Provides a quick guide to which commands are new in this release.
2024 New Commands and System Variables
New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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COPYFROMTRACE | Copies objects from a trace into the drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
FADEMARKUP | Fades individual markups so they are less visible on a trace. | ✓ | |
MARKUPASSIST | Analyzes an imported markup and can help place text callouts and revision clouds faster and with less manual effort. | ✓ | |
MARKUPIMPORT | Imports a marked up drawing (image/pdf) in-place into your DWG as a new trace. | ✓ |
New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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AUTOPLACEMENT | Controls whether placement suggestions are displayed as you insert a block. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMMENTHIGHLIGHT | Controls the display of the indicator badge on PDF text comments. | ✓ | |
MARKUPASSISTMODE | Controls whether identified markups are highlighted. | ✓ | |
MARKUPPAPERDISPLAY | Indicates whether or not a digital markup is currently active. | ✓ | |
MARKUPPAPERTRANSPARENCY | Controls the level of transparency when a digital markup is active. | ✓ | |
MARKUPSELECTIONMODE | Enables selection using boundary markup assist boxes as criteria. | ✓ | |
TRACEMARKUPFADECTL | Controls the transparency of faded markups. The lower the number, the more visible the markup is. | ✓ | |
TRACEVPSUPPORT | Controls whether markup boxes are actionable within a currently active model space viewport. | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
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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✓ | ✓ |
COUNTAREACLOSE | Cancels the count selection area.
Note: Only available while a count is active.
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✓ | ✓ |
COUNTCLOSE | Closes the Count toolbar and ends the count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTFIELD | Creates a field that's set to the value of the current count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTLIST | Opens the Count palette to view and manage the counted blocks. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTLISTCLOSE | Closes the Count palette. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTNAVNEXT | Zooms to the next object in the count result. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTNAVPREV | Zooms to the previous object in the count result. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTTABLE | Inserts a table containing the block names and the corresponding count of each block in the drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
CUTBASE | Copies selected objects to the Clipboard, along with a specified base point, and removes them from the drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
EXPORTUSERSETTINGS | Exports custom user settings for import on another machine. | ✓ | ✓ |
IMPORTUSERSETTINGS | Imports custom user settings from an export file created previously with EXPORTUSERSETTINGS. | ✓ | ✓ |
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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✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
TABLESTYLE | Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACE | Opens and manages traces from the command prompt. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEBACK | Displays the host drawing with full saturation, while dimming the trace geometry. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEFRONT | Displays the active trace with full saturation, while dimming the host drawing geometry. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEPALETTECLOSE | Closes the Trace palette. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEPALETTEOPEN | Opens the Trace palette where you can view and manage traces in the current drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEEDIT | Changes the active trace to edit mode. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEVIEW | Changes the active trace to view mode. | ✓ | ✓ |
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). | ✓ | ✓ |
COLORTHEME | Sets the color theme of the toolsets, palettes, and several other interface elements to dark or light. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTCHECK | Controls the checking for errors in the count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTCOLOR | Sets the highlighting color on objects in a count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTERRORCOLOR | Sets the highlighting color on objects that can cause potential errors in a count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTERRORNUM | Displays the number errors in the current count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTNUMBER | Displays the number of the current count. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTPALETTESTATE | Reports whether the Count palette is open or closed. | ✓ | ✓ |
COUNTSERVICE | Controls the background indexing of the count. | ✓ | ✓ |
FASTSHADEDMODE | Specifies whether the new cross platform 3D graphics system is turned on or off. | ✓ | |
JIGZOOMMAX | Controls the maximum percentage of the view dimensions that the block extents must fit when being inserted. | ✓ | ✓ |
JIGZOOMMIN | Controls the minimum percentage of the view dimensions that the block extents must fit when being inserted. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACECURRENT | Displays the name of the active trace when TRACEMODE=1 or 2. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEDISPLAYMODE | Indicates whether the tracing paper effect is displayed (front) or not (back) while a trace is active. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEMODE | Indicates whether Trace is active and which mode is current - editing or viewing. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEOSNAP | Controls whether object snaps apply to trace geometry while viewing a trace. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEPALETTESTATE | Reports whether the Trace palette is open or closed. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRACEPAPERCTL | Controls the opaqueness of the tracing paper effect. The lower the number, the more transparent the tracing paper is. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
