New and/or enhanced functions
New and/or enhanced functions
File format
The DWG file format is the same as in AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD 2014: "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing". The DXF file format is also the same.
New Tab
Quickly open new and existing drawings. Access recent documents and the Learn and Create area with access to useful learning resources. With create the last template used is the new default for new drawings until changed. There are also a notification column informing about certain things like hardware acceleration, trial period and more.
Layouts
Last among the layout tabs there is a '+'-icon that can be used to create a new layout. Unfortunately it is no longer possible to drag-and-drop a layout while holding down CTRL to create a copy of it.
Hold the mouse over a layout tab and a tooltip show the name (useful when using long names for layouts) and the preview image shows the content of the layout.
If there are more layouts than there is place to show an icon with two arrows is added and when clicked on it shows a list of all layouts. Unfortunately there is no tooltip or preview image when holding the mouse over a layout tab name in the list.
The layout sheet has an updated look and "Paper background" is a new interface element that can have the color changed on in OPTIONS>Design>Colors.
Line Smoothing
The LINESMOOTHING System Variable specifies whether anti-aliasing is turned on or off. Currently, the system variable applies to 2D objects in 2D wireframe visual styles. This makes lines look smoother especially when drawn at an angle. This setting is also available in the Graphics Performance dialog box available in OPTIONS>System.
Visual Feedback
When moving objects the objects in the original position are displayed with a faded deletion effect. For consistency this should also apply to rotating and scaling of objects but it does not.
The COMPLEXLTPREVIEW System Variable controls whether a preview of the complex linetype is displayed during interactive operations like draw, move, copy or rotate.
Color, linetype and lineweight is shown for lines and polylines when they are drawn.
File Selection Dialog box enhanced
Now if columns are added or changed order of they stay the next time for example the Open Select File dialog box is opened.
Ribbon Galleries
Galleries are available for blocks, dimensions, mleaders, text, tables and table cells making it easy to preview, select and use them.
View Ribbon
UCS icon, View Cube, Navigation Bar and Layout Tabs are new tools on the View Ribbon tab.
BIM 360 Ribbon
This ribbon is new with the tools Glue and Clash Pinpoint.
Cursor
The crosshair inside the pick box has been removed making it easier to see objects behind.
Contextual feedback is added as a badge next to the cursor or crosshair.
The inspection badge is displayed using inquiry commands like Angle, Area, Distance, ID, List, Radius and Volume.
The rotation badges are displayed when specifying the rotation angle. The badge indicates the rotation direction.
Copy badge.
Move badge.
Scale badge.
Zoom badge.
Erase/Delete badge.
Error badge. Shows for example when Trim is used and you get "Does not intersect with the cutting edge."
Lasso Selection
Click the cursor in an empty area and hold down the button while moving the cursor activates the lasso selection. Dot it clockwise for crossing selection and in the other direction for window selection. For rectangular selection click, release, move cursor and click. "Allow press and drag for Lasso" checkbox is available in OPTIONS>Selection.
When using lasso selection, you can press Spacebar to cycle between the Window, Crossing, and Fence object selection modes.
Selection Effects
Moving the cursor over objects makes them look thicker and also lighter or darker depending on the background color.
When hardware acceleration is used selected objects gets another color as well as look thicker to make it easier to see what is selected.
"Visual Effect Settings" dialog box in OPTIONS>Selection has been updated. The separate settings for line and face highlighting has been removed as there should be no need for it with the improved graphic and performance added.
Command Preview
A preview of the action for certain commands is now available. "Command Preview" checkbox is new in OPTIONS>Selection. Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, MatchProp, Fillet, Chamfer and Offset commands are affected.
Model Space Viewports
The active viewport is more clearly indicated by a bright blue boundary.
Resize viewports by dragging the vertical or horizontal boundary lines or the intersection line of the viewports.
Click the '+' icon on a viewport boundary and drag to create and size a new viewport. While dragging a boundary hold down the Ctrl key to split the viewport in two. Join or remove a viewport by dragging a boundary to the edge.
Mtext Enhancements
The editor background is now transparent if hardware acceleration is on.
A corner resizer is added at bottom right of the editor and the width can be changed using the right edge.
Auto Bullets and Numbering has been added and is enabled by default.
Begin a line with . , ) > } ] or a number or letter followed by any of these characters and a space or tab and a bullet or numbered list is created. When created an action icon shows, click it to access options. Press backspace after pressing space or tab removes automatic bullets and numbering.
