2016 New Commands and System Variables

New commands Description

CLOSEALLOTHER Closes all other open drawings,
except the current active drawing.

CMATTACH Inserts references to coordination

models such as NWD and NWC
Navisworks files.
COORDINATIONMODELATTACH
DIGITALSIGN Provides a separate command to
add a digital signature to a
drawing. Removes the Digital
Signature tab from the
SECURITYOPTIONS command.

GOTOSTART Switches from the current drawing

to the Start tab. The Start tab is a
successor to the New tab and has
a different behavior.

PCEXTRACTCENTERLINE Draws a centerline for a cylindrical

segment of a point cloud.

PCEXTRACTCORNER Marks the point of the intersection

between three detected planes in
a point cloud.

PCEXTRACTEDGE Infers the edge between two

planes and draws a line to mark
the edge.
PCEXTRACTSECTION Generates 2D geometry from a
point cloud that contains section
objects.
POINTCLOUDCROPSTATE Controls saving, restoring, and
deleting point cloud crop states.
RENDERENVIRONMENTCLOSE Closes the Render Environment &
Exposure palette.

RENDEREXPOSURECLOSE Closes the Render Environment &

Exposure palette.
RENDERWINDOW Displays the Render window.
Replaces the RENDERWIN
command.
RENDERWINDOWCLOSE Closes the Render window.
SCRIPTCALL Executes a sequence of
commands the same as the
SCRIPT command, with the
additional capability of also
executing nested scripts.

SECTIONSPINNERS Sets the default increment value

for the Section Offset and Slice
Thickness controls in the Section
Plane Contextual Ribbon tab.

SYSVARMONITOR Displays the System Variable

Monitor dialog box.
New system variables Description
CMFADECOLOR Controls the amount of black
blended on all attached
coordination models.
CMFADEOPACITY Controls the amount of dimming
through transparency for all
attached coordination models.

CMOSNAP Determines whether object

snapping is active for geometry in
coordination models that are
attached to the drawing.
DIMLAYER Specifies a default layer for new
dimensions.
DIMPICKBOX Sets the object selection target
height, in pixels within the DIM
command.
DIMTXTRULER Controls the display of ruler when
editing a dimension text.
EPDFSHX Controls whether text objects
using SHX fonts are stored in PDF
files as comments when you
export a drawing as a PDF file.
This system variable was
introduced in Service Pack 1. In
the future, the name will change
to PDFSHX.

EXPVALUE Specifies the exposure value to

apply during rendering.
EXPWHITEBALANCE Specifies the Kelvin color
temperature (white balance) value
to apply during rendering.
GALLERYVIEW Controls the type of preview in the
ribbon drop-down galleries.
IBLENVIRONMENT Enables image-based lighting and
specifies the current image map.

LEGACYCODESEARCH Controls whether searching for

executable files includes the
current and drawing folders.
LINEFADING Controls whether line displays are
faded when hardware acceleration
is on and you have exceeded the
line density limits.
LINEFADINGLEVEL When hardware acceleration is
on, controls the intensity of the
line fading effect.
POINTCLOUD2DVSDISPLAY Turns off or on the bounding box
and text message when viewing a
point cloud in the 2D Wireframe
visual style.
POINTCLOUDEDGEDISPLAY Specifies the type of edge preview
displayed in a point cloud.

RENDERENVSTATE Indicates whether the Render

Environment & Exposure palette
is open or closed.
RENDERLEVEL Specifies the number of iterations,
or levels, the render engine
performs to create the rendered
image.
RENDERLIGHTCALC Controls the rendering accuracy of
lights and materials.

RENDERTARGET Controls the duration to use for

rendering.
RENDERTIME Specifies the number of minutes
that the render engine uses to
iteratively refine a rendered
image.
REVCLOUDCREATEMODE Specifies the default input for
creating revision clouds.
REVCLOUDGRIPS Controls the number of grips
displayed on a revision cloud.
SECTIONOFFSETINC Sets the default increment value
for the section object slice
thickness control.
SECTIONTHICKNESSINC Sets the default increment value
for section object offset control.

SELECTIONEFFECTCOLOR Sets the color of the glowing

highlighting effect on object
selection.
STARTINFOLDER Stores the drive and folder path
from where the product was
started.
STARTMODE Controls whether the Start tab is
displayed.
SYSMON Specifies whether changes to
system variables values are
monitored.
WORKINGFOLDER Stores the drive and folder path of
the operating system's working
folder or current directory for the
process, which can be of interest
to developers.

XREFOVERRIDE Controls the display of object

properties on referenced layers.

2015 New
Commands and
System Variables

New commands Description

GEOMAPIMAGE Captures a portion of the online
map to an object known as a map
image, and embeds it in the
drawing area.
GEOMAPIMAGEUPDATE Reloads map images from the
online maps service and optionally
resets their resolution for optimal
on-screen viewing.
ISODRAFT Turns isometric drafting on or off
along with all related settings, and
specifies the current 2D isometric
drafting plane.

