What's New in AutoCAD LT 2023

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD LT 2023. For technical details, see the release notes.

Updates

2023.1 Highlights

Sheet Set Manager Improvements (Web)

AutoCAD brings in additional capabilities to the Sheet Set Manager for Web.

2023 Release

Highlights

New Features Overview (Video)

This video shows the key enhancements in this release.

Trace

Building on the initial release of the Trace feature, you can now create traces in desktop and contribute to traces created by others.

Count

You can now count instances of an object or blocks within a specified area.

Floating Drawing Windows

Continued improvements to floating drawing windows are included in this release.

2D Graphics Display

This release of AutoCAD includes a new graphic engine, which provides a better display effect on some high-end GPUs.

Sheet Set Manager for Autodesk Docs

Manage sheet sets from Autodesk Docs using the new Sheet Set Manager for Web.

Drawing and Layout Tabs

Changes to the drawing and layout tabs make it easier to tell which drawing and layout is active. Changes also make it easier to see which drawing is active on the drawing tab overflow menu.

CUTBASE

The new CUTBASE command copies selected objects to the Clipboard, along with a specified base point, and removes them from the drawing.

Polyline Extend

A new grip option, Extend Vertex, adds a new vertex to your polyline extending from the selected end grip. You no longer have to reverse the polyline direction.

MLEADER Enhancement

The MLEADER command now has an option to select an existing mtext object to use for the new leader.

Additional enhancements

ARCTEXT: With the ARCTEXT command, you can create an arcalignedtext object that follows the curve of a selected arc.

Insert Block: The Block Redefine dialog box provides an option to rename a block when the specified block name already exists in the drawing.

Options Dialog Box: A new task dialog prompts you to either save or discard the changes made when you attempt to close or cancel the Options dialog box.

Isolation Mode: The object selection is now maintained when you exit isolation mode.

New Drawing: Hovering over the New drop-down on the Start tab, displays a tooltip with the name of the drawing template file that will be used.

Customer Error Reporting (CER): Your email address is now automatically filled in when an error report is generated.

Multi-core Background Publishing: The publish option "Include Hyperlinks" is now supported when publishing a Multi-sheet PDF file using background publishing.