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Table of Contents
TableofContents....................................................................................................................2 UserInteraction.......................................................................................................................3
WelcomeScreen..............................................................................................................................3 AutoCADHelp..................................................................................................................................4 CommandLineEnhancements.........................................................................................................5 InCanvasPropertyPreview.............................................................................................................8 ArrayEnhancements........................................................................................................................9 LayoutandModelViewports.........................................................................................................11 QuickViewDrawings.....................................................................................................................12 HatchEditor...................................................................................................................................13 RasterImages................................................................................................................................13 ExternalReferences.......................................................................................................................13 SnapBehavior................................................................................................................................14

Explore..................................................................................................................................14
PointCloudSupport.......................................................................................................................14 PressPull........................................................................................................................................19 SurfaceCurveExtraction................................................................................................................20 ImportInventorFiles......................................................................................................................21

Document .............................................................................................................................21 .
ModelDocumentation...................................................................................................................21 TextandLeaders............................................................................................................................31 Wipeout.........................................................................................................................................32 Polylines........................................................................................................................................32 OffsetPreview...............................................................................................................................33

Connect.................................................................................................................................33
Autodesk360Connectivity.............................................................................................................33 StayConnected..............................................................................................................................39 ContentExplorer............................................................................................................................39 LanguagePacks..............................................................................................................................40 DrawingFileFormat.......................................................................................................................40

Customization.......................................................................................................................41
DoubleclickActions.......................................................................................................................41 AutodeskExchangeApps...............................................................................................................41

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Welcom me Screen
AWelcom meScreenisa automaticallydisplayedwh henyoulaunc chAutoCAD2 2013.Itprovideseasyacce essto drawings, ,learningtools,andonline econtent.

IntheWo orkpanelofth heWelcomeScreen,youc cancreatene ewdrawingsa aswellasope enyourexistin ng drawingsandsamplef files.ARecent tFileslistpro ovideseasyac ccesstoyourmostrecentl lyuseddrawi ings. TheLearn npaneloffersanoverviewoffunctionalitynewtoAu utoCAD2013 3,provideslinkstovideost to ningresource helpyoug getstartedin nAutoCAD20 013,andincludesadditiona alonlinelearn es. IntheExtendpanel,yo oucaneasilydownloadap ppsfromAuto odeskExchangeAppsand dconnectto oCADsocialm mediaresourc ces,including gFacebookan ndTwitter. Autodesk360andAuto YoucanchoosenottodisplaytheW Welcomescre eenduringsta artupusingacontrolinthe elowerleft corner.Itwillstillbeac ccessiblefrom mtheHelpmenu.

AutoCA AD Help
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Comma and Line Enhanceme ents

Thecomm mandlineinte erfacehasbeenmodernize edinAutoCA AD2013toinc cludecolor,tr ransparency,and increasedflexibilityfor rdisplayinghistoryandaccessingrecen ntcommands s.Youcandoc ckthecomma and etoporbotto omoftheAut toCADwindow worletitfloa attomaximiz zethedrawin ngarea. lineatthe Theundockedcommandlineisdisp playedinasin nglerowthatfloatsabovetheAutoCAD Dwindow.It asemitransparentprompt thistory,ena ablingyoutod ut includesa displayupto50linesofhistorywithou affectingt thedrawinga area.Anewtoolontheco ommandline provideseasy yaccesstoth henumberof flines ofprompt thistory,asw wellasAutoco omplete,Tran nsparency,an ndOptionsco ontrols.

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Whenthe ecommandlineisundocke ed,youcansn napittothee edgeoftheA AutoCADwind doworadock ked paletteby ymovingitne eartheedge.Whenyoure esizeormove etheAutoCAD Dwindowordockedpalet tte, thecomm mandlinemov vesaccording glytomaintainitsposition nrelativetoth heedge.Ifyo ouundockthe e adjacentp palette,thec commandline eautomaticallysnapstoth henextpalett teorAutoCADwindow.

Youcand dockthecomm mandlineatt thetoporbo ottomoftheA AutoCADwindowbyclickingandholdin ngon thedraggingareaatth heleftendofthecomman ndlinewhiley youmoveit.I Ifyouwantto oplacethe 6

dlineonthee edgeofafram mewithoutsn napping,simp plypresstheCtrlkeywhile emovingit. command Whetherthecommand dlineisfloati ingordocked d,acommand diconhelpsid dentifytheco ommandlineand indicateswhenAutoCA ADisawaiting gacommand d.Youcanclic ckonthecom mmandiconto oquicklyview wand emostrecentlyusedcommands. launchthe

Whenaco ommandisac ctive,thecom mmandname eisalwaysdis splayedonthecommandl line.Clickable e options,d displayedinb blue,offereas syaccesstoo optionswithin ntheactiveco ommand.

