Provides a quick guide to which commands are new in this release.
2023 New Commands and System Variables
New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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COUNT | Counts and highlights the instances of the selected object in the drawing. | X | X |
COUNTAREA | Defines the area to count the instances of an object or block.
Note: Only available while a count is active.
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X | X |
COUNTAREACLOSE | Cancels the count selection area.
Note: Only available while a count is active.
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X | X |
COUNTCLOSE | Closes the Count toolbar and ends the count. | X | X |
COUNTFIELD | Creates a field that's set to the value of the current count. | X | X |
COUNTLIST | Opens the Count palette to view and manage the counted blocks. | X | X |
COUNTLISTCLOSE | Closes the Count palette. | X | X |
COUNTNAVNEXT | Zooms to the next object in the count result. | X | X |
COUNTNAVPREV | Zooms to the previous object in the count result. | X | X |
COUNTTABLE | Inserts a table containing the block names and the corresponding count of each block in the drawing. | X | X |
CUTBASE | Copies selected objects to the Clipboard, along with a specified base point, and removes them from the drawing. | X | X |
EXPORTUSERSETTINGS | Exports custom user settings for import on another machine. | X | X |
IMPORTUSERSETTINGS | Imports custom user settings from an export file created previously with EXPORTUSERSETTINGS. | X | X |
SELECTCOUNT | Finds all objects within the current count that match the properties of the selected objects, and then adds them to the selection set.
Note: Only available while a count is active.
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X | X |
SHARE | Shares a link to a copy of the current drawing to view or edit in the AutoCAD web app. The drawing copy includes all external references and images. | X | X |
TABLESTYLE | Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles. | X | X |
TRACE | Opens and manages traces from the command prompt. | X | X |
TRACEBACK | Displays the host drawing with full saturation, while dimming the trace geometry. | X | X |
TRACEFRONT | Displays the active trace with full saturation, while dimming the host drawing geometry. | X | X |
TRACEPALETTECLOSE | Closes the Trace palette. | X | X |
TRACEPALETTEOPEN | Opens the Trace palette where you can view and manage traces in the current drawing. | X | X |
TRACEEDIT | Changes the active trace to edit mode. | X | X |
TRACEVIEW | Changes the active trace to view mode. | X | X |
New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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ANNOSCALEZOOM | Controls whether the mouse wheel zoom in paperspace viewports is controlled by specific zoom scales or is independent (legacy behavior). | X | X |
COLORTHEME | Sets the color theme of the toolsets, palettes, and several other interface elements to dark or light. | X | X |
COUNTCHECK | Controls the checking for errors in the count. | X | X |
COUNTCOLOR | Sets the highlighting color on objects in a count. | X | X |
COUNTERRORCOLOR | Sets the highlighting color on objects that can cause potential errors in a count. | X | X |
COUNTERRORNUM | Displays the number errors in the current count. | X | X |
COUNTNUMBER | Displays the number of the current count. | X | X |
COUNTPALETTESTATE | Reports whether the Count palette is open or closed. | X | X |
COUNTSERVICE | Controls the background indexing of the count. | X | X |
FASTSHADEDMODE | Specifies whether the new cross platform 3D graphics system is turned on or off. | X | |
JIGZOOMMAX | Controls the maximum percentage of the view dimensions that the block extents must fit when being inserted. | X | X |
JIGZOOMMIN | Controls the minimum percentage of the view dimensions that the block extents must fit when being inserted. | X | X |
TRACECURRENT | Displays the name of the active trace when TRACEMODE=1 or 2. | X | X |
TRACEDISPLAYMODE | Indicates whether the tracing paper effect is displayed (front) or not (back) while a trace is active. | X | X |
TRACEFADECTL | Controls the amount of fading when TRACEMODE is active. The setting effects only the objects not being edited - the host drawing geometry or Trace geometry. | X | X |
TRACEMODE | Indicates whether Trace is active and which mode is current - editing or viewing. | X | X |
TRACEOSNAP | Controls whether object snaps apply to trace geometry while viewing a trace. | X | X |
TRACEPALETTESTATE | Reports whether the Trace palette is open or closed. | X | X |
TRACEPAPERCTL | Controls the opaqueness of the tracing paper effect. The lower the number, the more transparent the tracing paper is. | X | X |
2022 New Commands and System Variables
New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |