The REVCLOUDPROPERTIES command also updates other properties such as colour and layer for the revision cloud. You can change the arc chord length of a selected revcloud object either in the Properties palette, from its shortcut menu, or with the new REVCLOUDPROPERTIES command. This ensures that the revision cloud starts at a reasonable size. The first time a revision cloud is created in a drawing, the size of the arcs are determined based on percentage the diagonal length of the current view. Revision clouds now include a single value for their approximate arc chord lengths, the distance between the endpoints of each arc segment.
TRIMEXTENDMODE - Controls whether the TRIM and EXTEND commands use streamlined inputs. TRIMEDGES - Controls whether trimming and extending to hatches with Quick mode is limited to the edges of the hatches or includes the objects within hatch patterns. TRIM - Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects. Note: We think you'll like the Quick mode better, but if you want to restore the previous default trim and extend behaviour, use the TRIMEXTENDMODE system variable.ĮXTEND - Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects. This behaviour is controlled by the TRIMEDGES system variable. The internal hatch geometry is excluded from the trim operation.
For example, in this trim operation, rolling over the object that crosses the hatch object highlights the portion to be trimmed and selecting the object trims it as shown. When using TRIM with boundaries that include hatches, the trim and Shift+trim operations in Quick mode use only the boundaries of hatches, not the hatch geometry itself.
In the following example, a doorway is being closed up and a wall is being lengthened. Likewise, extending objects is also faster and more convenient. Trimming with Quick mode, using a freehand selection for the wall lines and two fence points for the doorway, trims or erases the objects as required. Selected objects that cannot be trimmed are deleted instead.įor example, it's not apparent in the illustration below whether the two wall lines continuing upward and the two lines blocking the doorway are either individual line segments and need to be erased, or part of longer lines that need to be trimmed.Start a fence selection by clicking two points that define a segment crossing through the objects.Start a freehand selection by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the cursor through one or more objects.The default options for selecting the segments to be trimmed or extended are individual selection, freehand selection and two-point fence selection.After you start the TRIM or EXTEND commands, simply select the objects to be trimmed or extended.Instead of having to first select boundaries for the Trim and Extend commands, the default Quick mode selects all potential boundaries by default. For developers, this is an API-breaking release. The drawing format for this release continues to be AutoCAD 2018. Several features modernise and streamline frequently used features across many customer disciplines. For more information on the benefits of switching to a subscription for AutoCAD and other Autodesk products, see the Autodesk Subscription Benefits page.The following is a summary of the primary improvements to the AutoCAD 2021 release.ĪutoCAD 2021 provides a set of enhancements based on customer feedback, surveys and analytic data that prioriti s e Autodesk’s efforts.
If you’re on a subscription plan, download AutoCAD 2021.1 and AutoCAD LT 2021.1 from your Autodesk desktop app or find it in your Autodesk account. To learn more about the updates for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2021.1, check out this page on the Autodesk Knowledge Network. After undocking your laptop, the command line, Ribbon panels, and toolbars will automatically move to the same location on the screen in use.
Copy to Favorites Quickly Clear Your Recent Libraryīased on your feedback, we added a new feature in this release so you can clear your entire recent block list by right clicking and selecting “Clear Recent List.” This is also available on the Favorites tab to “Clear Favorites List.” Improved User Experience When Using Multiple MonitorsĪnother update that we made after listening to your feedback are improvements to the user interface when undocking your laptop from one or more monitors.