Additiona alenhanceme entstothecommandlinei interfaceinA AutoCAD2013 3providemoreconsistent t behaviorf forlinebreak kingwhenres spondingtod differenttype sofinput:En nter,spaceba ar,andpickpo oint. Thecomm mandlinewin ndow(includingtheF2win ndow)nowsu upportsonlym monospacedfonts.Youca anset thecomm mandlinefont tfromtheDis splaytaboftheOptionsdiialogbox.

Newinter rfaceelement tsprovidemo oreflexibilityandcontrolo overthecolorofthecomm mandline.Yo oucan accessthe emusingtheColorstoolo ontheDisplay ytaboftheO ptionsdialog gbox.

InCanv vas Proper rty Preview

InAutoCA AD2013youc candynamica allypreviewc changestoob bjectpropertiesbeforeapp plyingthem.For example,ifyouselectobjectsandthenusetheP Propertiespa alettetochangethecolor,theselected ynamicallych hangecoloras syoupassthe ecursorover reachcolorin nthelistorw withintheSele ect objectsdy Colordialogbox.

ansparencyisalsodynamic callyappliedasyouchang gethetranspa arency. Objecttra

ewbehavioru usingtheProp pertyPreview woptionontheSelectiont tab Youcancontrolthepropertyprevie oftheOptionsdialog.

Array E Enhancements
Enhanced darrayfunctio onalityinAut toCAD2013h helpsyoucrea ateobjectsin napatternfas sterandeasie er thanever rbefore. Afteryouselectobject tsforarectan ngulararray,t theyareimm mediatelydisp playedinathr reerowbyfo our rid.Whencre eatingapolar rarray,these electedobject tsaredisplay yedimmediatelyafteryou columngr specifyac centerpoint,inafullcircu ularpatternofsix.Afterse electingobjec ctsandapath hforapathar rray, theobject tsareimmed diatelydisplay yedevenlyalo ongtheentire elengthofth hepath.Fore eachtypeof arrayrectangular,po olar,andpath hmultifunctionalgripson nthearrayob bjectsenableyouto dynamicallyeditreleva antproperties.YoucanusetheCtrlkey ytocyclethro oughgripswithmultiple options.Inadditiontousingmultifu unctionalgrip ps,youcanm odifyarrayva aluesinthec contextualrib bbon ellasatthecommandline e. tabsaswe

ysoffermore eflexibilityan ndcontrolinA AutoCAD201 3whenusing gthemeasure emethod.Iti is Patharray easiertos specifytheor rientationoft thearrayedo objectsrelativ vetothepath husingtheTa angentDirect tion optiondu uringcreation. Theitemcounttoggleallowstheco ounttobebas sedonthesp pacingandcu urvelength(to ofillthepath h),or easeordecre asespacingt theitem,thenumberofite ems youcanexplicitlycontrolthecount.Asyouincre callydecrease esorincrease estofitonthespecifiedpa ath.Similarly,whenthepa athlength automatic changes,t thenumbero ofitemsautomaticallyincr reasesordec reasestofillt thepath.

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 Whenthe eitemcountt toggleisoff,a anadditionalgripattheen ndofthearra ayprovidesdynamiceditin ngof curve. theitemc countandtot talitemspacingtoarrayal longaportion nofthepath

Layout and Mode el Viewpor rts

wportsorLay Theviewp portspanelontheribbonisrenamedto obespecifict toModelView youtViewpor rts. ModelVie ewportsarea accessiblefromtheViewribbontaband darerelevan ntwhencreat tingviewports sin modelspa ace.Standard dmodelspace eviewportco onfigurations areeasilyacc cessiblefrom madropdown n menu. 11

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Quick V View Draw wings

Boldtexts sandcolorful lbordersinth heQuickView wDrawingsth humbnailshe elpemphasize ethecurrent activeview w.

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Hatch E Editor
AutoCAD2013isenhancedtomake eeditingmult tiplehatchob bjectsfastera andeasier.Th hecontextual edevenwhen nyouselectm morethanonehatchobjec ct. HatchEditorribbontabisautomaticallydisplaye thecommand dlineversionofthehatch editor(HATC CHEDIT),you cannowsele ect Similarly,whenusingt hatchobjectsforsimultane eousediting. multipleh

Raster Images
Thebitonalresampling galgorithmhasbeenupda atedtoimpro ovethedispla ayqualityofa awiderangeo of dimages. supported

Externa al Referen nces

ExternalR Referencefun nctionalityhasbeenupdat ted.Nowyou caneditthe SavedPathd directlyinthe e ExternalR Referencespa aletteandthe eFoundpathisdisplayeda asreadonly.

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Snap Be ehavior
AnewLeg gacyoptionin ntheSnaptooloffersincre easedflexibil itywhensnappingtogridpoints.IfSna ap Legacymo odeissettoy yes,thecurso orsnapsbase edonthesnap pspacing,reg gardlessofwhetheryoure eina command d,specifyingp points,orsele ectingobjects s. WhenLeg gacyissettono,thecurso orsnapsbased donthesnap pspacingonly ywhenspecif fyingpointsw within acomman nd.Thesnapspacingisign noredwhenn nocommand isactiveandwhenselectingobjectswi ithin acomman nd..

Explore
Point Cloud Supp port
cloudtoolsa Pointclou udfunctionali ityissignificantlyenhance edinAutoCAD D2013.Point areavailableo on thenewP PointCloudto oolbarandinthePointClo oudpanelon theInsertrib bbontab.

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 Youcanattachandma anagepointcloudfilessim milartoworkin ngwithxrefs, ,images,andotherextern nally reference edfiles.

TheAttac chPointCloud ddialogboxh hasbeenupdatedtoprovi deapreview wimageandd detailed informatio onabouttheselectedpoin ntcloud.

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 pointclouddisplaysaboundingboxaro oundthedatatohelpyou uvisualizeits Selectinganattachedp positionin n3Dspacean ndrelativetoother3Dobj jects.Inaddit tiontodisplayingaboundingbox,selec cting apointclo oudautomaticallydisplays sthePointCloudribbonta abwitheasya evanttools. accesstorele

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sityand,ifint tensitydatais sincludedwit ththepointc cloud,youcanuse Youcanadjustthepointclouddens sistoolstovie ewpointinte ensitywithdif fferentcolor schemesincludinggraysc caleorspectrum. theanalys

Newclipp pingtoolsena ableyoutocreateandmod difyclippingb boundariesfo ortheselecte edpointcloud d. Additiona aloptionsena ableyoutosp pecifywhethe ertheboundi ngboxisdisp playedandpr rovideeasyac ccess totheExt ternalReferen ncesmanager. ThePrope ertiespaletteisupdatedto oincludenew wpointcloud propertiessu uchasintensityandclipping.

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udindexingissignificantlyenhancedinAutoCAD201 13toprovide easmootherandmore Pointclou efficientw workflowwhe enworkingw withrawscanfiles.Youcan nindexscanfilesfrommaj jorindustrial scannercompanies,includingLeicaandTopconinadditionto oFaro.

CreatePointC CloudFiledia alogboxprovidesanintuit tiveandflexib bleinterfacet toselectand ThenewC indexraw wpointscanfi iles.Youcans selectmultiplefilestobat tchindexand evenmergethemintoas single pointclou udfile.WhencreatingPCG Gfiles,youcanspecifyvariiousIndexset ttings,includingRGB,Intensity, normals,a andcustoma attributes.

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 Whenyou usavefromA AutoCAD2013 3toanolderversionDWG TMfile,ames G ssagealertsy youthatthe attachedPCGfilewillb bereindexed danddegrade edtobecom patiblewitht thepreviousversionofthe e henewfileisrenamedtoa acorrespond ingincremen ntalfilename. drawingfileformat.Th

PressPu ull
ThePressPulltool,availableontheModelingpaneloftheHo omeribbonta ab,isenhance edinAutoCAD bleandcontex xtsensitive. 2013tobemoreflexib Youcanu usethenewM Multipleoptio onortheShift tkeytopress sorpullmulti ipleobjectsin nasingle operation n.

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ally,youaren nolongerlimit tedtoclicking ginsideabou undedarea.N Nowyoucanselect2Dand d3D Additiona curvesaswell.

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Surface e Curve Extraction

ThenewE ExtractIsoline estool,availa ablefromthe eCurvespane eloftheSurfa aceribbontab b,enablesyouto easilyextr ractisolinecu urvesfroman nexistingsurf faceorfaceo ofasolid.

Optionsw withintheExtractIsolinest toolenableyo outochange ethedirection noftheisolin nes,selectac chain ofisolines s,anddrawasplineonthe ecurvedsurfa acebyspecify yingsplinepo oints.

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Import Inventor Files

InAutoCA AD2013youc canimportAu utodeskInve entormode lsdirectlyint totheAutoCA ADmodelspa ace environmentusingthe estandardImporttool.

Docum ment
Model D Document tation
ModelDo ocumentation nfunctionality yhasbeengreatlyenhanc cedinAutoCA AD2013.You llfindmodel managingdra document tationtoolso onthenewLa ayouttabalon ngsidecomm montoolsforc creatingandm awing layoutsan ndviews.OntheCreateVi iewpanelyou ucanaccessn newandenhancedtoolsf forcreating drawingv views.

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 g Views Drawing TheBaseViewtoolinc cludesanewS Selectoptionthatenables syoutospeci ifywhich3Do objectsare represent tedinthebas seview.TheS Selectoptionisalsoavaila blewheneditingthebase eviewafterits beencrea ated.

WhenusingtheSelect option,Auto oCADtempora arilyswitches stomodelsp pace,enabling gyoutoaddo or ebaseviewse electionset. removeobjectsforthe

ModelSpaceandselectthe eobjectsforw whichyouwa anttocreatea aview.Then, YoucanalsostartinM ool,chooseFr romModelSp pace.Youcan nspecifythen nameofanex tor xistinglayout usingtheBaseViewto ewlayoutnam me.AutoCAD Dautomaticallycreatesthe enewlayoutifnecessarya andmakesit enterane active. 22

ucreatedraw wingviewsusi ingthemode eldocumentat tiontoolsinA AutoCAD,rele evantlayersw with Whenyou anMD_p prefixareauto omaticallyaddedtothedr rawing.Ifyou urenamethelayersorcha angelayer properties,thosechan ngesareautom maticallyapp pliedtoexistin ngaswellass subsequentd drawingviews nthesamedr rawing. createdin Section V Views Createas sectionviewf fromanexistingdrawingv viewbypickin ngpointstod definethesec ctionline.A contextse ensitiveribbo ontabprovideseasyacces sstoSectionV ViewCreation ntools,includ dingdepthan nd hatchcon ntrols.

Asectionidentifierisa automaticallyappliedandincremented asyoucreatesubsequent tsectionview ws,or youcano overrideitwit thyourownid dentifier.You ucanalsocho oosetodispla ayaviewlabe elidentifyingthe sectionan ndscale.

Youcancontrolwheth herindividualmodelcomponentspartic cipateinthes sectionusing theEdit Compone entstoolonth heLayoutribb bontab.Iftheselectedco omponentsar resettoNone e,thecompo onents displaywi ithoutbeings sectioned.Th heparticipatio onofcompon nentsispasse edtochildvie ewsprojected d fromthes sectionview.

Youcanalsospecifyifthesectionviewshouldin ncludethefullldepthorjus staslice.

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Theappea aranceofthe esectionview wlabelisdete erminedbyth heSectionVie ewStyletool,whichis accessible efromtheMo odelDocume entationribbo ontab.Youca anselectfrom mpredefinedSectionView w Stylesord defineyourownusingtheSectionView wStyleManag ger.

IntheSec ctionViewSty yleManager,youcancreatenewsectio onviewstyles saswellasm modifyordele ete existingones.

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eatingormod difyingasectio onviewstyleyouhaveacc cesstoavarie etyofcontrolstospecifyt the Whencre appearanceofthesect tionidentifier randarrows, ,cuttingplane e,viewlabel, ,andhatch.

easilymodifya asectionview wafteritsbe eencreated.M Multifunction nalgripsonth hesectionline e Youcane enableyo outomoveth hesectionline e,addandrem movevertice s,flipthedire ection,andre epositionthe identifiers s.

Gripsont thesectionviewandsectio onviewlabelenableyout tomodifythe eviewpositionorscaleaswell aschange ethelabelloc cation,width, ,andheight.Ifthesection nviewinclude eshatches,yo oucanedit

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hpatternusin ngamultifunctionalgrip.I tstillremains sassociatedw withthesection propertiesofthehatch view.

aleditingtoolsareavailabl leintheSecti ionViewEdit or,whichisa accessiblefromtherightc click Additiona menuand dtheribbont tab(EditView w/VIEWEDITb button)when nasectionvie ewisselected d.

Detail Vi iews Createde etailviewsfro omexistingdr rawingviews. .Acontextse ensitiveribbo ontabprovide eseasyaccessto DetailVie ewCreationto ools,whichen nableyoutospecifyacirc ularorrectan ngularboundary,control whethert theboundary yisdisplayed, ,andchoosesmoothorjag ggededges.

Adetailid dentifierisautomaticallya appliedandin ncrementeda asyoucreatesubsequentd detailviews,or youcano overrideitwit thyourownid dentifier.Avi iewlabeliden ntifyingthed detailviewandscaleis automatic callyinserted.

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aranceofthe edetailviewlabelisdeterm minedbythe DetailViewS Styletool,wh hichisaccessi ible Theappea fromtheModelDocum mentationrib bbontab.Youcanselectfro ompredefine eddetailview wstylesordef fine yourown usingtheDe etailViewStyl leManager.

tailViewStyle eManager,youcancreate enewdetailv viewstylesas swellasmodifyordelete IntheDet existingones.

Whencre eatingormod difyingadetai ilviewstyley youcanspecif fyavarietyof foptionstoc controlthede etail boundary y,viewlabel,a anddetailvie ew.

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easilymodifya adetailviewafteritsbeencreated.Gr ripsonthede etailsymbole enableyouto o Youcane modifythepositionoftheboundaryandtheide entifier.

Gripsont thedetailview wanddetailv viewlabelenableyoutom modifythevie ewpositiono orscaleaswellas changeth helabellocati ion,width,an ndheight.

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 aleditingtoolsareavailabl leintheDeta ailViewEditor r,whichyouc canaccessvia atherightcli ick Additiona menuand dribbontabw whenadetailviewisselec cted.

View Sym mbol Sketch h UsetheSy ymbolSketch htooltoconstrainsectionlinesanddet tailboundarie estokeypoin ntsinthedraw wing views,helpingmaintainaccuracyev venasthemo odelorlayout tchanges.

tions Associative Annotat Regardles ssofwhichty ypesofdrawin ngviewsyoucreatebase e,projected,sectionorde etailyoucan nadd associated dannotations susingtraditionaldimensioningandm ultileadertoo ols.Theanno otationsare associated dtothedraw wingviewbase edonthever rticesselected dorinferredbytheselect tededge.Asa a result,ify youtransform m(move,rotate,scale)oru updatethedr rawingview,theannotatio onsreact according gly.Forexamp ple,ifyoumo ovethedrawingview,asso ociativeannot tationsmove ewithitevenif 29

enotincluded dinthemove eselectionset.Ifyouupda atethedrawingview,asso ociative theywere annotatio onsremainassociatedtoth heverticesas sthegeometr nsize.Youcan nmakeother redits rychangesin tothedra awingviews,s suchaschang gingtheviewstyle,objectvisibility,and daddingorre emovingobje ects totheviewselectionset,whilestillmaintainingassociativity withannotat tions. Sincetheannotationsareassociate edtothedraw wingviewand dthedrawing gviewisassociatedtothe model,itspossiblefor reditstothedrawingview wormodelto oinvalidate,o ordisassociate e,annotation ns. Forexamp ple,ifyoudeleteadrawingviewthath hasassociative eannotationsoryoudeletepartofam model thathasb beenannotate edinthedraw wingview,th heassociated annotationsaremeaningless.Thenew w Annotatio onMonitorin nAutoCAD20 013helpsyouidentifyand addressthos sedisassociat tedannotations. AnAnnotationMonito orbuttonisincludedonthe eAutoCADst tatusbar.Wh henturnedon n,itprovides estateofassociativeanno otations.Ifall annotations inthecurren ntdrawingare feedbackregardingthe d,theannota ationiconinthesystemtra ayremainsno ormal. associated

Assoonasatleastone eannotationb becomesdisa associated,th heannotation nmonitoriconinthesyste em gesandalertbadgesared displayedone eachofthediisassociateda annotationsinthedrawing. traychang Youcanclickonindivid dualannotationstoreasso ociateordele etethemoneatatimeors selectthelink kin theAnnot tationMonito oralertbubbl letoquicklyd deletealloft hedisassocia atedannotations.

Automat tic View Upd date TheAutoUpdatetoolc controlswhetherdrawingviewsareup pdatedautom maticallywhen nthesource modelcha anges.

