlinks, DWF, or DWFx. |
| New system variables | Description |
|---|---|
| AEPDFFONTALT | Controls whether SHX fonts are replaced with TrueType fonts when publishing to PDF. |
| AEMOBILEDATAMODE | Controls whether the project and drawing data is automatically exported for use in the AutoCAD Electrical mobile app. |