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
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