View the version history of drawings stored in the cloud in the new Drawing History palette, where you can compare them with the current version of your drawing.
If you save drawing files to a OneDrive, Dropbox, or Box account, additional versions of these drawing files are created as you work, creating a version history. The previous versions will be listed in the new Drawing History palette so you can compare them with the current version of your drawing.
- When you're signed into your Autodesk Account, a notification appears the first time you access a drawing saved in your Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft OneDrive account. For example, if you previously saved a drawing to your Dropbox account, the following notification displays:
When you sign in, the Drawing History palette displays with a list of any previous versions of that drawing.
- In the Drawing History palette, you can filter the versions listed by a date range, by a user name, or by a specified minimum time increment between versions.
- You can use the Drawing Compare feature to compare the current version of a drawing with any of the previous versions in the drawing history. If one of several people that have cloud access to a drawing makes a change, a notification displays that includes the name of the person who made the change and a link that enables you to compare the changes.
The Compare control opens the Drawing Compare feature to identify geometric or text differences between the versions. See About Comparing Differences Between Drawings for more information.
Ribbon Access
New Commands
DWGHISTORY - Opens the Drawing History palette, which displays a version history of the current drawing as maintained by a supported cloud storage provider.
DWGHISTORYCLOSE - Closes the Drawing History palette.
New System Variables
DWGHISTORYSTATE - Reports whether the Drawing History palette is open or closed.