Caps Lock
Automatically AutoCAD is changing text entered like sTART to Start. Typical when you have Caps Lock turned on and forget about it.
TEXTALLCAPS is a new system variable that controls automatic correction for MTEXT and TEXT/DTEXT when CAPS LOCK is active. TEXTAUTOCORRECTCAPS system variable controls whether or not Caps Lock is automatically turned off for Multiline text and Text.
Subscript and superscript text
In the Text Editor ribbon there are two new buttons available so it's easy to change highlighted text to subscript or superscript.
Autostack
Autostacking has been simplified. Entering numbers with a forward slash like 1/2 automatically stacks it and shows it as a fraction. There is quick access to change between diagonal and horizontal stacking or unstack the characters. More options are available through the Stack Properties. MTEXTAUTOSTACK system variable controls autostacking for the MTEXT command.
Paragraph Tabs
Tooltips are now available on the tab tool and a new Modify button has been added to the Paragraph dialog box so you can modify existing values of existing tabs.
Match Properties
On the Text Editor ribbon tab and toolbar there is a Match Properties tool that makes it easy to apply properties to text.
Text Align
The TEXTALIGN command aligns text easily with the option to distribute the text evenly or with a specified spacing.
Dimension Enhancements
Improved functionality when it comes to create dimensions. Existing dimension extension lines are ignored while snapping to avoid problem to snap to geometry nearby. In Options dialog box on Drafting tab there is a setting for "Ignore dimension extension lines". DIMCONTINUEMODE system variable makes AutoCAD to inherit the layer and dimension style of the dimension being continued or used as a base line.
Polyline Enhancements
Makes it possible to fillet polyline arc segments and with the Ctrl key while creating a polyline arc you can determine the direction it should be drawn.
Isometric Drafting
ISODRAFT command is a new command that is available on the status bar with the options Orthographic/isoplane Left/isoplane Top/isoplane Right. Select from the menu or click the icon to disable or enable isometric drafting.
Lengthen
Lengthen command remembers last option used.
Select an object to measure or [DElta/Percent/Total/DYnamic] <Total>:
Tolerance Object
The Geometric Tolerance dialog box is opened when double clicking on a tolerance object. Before the quick properties was opened.
Layer Sort
Natural ordered sort is available for all layer lists. To change to the old ASCII sort set SORTORDER system variable to 0.
DGN Data
Orphaned DGN data can be purged using "Automatically purge orphaned data" in the PURGE dialog box or "Orphaned data" keyword using -PURGE command.
Button Images
CUI now supports PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images a supported file format for button images.
Geographic Location
It's possible to set the geographic location from a map using the Set Location tool on the Insert ribbon tab. It's possible to capture and plot map data. And many other useful enhacements.
Reality Capture
Better performance and more flexibility has been added when working with point cloud files.
Autodesk Translation Framework
Autodesk Translation Framework (AFT) is used when importing model data from formats like CATIA, Pro Engineer, SolidWorks, Parasolid, JT, NX, STEP, Rhino, and IGES/IGS. Meshes and curves as well as object colors and layers can be supported when using the IGESIMPORT command. AFT is also used by the EXPORT and IGESEXPORT commands.
Design Feed
With the Design Feed palette you can add messages and images to a drawing and share with colleagues, clients and consultants through Autodesk 360.
eTransmit, Archive and DWG Convert has now the option to remove Design Feed.
Hardware Acceleration
There is a new Performance and Visual Tuner and Graphics Performance dialog box where hardware or software display rendering modes can be set.
Dark Color Scheme
The dark theme is now even darker. By default the dark color scheme is activated. It can be changed to Light within OPTIONS>Display or using the COLORTHEME system variable set to 1 for the light theme. The good thing with the dark theme is that the contrast against a dark drawing space is smaller and can reduce eye strain.
Application Manager
Available as a desktop tool through a new icon on the Windows system tray. This tool helps you stay current with the latest updates of all Autodesk application and suites including service packs, hot fixes and so on.
Performance Reporting
On the Performance ribbon tab you can analyze and troubleshoot performance problems and submit the report to Autodesk.
Help
For some commands in the help there is a Find option that either visually shows where the command is located or shows a tooltip that helps you located where it is within AutoCAD.
Workspaces
The workspaces dropdown in the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) is by default disabled. In the status bar it is possible to access the workspaces. The Classic workspace is no longer available.
