10.13.2013

AutoCAD 2014 New Commands and System Variables

New commands
Description
DESIGNFEEDCLOSE
Closes the Design Feed palette.
DESIGNFEEDOPEN
Opens the Design Feed palette.
FILETAB
Displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area.
FILETABCLOSE
Hides the File tabs at the top of the drawing area.
GEOLOCATEME
Displays or hides an indicator that shows your current position.
GEOMAP
Displays a map from an online maps service, in the current viewport.
GEOMARKLATLONG
Places a position marker at a location defined by a latitude and longitude
GEOMARKME
Places a position marker in model space at the spot corresponding to your current position.
GEOMARKPOINT
Places a position marker at a specified point in model space.
GEOMARKPOSITION
Places a position marker at a location you specify.
GEOREMOVE
Removes all geographic location information from the drawing file.
GEOREORIENTMARKER
Modifies the orientation and position of the geographic marker without changing its latitude and longitude properties.
ONLINEOPENFOLDER
Opens your local Autodesk 360 folder in Windows Explorer.
WEBLOAD
Loads a JavaScript file from a URL, and then executes the JavaScript code contained in the file
      

New system variables
Description
CGEOCS
Stores the name of the GIS coordinate system assigned to the drawing file.
CLAYOUT
Sets the current layout.
DESIGNFEEDSTATE
Indicates whether the Design Feed palette is open or closed.
DIMCONTINUEMODE
Determines whether the style of a continued dimension is based on the dimension that is being continued or on the current dimension style.
FILETABPREVIEW
Controls the type of preview, list view or thumbnail view, when you hover over a file tab.
FILETABSTATE
Indicates the display status of the file tabs at the top of the drawing area.
FILETABTHUMBHOVER
Specifies whether the corresponding model or layout loads in the drawing window when you hover over a file tab thumbnail.
GEOMARKPOSITIONSIZE
Specifies the scale factor to use for point objects and multiline text objects when creating position markers.
HPPICKMODE
Sets whether the default method for identifying what to hatch is to select a point or to select an object.
INPUTSEARCHDELAY
Sets the number of milliseconds to delay before the command line suggestion list is displayed.
POINTCLOUDCACHESIZE
Specifies amount of memory the reserved to display for point clouds. POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN
SECURELOAD
Controls whether AutoCAD loads executable files based on their location.  
TOUCHMODE
For those using a touch-enabled screen or interface, controls the display of the Touch panel on the ribbon.
TRUSTEDDOMAINS
Controls the domain names or URLs from which AutoCAD can run JavaScript code.
TRUSTEDPATHS
Controls the folders from where AutoCAD can load and execute files that contain executable code.
TEXTJUSTIFY
Displays the default justification used by the TEXT command to create single-line text.


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10.05.2013

AutoCAD 2013 New Commands and System Variables

New commands
Description
ARRAYCLASSIC
Displays the legacy Array dialog box.
ONLINECOLNOW
Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing.
ONLINEDOCS
Opens your Autodesk 360 documents list and folders in a browser.
ONLINEOPTIONS
Opens the Online tab of the Options dialog box.
ONLINESHARE
Designates who can access the current document from Autodesk 360.
ONLINESYNC
Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360.
ONLINESYNCSETTINGS
Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced.
POINTCLOUDCLIP
Crops the display of a selected point cloud to specified boundaries.

POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT
Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box that specifies intensity color mapping for eligible point clouds.
SURFEXTRACTCURVE
Extracts isoline curves from a surface.
VIEWCOMPONENT
Selects drawing view components for editing.
VIEWDETAIL
Supports the creation of detail views by selecting an existing drawing view
VIEWSECTION
Supports the creation of section views by selecting a drawing view to cut.
VIEWDETAILSTYLE
Supports the creation or modification of detail view styles.
VIEWSECTIONSTYLE
Supports the creation and editing of section view styles.
VIEWSKETCH
Activates model space for a view and enters a “view sketching” state to edit and constrain a section line or detail boundary
VIEWSKETCHCLOSE
Exits a “view sketching” state and makes paper space current. 

New system variables
Description
ANNOMONITOR
Turns the annotation monitor on and off.
ARRAYASSOCIATIVITY
Sets the default behaviour of new arrays to be associative or non-associative.
CACHEMAXFILES
Sets the maximum number of graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product.
CACHEMAXTOTALSIZE
Sets the maximum total size of all graphics cache files saved in the local configured temporary folder for the product.
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.
CLIPROMPTUPDATE
Controls whether the command line displays the messages and prompts generated while an AutoLISP or script file is being executed.
  
New system variables
Description
ONLINEDOCMODE
Indicates whether copies of your drawings and linked files are uploaded automatically to Autodesk 360.
ONLINESYNCTIME
Controls the time interval for synchronizing current customization settings with a local cache, which is then stored in Autodesk 360.
PLINEREVERSEWIDTHS
Controls the appearance of a polyline when it is reversed.
POINTCLOUDBOUNDARY
Turns the display of a point cloud bounding box on and off.
POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME
Controls whether a point cloud clipping boundary is visible on the screen and when printed.
PROPPREVTIMEOUT
Sets the maximum number of seconds for a property preview to display before the preview is automatically cancelled.
SELECTIONPREVIEWLIMIT
Limits the number of objects that can display preview highlighting during a window or crossing selection.
SNAPGRIDLEGACY
Specifies whether the grid snap is active only when specifying a point, or also during object selection.
THUMBSAVE
Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing.
VIEWSKETCHMODE
Turns the view sketching state on or off.
VIEWUPDATEAUTO
Specifies whether Model Documentation views are updated automatically when changes are pending.
WIPEOUTFRAME
Controls the display of frames for wipeout objects.
           
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