NEWTAB Displays a New Tab which allows

direct access to files, learning
resources, Autodesk A360 and
more.
ONLINEAUTOCAD360 Launches AutoCAD 360 in your
default browser.
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.

POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP Displays the Point Cloud Color

Map dialog box, used to define
settings for Intensity, Elevation,
and Classification point cloud
stylizations.

POINTCLOUDCROP Crops a selected point cloud to a

specified polygonal, rectangular,
or circular boundary.

POINTCLOUDMANAGER Displays the Point Cloud Manager

palette, used to control display of
point cloud projects, regions, and
scans.
POINTCLOUDMANAGERCLOSE Closes the Point Cloud Manager.

POINTCLOUDSTYLIZE Controls the coloration of point

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

PTYPE Specifies the display style and

size of point objects.
TEXTALIGN Aligns multiple text objects
vertically, horizontally, or obliquely.

RECAP Launches Autodesk ReCap from

within AutoCAD.
New system variables Description
COLORTHEME Sets the color theme of the
ribbon, palettes, and several other
interface elements to dark or light.

COMMANDPREVIEW Controls whether a preview of the

possible outcome of the command
is displayed.
COMPLEXLTPREVIEW Controls whether a preview of the
complex linetype is displayed
during interactive operations.

CURSORBADGE Determines whether the cursor

badge are displayed in the
drawing area.
HIGHLIGHTSMOOTHING Controls the anti-aliasing effect on
object highlighting.
HPLINETYPE Controls how non-continuous
linetypes are displayed in hatch
patterns.
LAYOUTTAB Controls whether Model and
Layout tabs are displayed or not.

MTEXTAUTOSTACK Controls autostacking for the

MTEXT command.
MTEXTDETECTSPACE Controls whether the keyboard
spacebar is used to create list
items in the MTEXT command.
NEWTABMODE Specifies whether clicking the plus
sign (+) on the file tab bar displays
the New Tab or opens a new
drawing.
ORBITAUTOTARGET Controls how the target point is
acquired for the 3DORBIT
command.
OSNAPOVERRIDE Determines whether the object
snap settings in the OSNAP
dialog are enforced.
PCMSTATE Indicates whether the Point Cloud
Manager is open or closed.

POINTCLOUDLIGHTING Controls the way lighting effects

are displayed for a point cloud.

POINTCLOUDLIGHTSOURCE Determines the light source for

point clouds when lighting is
turned on.
POINTCLOUDLOD Sets the level of density of point
display for point clouds.
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.

POINTCLOUDPOINTSIZE Controls the size of the points for

new point cloud objects.
POINTCLOUDSHADING Specifies whether the brightness
of the points in the point cloud are
diffuse or specular.

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).

PRESELECTIONEFFECT Specifies the visual effect used for

preselection of objects.
SELECTIONEFFECT Specifies the visual effect used
when objects are selected.
SORTORDER Specifies whether the layer list is
ordered using a natural sort order
or ASCII values.
STATUSBARSTATE Indicates whether the status bar is
visible or not.
TEXTALIGNMODE Stores the alignment option for
aligned text.
TEXTALIGNSPACING Stores the spacing option for
aligned text.
TEXTALLCAPS Controls automatic correction for
MTEXT and TEXT/DTEXT when
CAPS LOCK is active.
TEXTAUTOCORRECTCAPS Controls whether or not Caps
Lock is automatically turned off for
Multiline text and Text.
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.

INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS Controls settings for working with

AutoComplete and AutoCorrect
suggestions on the command line.
ONLINEOPENFOLDER Opens your local Autodesk A360
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 Controls whether the drawing
retains the on or off status of point
cloud scan files that are
referenced by an attached RCP
file.

SAFEMODE Indicates whether executable

code can be loaded and executed
in the current AutoCAD session.

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.

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 A360

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
A360.
ONLINESYNC Starts or stops syncing your
custom settings with Autodesk
A360.
ONLINESYNCSETTINGS Displays the Choose Which
Settings Are Synced dialog box
where you can specify selected
settings to be synced.
OPENFROMCLOUD Opens an existing drawing file
from your local Autodesk A360
sync folder.
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.

SAVETOCLOUD Saves an existing drawing file to

your local Autodesk A360 sync
folder under a new file name.

SURFEXTRACTCURVE Extracts isolines 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 behavior 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.

ONLINEDOCMODE Indicates whether a copies of your

drawings and linked files are
uploaded automatically to
Autodesk A360.
ONLINESYNCTIME Controls the time interval for
synchronizing current
customization settings with a local
cache, which is then stored in
Autodesk A360.

POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME Determines whether point cloud

clipping boundaries are visible or
plotted in the current drawing.

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.
POINTCLOUDPOINTMAX Sets the maximum number of
point cloud points that can exist in
a drawing.
PROPERTYPREVIEW Controls whether you can preview
the changes to currently selected
objects when you roll over drop-
down lists and galleries that
control properties.

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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