Deployment/setup
How to change license type from Standalone to Network?
1. Open you system registry editor (Go to Start > Search > type regedit and hit Enter key)
2. Locate the key below and change Type value to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R20.0\ACAD-E001\AdLM
ACAD_2015_licenseChange
3. Create client license file, LICPATH.lic file, in Notepad.
e.g.
SERVER yourServerNemeHere 000000000000
USE_SERVER
Note: change yourServerNemeHere to your actual network license server name.
4. Place LICPATH.lic file in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015\ folder
Note: Make sure that the LICPATH.lic file doesn't have hidden .txt extension.
5. Start AutoACAD 2015
API and more for Programmers
Use either Visual Studio 2010, 2012 or 2013 for .NET development but 2010 will have limitations as .NET Framework 4.5 is not supported.
.NET applications should target Framework 4.5 but can in some cases work with an older version.
Major version number incremented to R20.0 from R19.1.
VBA
VBA 7.1 is the version of VBA.
Available as a separate download here.
AutoLISP
What's New in .NET ObjectARX for AutoCAD 2015.
You must build ObjectARX plug-ins using the C++ compiler that ships with Visual Studio 2012 (update 4).
AutoCAD 2015 System requirements
As always with system requirements these are minimal requirements for AutoCAD to run. For professional usage you surely want to have much better hardware.
FlexNet version 11.12 for Autodesk Network License Manager
Supported operating systems for the license manager are:
Windows Server 32-bit: Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, SP1 or later
Windows Server 64-bit: Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2008 Server R2, SP1 or later, Windows 2008 Server, SP2 or later
Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit SP1 or later
Windows 8 or 8.1, 32- or 64-bit
More details here as well as Linux System Requirements and Mac System Requirements.
AutoCAD 2015 System Requirements
| Description |
Requirement |
| Operating system |
•Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1
•Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro
•Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise
•Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
•Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
•Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| CPU Type |
For 32-bit AutoCAD 2015:
•32-bit Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
For 64-bit AutoCAD 2015:
•AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
•AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
•Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 •technology
Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology |
| Network |
•Deployment via Deployment Wizard.
•The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol.
•Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows.
•In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Server editions, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2003 R2 Server editions.
•Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1 |
| Memory |
2 GB (8 GB recommended) |
| Display resolution |
1024x768 (1600x1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Display Card |
Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX® 9 or DirectX 11 compliant card recommended but not required. |
| Disk Space |
Installation 6.0 GB |
| Pointing Device |
MS-Mouse compliant device |
| Digitizer |
WINTAB support |
| Plotter/Printer |
Same as AutoCAD 2013-2014 — system printer and HDI support |
| Media |
Download and Installation from DVD |
| Browser |
Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later) |
| Side-by-side Install |
Supported |
| ToolClips Media Player |
Adobe® Flash® Player v10 or up |
| .NET Framework |
.NET Framework Version 4.5 |
| Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling |
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM or greater
Disk Space: 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card: 1280x1024 True Color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card. |
Still missing
Still missing. Wish list for the next time.
Unfortunately there is no tooltip or preview image when holding the mouse over a layout tab name in the vertical layout list.
When moving objects the objects in the original position are displayed with a faded deletion effect. For consistency this should also apply to rotating and scaling of objects but it does not.
Existing bugs
Existing bugs, defects, feature limitation or other issues.
"Auto Publish Settings" and "Block Editor Settings" dialog boxes are not centered like other dialog boxes in OPTIONS.
If scroll bars are activated the horizontal scroll bar is not visible. (Fixed in SP2)
FATAL ERROR: Unhandled e0434352h Exception at cf8e5bf8h when copying text from command line history to clipboard.
Copy layouts using the mouse while holding down CTRL is not working. (Fixed in SP2)
Drag and drop layout to Sheet Set Manager is not working. (Fixed in SP2)
Certain slide images (.sld) can cause problems with text not being plotted. After viewing these slides with VSLIDE or through AutoLISP DCL true type font text is not seen in plot preview or being plotted.
Some bugs described in this forum post.
Removed
Removed
There seems to not be any Autodesk Design Review 2015. Autodesk Design Review 2013 can still be used for DWF’s created with AutoCAD 2015 as the format is the same. Autodesk intends to replace the Design Review application with cloud-based services so Autodesk Design Review 2013 might be the last release.
