Version 18.0 requires AutoCAD 2010-2019, BricsCAD v15-v18 Pro or IntelliCAD 8.3-8.4.
New Functions | ||
'AU | Alternate Units | Allows alternate units to be entered whenever CAD is expecting a distance value |
BAO | Block Attribute Order | Changes the order of attributes in a block. Unlike existing tools, this one actually shuffles the attrbute tags. strings and prompts. |
BXM | Block Explode Minsert | Explodes Minsert into multiple regular inserts. |
DP% | Draw Point Percentage | Draws point objects at a specified percentages along linear objects. |
DDO | Drawing Delete Objects | Removes designated objects from multiple drawings. |
DPW | Drawing Purge Locks | Purge drawing lock files *.DWL? from subfolder(s). |
LQS | Layout Quick Select | Quickly select a layout from a resizeable grid of thumbnails. |
SDC | Surface Draw Contours | Draws contour lines at an interval on a selected mesh object. |
SDE | Surface Draw Edges | Draws all or outer edges of a selected mesh object. |
SMC | Surface Mesh Convert | Converts mesh files between supported formats. |
SMI | Surface Mesh Import | Imports supported mesh files formats into the current drawing. |
Improvements | ||
*** | Toolbar Icons | More toolbar icons added. |
DAE | Drawing Extract Blocks | Added separate section for simple block totals across selected drawings, results can be copies, exported, etc. |
DOL | DrawOrder ByLayer | Storage in drawing now uses pointers to recognize renamed layers. Stores dictionary even if no order name selected. Now allows changes of existing order names. |
DPW | Drawing Purge Locks | Purge drawing lock files *.DWL? from subfolder(s). |
F2P | 3dFace To Polyline | Added new extruded option, creates 2D polylines with normal planes in the face normal direction. |
LOM | Layout Manager | Added toggle to optionally show layout thumbnail on the row. Scale can be controlled by right click dropdown list. Preview also included in report. |
LXY | Label XYZ Values | Now uses dimension ordinate for leader, allows dragging with updates. |
OCL | Object Layer ByColor | Significant speed improvement, name checking, newly created layers take the color of the first object processed. |
Various Tools | Rewritten for significant speed improvement and/or additional functionality. | |
Removed | ||
AXV | Annotation Explode Vectors | Obsolete, use built in TXTEXP command (primary) or ToolPac ObjExpLow (secondary). |
HEM | Hatch Edit Multiple | Obsolete, use PROPS dialog. |
MLE | Multiline Edit | Obsolete, use PROPS scale, justify options. |
MTA | Mtext Alignment | Obsolete, use PROPS alignment option. |
T?? | Text Tools | Obsolete, use mtext/annotation tools section. |