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New Commands and System Variables Reference

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

2014 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
DESIGNFEEDCLOSE Closes the Design Feed palette. X X
DESIGNFEEDOPEN Opens the Design Feed palette. X X
FILETAB Displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. X X
FILETABCLOSE Hides the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. X X
GEOLOCATEME Displays or hides an indicator that shows your current position. X X
GEOMAP Displays a map from an online maps service, in the current viewport. X X
GEOMARKLATLONG Places a position marker at a location defined by a latitude and longitude. X X
GEOMARKME Places a position marker in model space at the spot corresponding to your current position. X X
GEOMARKPOINT Places a position marker at a specified point in model space. X X
GEOMARKPOSITION Places a position marker at a location you specify. X X
GEOREMOVE Removes all geographic location information from the drawing file. X X
GEOREORIENTMARKER Modifies the orientation and position of the geographic marker without changing its latitude and longitude properties. X X
INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS Controls settings for working with AutoComplete and AutoCorrect suggestions on the command line. X X
ONLINEOPENFOLDER Opens your local Autodesk 360 folder in Windows Explorer. X X
WEBLOAD Loads a JavaScript file from a URL, and then executes the JavaScript code contained in the file. X  
New system variables Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
CGEOCS Stores the name of the GIS coordinate system assigned to the drawing file. X X
CLAYOUT Sets the current layout. X X
DESIGNFEEDSTATE Indicates whether the Design Feed palette is open or closed. X X
DIMCONTINUEMODE Determines whether the style of a continued dimension is based on the dimension that is being continued or on the current dimension style. X X
FILETABPREVIEW Controls the type of preview, list view or thumbnail view, when you hover over a file tab. X X
FILETABSTATE Indicates the display status of the file tabs at the top of the drawing area. X X
FILETABTHUMBHOVER Specifies whether the corresponding model or layout loads in the drawing window when you hover over a file tab thumbnail. X X
GEOMARKPOSITIONSIZE Specifies the scale factor to use for point objects and multiline text objects when creating position markers. X X
HPPICKMODE Sets whether the default method for identifying what to hatch is to select a point or to select an object. X X
INPUTSEARCHDELAY Sets the number of milliseconds to delay before the command line suggestion list is displayed. X X
POINTCLOUDCACHESIZE Specifies amount of memory the reserved to display for point clouds. X X
POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN Controls whether the drawing retains the on or off status of point cloud scan files that are referenced by an attached RCP file. X  
SAFEMODE Indicates whether executable code can be loaded and executed in the current AutoCAD session. X  
SECURELOAD Controls whether AutoCAD loads executable files based on their location. X  
TOUCHMODE For those using a touch-enabled screen or interface, controls the display of the Touch panel on the ribbon. X X
TRUSTEDDOMAINS Controls the domain names or URLs from which AutoCAD can run JavaScript code. X  
TRUSTEDPATHS Controls the folders from where AutoCAD can load and execute files that contain executable code. X  
TEXTJUSTIFY Displays the default justification used by the TEXT command to create single-line text. X X

2013 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
ARRAYCLASSIC Displays the legacy Array dialog box. X X
ONLINECOLNOW Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing. X X
ONLINEDOCS Opens your Autodesk 360 documents list and folders in a browser. X X
ONLINEOPTIONS Opens the Online tab of the Options dialog box. X X
ONLINESHARE Designates who can access the current document from Autodesk 360. X X
ONLINESYNC Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360. X X
ONLINESYNCSETTINGS Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced. X X
POINTCLOUDCLIP Crops the display of a selected point cloud to specified boundaries. X  
POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box that specifies intensity color mapping for eligible point clouds. X  
SURFEXTRACTCURVE Extracts isolines curves from a surface. X  
VIEWCOMPONENT Selects drawing view components for editing. X  
VIEWDETAIL Supports the creation of detail views by selecting an existing drawing view X  
VIEWSECTION Supports the creation of section views by selecting a drawing view to cut. X  
VIEWDETAILSTYLE Supports the creation or modification of detail view styles. X  
VIEWSECTIONSTYLE Supports the creation and editing of section view styles. X  
VIEWSKETCH Activates model space for a view and enters a “view sketching” state to edit and constrain a section line or detail boundary X  
VIEWSKETCHCLOSE Exits a “view sketching” state and makes paper space current. X  
New system variables Description AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
ANNOMONITOR Turns the annotation monitor on and off. X  
ARRAYASSOCIATIVITY Sets the default behavior of new arrays to be associative or non-associative. X X
CACHEMAXFILES Sets the maximum number of graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product. X X
CACHEMAXTOTALSIZE Sets the maximum total size of all graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product. X X
CLIPROMPTLINES Sets the number of lines displayed in the temporary prompt history when an undocked command window is set to display just the prompt line. X X
CLIPROMPTUPDATE Controls whether the command line displays the messages and prompts generated while an AutoLISP or script file is being executed. X X
ONLINEDOCMODE Indicates whether a copies of your drawings and linked files are uploaded automatically to Autodesk 360. X X
ONLINESYNCTIME Controls the time interval for synchronizing current customization settings with a local cache, which is then stored in Autodesk 360. X X
POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME Determines whether point cloud clipping boundaries are visible or plotted in the current drawing. X X
PLINEREVERSEWIDTHS Controls the appearance of a polyline when it is reversed. X X
POINTCLOUDBOUNDARY Turns the display of a point cloud bounding box on and off. X X
POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME Controls whether a point cloud clipping boundary is visible on the screen and when printed. X X
POINTCLOUDPOINTMAX Sets the maximum number of point cloud points that can exist in a drawing. X  
PROPERTYPREVIEW Controls whether you can preview the changes to currently selected objects when you roll over drop-down lists and galleries that control properties. X X
PROPPREVTIMEOUT Sets the maximum number of seconds for a property preview to display before the preview is automatically cancelled. X  
SELECTIONPREVIEWLIMIT Limits the number of objects that can display preview highlighting during a window or crossing selection. X X
SNAPGRIDLEGACY Specifies whether the grid snap is active only when specifying a point, or also during object selection. X  
THUMBSAVE Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing. X X
VIEWSKETCHMODE Turns the view sketching state on or off. X  
VIEWUPDATEAUTO Specifies whether Model Documentation views are updated automatically when changes are pending. X  
WIPEOUTFRAME Controls the display of frames for wipeout objects. X X

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