Status bar buttons can't be set to show the text, only the icons. "Use icons" is no longer available when right-clicking on any of the snap buttons.
Drag-and-drop a layout while holding down CTRL no longer creates a copy of the layout.
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
AutoCAD 2015 also is referred to as ACAD2015 or ACAD 2015.
AutoCAD 2015 product key is 001G1.
Default command line to start AutoCAD 2015: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015\acad.exe" /product ACAD /language "en-US"
How to to change the license from Standalone to Network:
The registry location to change the installation from Standalone to Network for AutoCAD 2015 is here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R20.0\ACAD-E001\AdLM
ACAD-E001 is for vanilla AutoCAD.
Change the type for the installation using any of these values:
1 – Network
2 – Standalone
3 – Multiseat Standalone
In vanilla AutoCAD without service pack:
Command: _vernum
_VERNUM = "J.51.0.0 (UNICODE)" (read only)
AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1: _VERNUM = "J.104.0.0 (UNICODE)" (read only)
AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 2: _VERNUM = "J.210.0.0 (UNICODE)" (read only)
If you get the error below it could be because the Autodesk Network License Manager needs to be updated to 11.12 or newer.
"Licensing Error - A valid license could not be obtained by the network license manager. If you are still unable to access a license, contact your system administrator. Error [0.0.0]"
Readme
Readme
This readme contains the latest information for Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 and Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2015. For reference, save or print this document.
It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you install this product.
Before Installation
- It is recommended that you first install all Windows updates prior to installing the product.
DWG Convert, Etransmit, and Archive
- The ZIP option with the DWGCONVERT, ETRANSMIT, and ARCHIVE commands now creates UTF-8 ZIP files. This means that if you package drawings and other files that have names that include extended text font characters, the names will not display correctly if you use ZIP utilities that do not support UTF-8 format ZIP files. Use ZIP utilities such as 7-Zip to correctly display and extract these files.
Autodesk 360
- To Install and enable Autodesk 360, use the checkbox for Shared Component "Autodesk 360" on the main install page and the “Autodesk 360 for AutoCAD” checkbox found under the Custom Install section. If you do not want this functionality, uncheck both options.
Autodesk 360 Sync
- Before you reopen a file that you have saved and closed in Autodesk 360, allow additional time for the automatic sync feature to set the new path for linked files such as xrefs. If the repathing process is not complete, the drawing file will be locked when you open it, and you might get an error.
Design Feed
- The Design Feed palette might not update immediately after you save a drawing in Autodesk 360. To accelerate the save operation, right-click the Autodesk 360 icon on the Windows taskbar, and select Sync Now.
Point Cloud
- You cannot view certain point cloud files if your graphics card does not support OpenGL® 3.3 or later. Point clouds can only be displayed in Windows 64-bit operating systems. In addition, you cannot view these files in a Windows remote desktop session. See the Autodesk ReCapTM Readme for more information.
Product Help
- Product Help is available online and is not installed with the product by default. If you do not have continuous access to the Web and want to install Help locally with the product, you can start the Help installation at the end of the product installation. After you open the product, you can also select Download Offline Help from the Help menu. However, you would need an Internet connection to download the help files for offline access.
Updates & Service Packs
Updates & Service Packs.
Cascading Sequences
Cascading Sequences for Autodesk 2015 Products
The following order is used by cascade licensing for Autodesk 2015 products:
AutoCAD 2015
AutoCAD 2015 for Mac
AutoCAD Mechanical 2015
AutoCAD P&ID 2015
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015
Advance Steel 2015 with ACD
AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Standard 2015
Factory Design Suite Standard 2015
Building Design Suite Standard 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Standard 2015
Plant Design Suite Standard 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Premium 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Premium 2015
Plant Design Suite Premium 2015
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2015
Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Design Academy 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD 2015 for Mac
AutoCAD 2015
AutoCAD Mechanical 2015
AutoCAD P&ID 2015
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015
Advance Steel 2015 with ACD
AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Standard 2015
Factory Design Suite Standard 2015
Building Design Suite Standard 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Standard 2015
Plant Design Suite Standard 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Premium 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Premium 2015
Plant Design Suite Premium 2015
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2015
Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Design Academy 2015
Advance Steel 2015 with ACD
AutoCAD Architecture 2015
Factory Design Suite Standard 2015
Building Design Suite Standard 2015
Factory Design Suite Premium 2015
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2015
Building Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Design Academy 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Design Academy 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD ecscad 2015
Product Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD Electrical 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD LT 2015
AutoCAD LT Civil Suite 2015
AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit LT Suite 2015
AutoCAD LT 2015 Flexible License
AutoCAD LT Civil Suite 2015
AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite 2015
AutoCAD Revit LT Suite 2015
AutoCAD Map 3D 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Standard 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD Mechanical 2015
Product Design Suite Standard 2015
Factory Design Suite Standard 2015
Product Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
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Design Academy 2015
Product Design Suite for Education 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD MEP 2015
Building Design Suite Standard 2015
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Building Design Suite Premium 2015
Building Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD P&ID 2015
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015
Plant Design Suite Standard 2015
Plant Design Suite Premium 2015
Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015
Plant Design Suite Premium 2015
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AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2015
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Product Design Suite Standard 2015
Factory Design Suite Standard 2015
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Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2015
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Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
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3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Standard 2015
3ds Max with SoftImage 2015
Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate 2015
Animation Academy 2015
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AutoCAD Design Suite Premium 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Premium 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Premium 2015
Product Design Suite Premium 2015
Plant Design Suite Premium 2015
Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Building Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2015
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Design Academy 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
Advance Steel 2015
Advance Steel 2015 with ACD
Alias Design 2015
AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Education Master Suite 2015
Alias Surface 2015
Alias AutoStudio 2015
Alias Automotive 2015
Factory Design Utilities 2015
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Education Master Suite 2015
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Education Master Suite 2015
Maya 2015
Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Standard 2015
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Animation Academy 2015
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Alias Design 2015
Alias AutoStudio 2015
Alias Automotive 2015
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3ds Max with SoftImage 2015
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Animation Academy 2015
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VRED Design 2015
Showcase Professional 2015
Alias AutoStudio 2015
VRED Presenter 2015
VRED Professional 2015
New and Updated Commands
New and Updated Commands:
The following commands are new and updated in AutoCAD 2015.
| New commands |
Description |
| DESIGNFEEDMANAGEDOCSWITCH |
|
| DESKTOPANALYTICS |
Opt-in for Desktop Analytics. |
| 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. |
| -GEOMAPIMAGEUPDATE |
Reloads map images from the online maps service and optionally resets their resolution for optimal on-screen viewing. Command line version. |
| ISODRAFT |
Enter an option [Orthographic/isoplane Left/isoplane Top/isoplane Right] <Orthographic>: |
| NEWTAB |
Displays a New Tab which allows direct access to files, learning resources, Autodesk 360 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. |
