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New Commands and System Variables Reference

Provides a quick guide to which commands are new in this release.

2022 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
EXPORTLAYOUT Creates a visual representation of the current layout in the model space of a new drawing. X X
PURGEAECDATA Removes the invisible AutoCAD Architecture custom data in the drawing allowing you to save the drawing to a previous version without any warnings. X X

2021 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
BREAKATPOINT Breaks the selected object into two objects at a specified point. X X
-INSERTCONTENT Inserts a drawing or block into the current drawing. X X
-PAGESETUP Command line version of the PAGESETUP command intended for overriding the settings of page setups in scripts and other customization. X X
REVCLOUDPROPERTIES Controls the approximate chord-length for the arcs in a selected revision cloud. X X
XCOMPARE Compares an attached xref with the latest state of the referenced drawing file, highlighting the differences with color within revision clouds. X X
XCOMPARECLOSE Closes the Xref Compare visor and ends the comparison. X X
XCOMPARERCNEXT Zooms to the next change set of the xref comparison result. X X
XCOMPARERCPREV Zooms to the previous change set of the xref comparison result. X X
New system variables Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
COMMANDWINDOWDOCKSTATE Indicates whether the command window is docked or floating. X X
COMPARESHOWCONTEXT Controls the visibility of objects that are not used in the xref comparison. X X
REVCLOUDARCVARIANCE Controls whether revcloud arcs are created with varying or uniform chord lengths. X X
SECUREREMOTEACCESS Controls whether ObjectARX programs are restricted from accessing internet locations or remote servers. X X
TEXTGAPSELECTION Controls whether you can select text or mtext objects within the gaps or spaces between the letters. X X
TEXTLAYER Specifies a default layer for new text and multiline text objects in the current drawing. X X
TRIMEDGES Controls whether trimming and extending to hatches with Quick mode is limited to the edges of the hatches or includes the objects within hatch patterns. X X
TRIMEXTENDMODE Controls whether the TRIM and EXTEND commands use streamlined inputs by default. X X
XCOMPAREBAKPATH Specifies the path where the backup xref file is stored. X X
XCOMPAREBAKSIZE Sets the size of the folder where the backup xref file is stored. X X
XCOMPARECOLORMODE Switches the visual effect of objects in the host drawing during an xref comparison. X X
XCOMPAREENABLE Enables the comparison between an xref and the referenced drawing file. X X

2020 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
CLASSICINSERT Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing using the classic version of the INSERT command. X X
COMPARECLOSE Closes the DWG Compare visor and exits the comparison. X X
COMPAREEXPORT Exports the comparison results into a new drawing, called a snapshot drawing, and opens the drawing. X X
COMPAREIMPORT Imports objects from the compared file into the current drawing. Only the selected objects that exist in the compared file and not in the current file are imported. X X
COMPAREINFO Displays the information about the two compared drawing files. X X
New system variables Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
BLOCKMRULIST Controls the number of most recently used blocks displayed in the Recent pane of the Blocks palette. X X
BLOCKREDEFINEMODE Controls whether a dialog box displays when inserting a block from the Blocks palette with the same name as an existing block definition. X X
LTGAPSELECTION Controls whether you can select or snap to the gaps on objects defined with non-continuous linetype. X X
MEASUREMODE Controls whether the MEASUREGEOM command always defaults to the Quick option. X X
ROLLOVERTIPS Controls the display of rollover tooltips when the cursor hovers over an object. X X

2019 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
COMPARE Provides a visual comparison between two drawings, highlighting the differences. X X
-COMPARE Provides a visual comparison between two drawings, highlighting the differences, using the command line. X X
NEWVIEW Saves a new, named view from the display in the current viewport, or by defining a rectangular window. X X
New system variables Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
COMPARECOLOR1 Sets the color in the comparison drawing for the objects that exist only in the first drawing selected for comparison. X X
COMPARECOLOR2 Sets the color in the comparison drawing for the objects that exist only in the second drawing selected for comparison. X X
COMPARECOLORCOMMON Sets the color in the comparison drawing for the objects that are identical in the two drawings selected for comparison. X X
COMPAREFRONT Controls the default display order of overlapping objects in the comparison drawing. X X
COMPAREHATCH Controls whether hatch objects are included in the drawing comparison. X X
COMPAREPROPS Controls whether a change in an object's property is identified as a change in the drawing comparison. X X
COMPARERCMARGIN Specifies the offset distance between the boundary of a change set and the revision cloud in the comparison drawing. X X
COMPARERCSHAPE Controls whether individual changes are merged as a single large rectangle or a series of smaller rectangle in the compare result drawing. X X
COMPARESHOW1 Displays the objects that exists only in the first drawing. X X
COMPARESHOW2 Displays the objects that exists only in the second drawing. X X
COMPARESHOWCOMMON Displays the objects that are identical in both the drawings that are being compared. X X
COMPARESHOWRC Shows a revision cloud around the difference in the compare result drawing. X X
COMPARETEXT Controls whether text objects are included in the drawing comparison. X X
COMPARETOLERANCE Specifies the tolerance used when comparing two drawing files-entities are considered identical if they are below or equal to a specified decimal point value. X X
VISRETAINMODE Controls which xref layer properties to automatically sync on reload when the VISRETAIN system variable is set to 1. X X
XREFLAYER Specifies a default layer for a new xref. X X

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