Friday, March 28, 2014

Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 - New Commands and System Variables


Hello everybody… With each release of AutoCAD, Autodesk introduce new commands and new system variables, here are the ones introduced with Autodesk AutoCAD 2015…
**Commands

New commands
Description
AutoCAD
AutoCAD LT
GEOMAPIMAGE
Captures a portion of the online map to an object known as a map image, and embeds it in the drawing area.
X
X
GEOMAPIMAGEUPDATE
Reloads map images from the online maps service and optionally resets their resolution for optimal on-screen viewing.
X
X
NEWTAB
Displays a New Tab which allows direct access to files, learning resources, Autodesk 360 and more.
X
X
ONLINEAUTOCAD360
Launches AutoCAD 360 in your default browser.
X
X
PMTOGGLE
Controls whether the Performance Recorder is turned on or off. The Performance Feedback tool can be used to record performance issues for analysis by Autodesk.
X

POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP
Displays the Point Cloud Color Map dialog box, used to define settings for Intensity, Elevation, and Classification point cloud stylizations.
X

POINTCLOUDCROP
Crops a selected point cloud to a specified polygonal, rectangular, or circular boundary.
X

POINTCLOUDMANAGER
Displays the Point Cloud Manager palette, used to control display of point cloud projects, regions, and scans.
X

POINTCLOUDMANAGERCLOSE
Closes the Point Cloud Manager.
X

POINTCLOUDSTYLIZE
Controls the coloration of point clouds.
X

POINTCLOUDUNCROP
Permanently removes all cropped areas from selected point clouds.
X

PTYPE
Specifies the display style and size of point objects.
X
X
TEXTALIGN
Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely.
X
X
RECAP
Launches Autodesk ReCap from within AutoCAD.
X


**System Variables

New system variables
Description
AutoCAD
AutoCAD LT
COLORTHEME
Sets the color theme of the ribbon, palettes, and several other interface elements to dark or light.
X
X
COMMANDPREVIEW
Controls whether a preview of the possible outcome of the command is displayed.
X
X
COMPLEXLTPREVIEW
Controls whether a preview of the complex linetype is displayed during interactive operations.
X
X
HIGHLIGHTSMOOTHING
Controls the anti-aliasing effect on object highlighting.
X
X
HPLINETYPE
Controls the display of linetype in a hatch pattern.
X
X
LAYOUTTAB
Controls whether Model and Layout tabs are displayed or not.
X
X
MTEXTAUTOSTACK
Controls autostacking for the MTEXT command.
X
X
MTEXTDETECTSPACE
Controls whether the keyboard spacebar is used to create list items in the MTEXT command.
X
X
NEWTABMODE
Specifies whether clicking the plus sign (+) on the file tab bar displays the New Tab or opens a new drawing.
X
X
ORBITAUTOTARGET
Controls how the target point is acquired for the 3DORBIT command.
X

OSNAPOVERRIDE
Determines whether the object snap settings in the OSNAP dialog are enforced.
X
X
PCMSTATE
Indicates whether the Point Cloud Manager is open or closed.
X

POINTCLOUDLIGHTING
Controls the way lighting effects are displayed for a point cloud.
X
X
POINTCLOUDLIGHTSOURCE
Determines the light source for point clouds when lighting is turned on.
X
X
POINTCLOUDLOD
Sets the level of density of point display for point clouds.
X
X
POINTCLOUDPOINTMAXLEGACY
Applies only to legacy (pre-2015) point clouds. Sets the maximum number of points that can be displayed for all legacy point clouds attached to the drawing.
X
X
POINTCLOUDPOINTSIZE
Controls the size of the points for new point cloud objects.
X
X
POINTCLOUDSHADING
Specifies whether the brightness of the points in the point cloud are diffuse or specular.
X
X
POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN
Controls whether a legacy drawing (created in AutoCAD 2014) retains the on or off status of individual scans (RCS files) and regions referenced by an attached point cloud project (RCP file).
X
X
SORTORDER
Specifies whether the layer list is ordered using a natural sort order or ASCII values.
X
X
STATUSBARSTATE
Indicates whether the status bar is visible or not.
X
X
TEXTALIGNMODE
Stores the alignment option for aligned text.
X
X
TEXTALIGNSPACING
Stores the spacing option for aligned text.
X
X
TEXTALLCAPS
Controls automatic correction for MTEXT and TEXT/DTEXT when CAPS LOCK is active.
X
X
TEXTAUTOCORRECTCAPS
Controls whether or not Caps Lock is automatically turned off for Multiline text and Text.
X
X

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

How can I download an older version of any Autodesk software???

Hello everybody… This is a repost of my original post on  How can I download an older version of any Autodesk software???:

The reason for this that Autodesk made some changes on their website and some links got moved to different pages.

Thank you all for your time and have a great day!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Cleaning Files Facts…

Hi All… Everybody knows how valuable our files are, so to keep the integrity of your files is it important to do some housekeeping once in while… But this can be a tedious task that involve multiples steps…
A big number of users like to create Lisp routines, to execute all these steps; but for those of us that do not have a clue how to do something like that, you can use an Action Recorder Macro. These are used to record commands and input values that can be played back as an action macro.
They are very easy to use and you can find all the information that you need on the AutoCAD Help file.
This is what I like to do, to clean my files…

Because of those unwanted DGN Linetypes issue, I always like to run the DGNPURGE command alone with an AUDIT and a –PURGE to erase any Regapps present on the file and of course QSAVE the drawing. 
So I created a macro that grouped all these steps on one command that I called CLEANDWG
Here is how my Macro looks like: 
Important!!! 
Please remember that the DGNPURGE command will not stay loaded on your system after shutting down AutoCAD. If you need to use this command in future sessions of AutoCAD, you will need to reload the DGNLsPurge.dll by using the NETLOAD command. 

And you can use this macro by just typing CLEANDWG on the command line… 
Have fun creating your own macros and… 
 … To all!!!
@Civil3DBTF