| -POINTCLOUDMANAGER |
Displays the Point Cloud Manager palette, used to control display of point cloud projects, regions, and scans. Command line version. |
| 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. |
| RECAP |
Launches Autodesk ReCap from within AutoCAD. |
| TEXTALIGN |
Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely. |
| Updated commands |
Description |
How changed |
| 3DPAN |
When a drawing is in a Perspective view, starts the interactive 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and vertically. |
No longer supports isolation of selected objects when panning. |
| ARCHIVE |
Packages the current sheet set files for storage. |
Removes the capability for creating EXE files due to security concerns. Files can only be packaged into ZIP files. The ability to add a password has also been removed. |
| ATTACH |
Inserts references to external files such as other drawings, raster images, and underlays. |
Removes support for legacy PCG and ISD files. |
| CLIP |
Crops selected objects such as blocks, external references, images, viewports, and underlays to a specified boundary. |
No longer supports clipping of point clouds. For point clouds, use POINTCLOUDCROP. |
| DWGCONVERT |
Converts drawing format version for selected drawing files. |
Removes the capability for creating EXE files due to security concerns. Files can only be packaged into ZIP files. The ability to add a password has also been removed. |
| ETRANSMIT |
Packages a set of files for Internet transmission. |
Removes the capability for creating EXE files due to security concerns. Files can only be packaged into .ZIP files. The ability to add a password has also been removed. |
| GEOGRAPHICLOCATION |
Assigns geographic location information to a drawing file. |
Prompts and the dynamic display behavior when specifying the location of the geographic marker and the north direction have changed. |
| GEOREORIENTMARKER |
Changes the north direction and position of the geographic marker in model space, without changing its latitude and longitude. |
Prompts and the dynamic display behavior when specifying the location of the geographic marker and the north direction have changed. |
| GRAPHICSCONFIG |
Provides access to display performance-related options. |
Now displays the Graphics Performance dialog box. |
| IMAGEADJUST |
Controls the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images. |
Enhanced to apply to map images. |
| MTEXT |
Creates a multiline text object. |
Adds subscripting and superscripting features, and Caps Lock detection. Enhances options for creating numbered and bulleted lists and automatic text stacking. |
| OPTIONS |
Customizes the program settings. |
In the System tab, Balloon Notifications, removes the option to display live update notifications. Live updates are now managed by the Autodesk Application Manager. |
| OVERKILL |
Removes duplicate or overlapping lines, arcs, and polylines. Also, combines partially overlapping or contiguous ones. |
Can now be used in the Block Editor. |
| POINTCLOUDATTACH |
Inserts an indexed rcs (single scan) or rcp (multiple scan project) file from Autodesk ReCap in the current drawing. |
Removes support for legacy PCG and ISD files. |
| PURGE |
Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. |
Adds support for removing orphaned data such as DGN linestyles. |
| SECURITYOPTIONS |
Specifies password or digital signature options for a drawing file. |
No change in this release, but the ability to add a password to a drawing will be removed in the next release of AutoCAD because it does not meet contemporary security standards. You will continue to be able to open password-protected files. |
| WELCOMESCREEN |
Displays the Welcome window when you start the program. |
Now displays a New Tab. |
Removed or Obsolete Commands
Removed or Obsolete Commands and System Variables:
In this release, the following Commands have been deprecated:
| Commands |
Description |
| DASHBOARD |
Opens the Dashboard. Replaced by RIBBON. |
| DASHBOARDCLOSE |
Closes the Dashboard. Replaced by RIBBONCLOSE. |
| DDEDIT |
Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames. Replaced by TEXTEDIT. |
| DDPTYPE |
Specifies the display mode and size of point objects. Replaced by PTYPE. |
| DDVPOINT |
Sets the 3D viewing direction. Replaced by VPOINT. |
| ONLINECOLNOW |
Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing. Replaced by ONLINEAUTOCAD360, which opens AutoCAD 360. |
| POINTCLOUD |
Provides options to create and attach point cloud files. Use POINTCLOUDATTACH or other specific point cloud commands to work with point clouds. |
| POINTCLOUDCLIP |
Creates and modifies clipping boundaries that define which points are displayed in a selected point cloud. Replaced by POINTCLOUDCROP. |
| POINTCLOUDINDEX |
Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. Indexing scan files no longer supported. |
| POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT |
Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box, which controls settings that help you analyze a point cloud using different color settings. Replaced by POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP. |
In this release, the following System Variables have been deprecated:
| Commands |
Description |
| CLASSICKEYS |
Sets the behavior of several control keys between DOS and Windows standards. The MS DOS control keys were Ctrl-C to cancel and Ctrl-V to cycle viewports. |
| DASHBOARDSTATE |
Determines whether the Dashboard window is active. |
| PREVIEWEFFECT |
Specifies the visual effect used for previewing selection of objects. |
| PREVIEWFACEEFFECT |
Specifies the visual effect used for previewing selection of face subobjects. |
| RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT |
Controls how ribbon contextual tabs are displayed when you single- or double-click an object. |
New and Updated System Variables
New and Updated System Variables:
The following 59 system variables are new in AutoCAD 2015.