PURGEAECDATA | Removes the invisible AutoCAD Architecture custom data in the drawing allowing you to save the drawing to a previous version without any warnings. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
-INSERTCONTENT | Inserts a drawing or block into the current drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
-PAGESETUP | Command line version of the PAGESETUP command intended for overriding the settings of page setups in scripts and other customization. | ✓ | ✓ |
REVCLOUDPROPERTIES | Controls the approximate chord-length for the arcs in a selected revision cloud. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPARE | Compares an attached xref with the latest state of the referenced drawing file, highlighting the differences with color within revision clouds. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPARECLOSE | Closes the Xref Compare visor and ends the comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPARERCNEXT | Zooms to the next change set of the xref comparison result. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPARERCPREV | Zooms to the previous change set of the xref comparison result. | ✓ | ✓ |
New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
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COMMANDWINDOWDOCKSTATE | Indicates whether the command window is docked or floating. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARESHOWCONTEXT | Controls the visibility of objects that are not used in the xref comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
REVCLOUDARCVARIANCE | Controls whether revcloud arcs are created with varying or uniform chord lengths. | ✓ | ✓ |
SECUREREMOTEACCESS | Controls whether ObjectARX programs are restricted from accessing internet locations or remote servers. | ✓ | ✓ |
TEXTGAPSELECTION | Controls whether you can select text or mtext objects within the gaps or spaces between the letters. | ✓ | ✓ |
TEXTLAYER | Specifies a default layer for new text and multiline text objects in the current drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
TRIMEXTENDMODE | Controls whether the TRIM and EXTEND commands use streamlined inputs by default. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPAREBAKPATH | Specifies the path where the backup xref file is stored. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPAREBAKSIZE | Sets the size of the folder where the backup xref file is stored. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPARECOLORMODE | Switches the visual effect of objects in the host drawing during an xref comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
XCOMPAREENABLE | Enables the comparison between an xref and the referenced drawing file. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARECLOSE | Closes the DWG Compare visor and exits the comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPAREEXPORT | Exports the comparison results into a new drawing, called a snapshot drawing, and opens the drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPAREINFO | Displays the information about the two compared drawing files. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
BLOCKREDEFINEMODE | Controls whether a dialog box displays when inserting a block from the Blocks palette with the same name as an existing block definition. | ✓ | ✓ |
LTGAPSELECTION | Controls whether you can select or snap to the gaps on objects defined with non-continuous linetype. | ✓ | ✓ |
MEASUREMODE | Controls whether the MEASUREGEOM command always defaults to the Quick option. | ✓ | ✓ |
ROLLOVERTIPS | Controls the display of rollover tooltips when the cursor hovers over an object. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
-COMPARE | Provides a visual comparison between two drawings, highlighting the differences, using the command line. | ✓ | ✓ |
NEWVIEW | Saves a new, named view from the display in the current viewport, or by defining a rectangular window. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARECOLOR2 | Sets the color in the comparison drawing for the objects that exist only in the second drawing selected for comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARECOLORCOMMON | Sets the color in the comparison drawing for the objects that are identical in the two drawings selected for comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPAREFRONT | Controls the default display order of overlapping objects in the comparison drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPAREHATCH | Controls whether hatch objects are included in the drawing comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPAREPROPS | Controls whether a change in an object's property is identified as a change in the drawing comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARERCMARGIN | Specifies the offset distance between the boundary of a change set and the revision cloud in the comparison drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARERCSHAPE | Controls whether individual changes are merged as a single large rectangle or a series of smaller rectangle in the compare result drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARESHOW1 | Displays the objects that exists only in the first drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARESHOW2 | Displays the objects that exists only in the second drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARESHOWCOMMON | Displays the objects that are identical in both the drawings that are being compared. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARESHOWRC | Shows a revision cloud around the difference in the compare result drawing. | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARETEXT | Controls whether text objects are included in the drawing comparison. | ✓ | ✓ |
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. | ✓ | ✓ |
VISRETAINMODE | Controls which xref layer properties to automatically sync on reload when the VISRETAIN system variable is set to 1. | ✓ | ✓ |
XREFLAYER | Specifies a default layer for a new xref. | ✓ | ✓ |