| New system variables |
Description |
| AECENABLEASSOCANCHOR |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECENABLESECTIONCLEANUP |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECVCOMPAREIGNOREHATCH |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECVCOMPAREIGNORETEXT |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECVCOMPARENEWCOLOR |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECVCOMPAREOLDCOLOR |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AECVCOMPAREUNCHANGEDCOLOR |
AutoCAD Architecture related |
| AUTOSNAPPOLARANG |
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| AUTOSNAPPOLARMODE |
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| CLEARTYPE |
To use cleartype for text or not. Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| 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 |
Controls the display of visual aide badges near the cursor. (New in SP1) |
| DESIGNFEEDDWGID |
Internal drawing ID for Design Feed |
| DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN3D |
Turn off view cube display in 3D visual styles (every visual style that is not 2D wireframe). |
| EDITDELETIONEFFECT |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| FILETABVISIBLE |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| HIGHLIGHTSMOOTHING |
Controls the anti-aliasing effect on object highlighting. |
| HPLINETYPE |
Controls the display of linetype in a hatch pattern. |
| INTERRUPTPREVIEW |
When rollover highlighting, On will interrupt the preview when the selection is being impacted by redraw. Off will not interrupt (i.e., perceived performance hit). |
| ISFLIPARC |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| LAYOUTTAB |
Controls whether Model and Layout tabs are displayed or not. |
| LENGTHENTYPE |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| LINEFADING |
Turns on and off the thickening effect of the line smoothing dependent on zoom level. Controls whether line displays are faded when hardware acceleration is on and you have exceeded the line density limits. |
| LINESMOOTHING |
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| 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. |
| PDFTEXTRENDER |
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| POINTCLOUDEVENTLOG |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| 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. |
| POINTCLOUDPERFTRACK |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| 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. |
| POINTCLOUDPROGRESSIVEUPDATE |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| 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 |
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| PRESELECTIONEFFECTTEST |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| PRESELECTIONNOTIFICATION |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| SELECTIONEFFECT |
|
| SMDEBUG |
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| SMJOURNAL |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| SMTHREADHOTMODE |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| SMUNFIXEDTRANSFORM |
Used for AutoCAD debugging. |
| SMVERSION |
|
| SORTORDER |
Specifies whether the layer list is ordered using a natural sort order or ASCII values. |
| STATUSBARORIENTATION |
|
| 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. |
| TEXTALIGNSPACINGVALUE |
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| 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. |
And updated system variables.
| Updated system variables |
Description |
How changed |
| 3DOSMODE |
Determines which 3D object snaps are enabled. |
Adds control of 3D object snaps for point clouds. |
| DIMCONTINUEMODE |
Determines whether the dimension style and layer of a continued or baseline dimension is inherited from the dimension that is being continued. |
Layer of continued dimension is inherited. |
| FRAME |
Controls the display of frames for all images, map images, underlays, clipped xrefs, and wipeout objects. |
Enhanced to apply to map images. |
| IMAGEFRAME |
Controls whether image frames are displayed and plotted. |
Enhanced to apply to map images. |
| OSOPTIONS |
Controls whether objects snaps are suppressed on hatch objects, geometry with negative Z values, or dimension extension lines. |
End points of dimension extension lines are ignored by default. |
| PICKAUTO |
Controls automatic windowing for object selection. |
Adds Lasso (window and crossing) selection, enabled by default. |
| POINTCLOUDAUTOUPDATE |
Controls whether a legacy point cloud is regenerated automatically after manipulation, panning, zooming, or orbiting. |
Applies only to legacy (pre-AutoCAD 2015) point cloud objects. |
| POINTCLOUDBOUNDARY |
Controls whether the point cloud bounding box is displayed. |
Added an option to display the bounding box only when the point cloud is selected. |
| POINTCLOUDCACHESIZE |
Specifies amount of memory (in megabytes) that the internal processing engine will use for point clouds. |
Value can now be changed to an integer expressing a number of megabytes. |
| POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME |
Determines whether point cloud clipping boundaries for legacy (PCG, ISD and RCP) point clouds are visible or plotted in the current drawing. |
Now affects only legacy point clouds. |
| POINTCLOUDDENSITY |
Controls the percentage of points displayed for all legacy point clouds in the drawing view. |
Applies only to legacy (pre-AutoCAD 2015) point cloud objects. |
| POINTCLOUDPOINTMAX |
Sets the maximum number of points that can be displayed for all point clouds attached to the drawing. |
Default (and maximum) value now 10 million points. Does not affect legacy (pre-AutoCAD 2015) point clouds. |
| POINTCLOUDRTDENSITY |
Improves performance by degrading the number of points displayed while zooming, panning, or orbiting. |
Applies only to legacy (pre-AutoCAD 2015) point cloud objects. |
| PREVIEWFILTER |
Excludes specified object types from selection previewing. |
Default value changed from 7 to 3. |
| SELECTIONPREVIEWLIMIT |
Limits the number of objects that can display preview highlighting during a window or crossing selection. |
Default value changed from 2000 to 20000. |
| SPACESWITCH |
Controls whether model space can be accessed by double-clicking in a layout viewport. |
Exposes a previously undocumented system variable that can be useful when annotating in paper space. |
| STARTUP |
Controls what displays when the application is started, or when a new drawing is opened. |
Updated to support the New Tab design. |
| STATUSBAR |
Controls the display of the status bar. |
The application and drawing status bars are merged. |
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