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Export Layout rtLayouttoM Modeltoolha asbeenupdat tedsowheny youexportalayoutwithd drawingviews s TheExpor containing gcircularobjects,thoseob bjectsarerep presentedint theexporteddrawingasc circlesandarc cs insteadof fpolylines.

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Strikethr rough Text Anewstrikethroughst tyleisprovide edforMtext,Mleaders,Diimensions,an ndTables.

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TheMlead dertextboxh hasbeenupd datedtoincludeamarginb betweenthetextandtheframeandto o provideaminimumwidthforthem mtextinorder rtopreventt extoverflow. .

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TheWipeouttoolisup pdatedtoincludeanoptionfordisplayi ng,butnotp plotting,thew wipeoutframe e. ontrolfromtheFramesop ptionwithint theWipeoutc commandorbydirectly Youcansetthisnewco PEOUTFRAME Esystemvaria able. accessingthenewWIP

Polylines
AnewPLI INEREVERSEW WIDTHSsystemvariablepr rovidesmore flexibilitywh henreversing gthedirection nof polylines.WhenusingtheREVERSEtoolortheR Reverseoptio nofPEDITwi iththePLINEREVERSEWID DTHS tartandendo ofthepolylin neisreversed .However,se egmentswith hvaryingwidt ths variablesetto0,thest ected.Ifthev variableisset tto1,thestartandendof fthepolylineisreversedandwidthsofthe areunaffe segments sareappliedt tothevertice esstartingint theopposite direction.

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Offset P Preview
Nowwhenyouusethe eOffsetcomm mand,aprevi iewoftheoff fsetresultisa automatically ydisplayedbe efore d.Forexample e,afteryouspecifyanoffs setdistance,theoffsetobjectisdisplay yed youendthecommand agthecursortoeitherside eoftheorigin nalobject.Sim milarly,when nusingtheTh hroughoption n,the asyoudra resultingo objectisdyna amicallydispl layedasyoud dragthecurs sortospecifythethroughpoint.

Connec ct
Autode esk 360 Co onnectivity y
InAutoCA AD2013youc caneasilycon nnecttoyourAutodesk36 60accountforfilesharing, ,customizedfile syncing,a andmore.Signindirectlyf fromtheInfoCentertoolba arusingyour rAutodesksin nglesignonn name andpassw word.Ifyoud donotyethav veanaccount t,youcancre eateone.

Aftersigningin,youru usernameand dadditionalt toolsaredisp playedinthed dropdownm menu,includin ngthe ttingswithth hecloud,spec cifyonlineop tions,accessAutodesk36 60,signout,and optiontosyncyourset accountdetails. managea 33

 Thefirstt timeyouacce essAutodesk360,youhavetheopportu unitytospecifydefaultclo oudsettingst to controlwhenyourdes signdataandcustomsettingsaresynce edwiththecloud.Youcan nchooseto callystoreencryptedcopie esofyourloc caldesigndat tainyourAut todesk360ac ccounteachtime automatic yousave,orsaveonlyspecifieddoc cuments.Ineithercase,yo oucanoverrid dethedefaul ltbehaviorfo or individual ldrawings.W Whenyouuplo oaddrawings directlyfrom mAutoCADto oAutodesk36 60,external reference esandotherd dependentfilesareautom maticallyinclud dedwiththeupload. Youcanalsochooseto oautomaticallysyncyourp programappe earance,prof files,workspa aces,options, ,and ilessothatyo oucanrestore ethemonan nycomputer. Ifyouwishto omodifythedefaultcloud d supportfi settingsafterclosingth hedialogbox x,youcanacc cessthemvia OnlineOptio onsinthedro opdownmen nu Onlineribbontab. andtheO Additiona altoolsforwo orkingwithAu utodesk360f functionality areavailable eintheOnline eribbontab.

Online D Documents Autodesk k360 ThenewA Autodesk360 0toolopensy yourAutodesk360docum mentslistandfoldersinab browser.Ifyouare notalread dyloggedin,y yourepromp ptedtodoso. SelectFiledia YourAuto odesk360doc cumentsarealsoavailable efrommanyS alogboxesthroughout AutoCAD. .Forexample e,whenyouo open,save,or rattachafile, ,youcanaccessAutodesk k360directlyfrom thePlaces slistonthele eftsideofthe edialogbox. OnlineOp ptions

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olprovidesea asyaccesstotheOnlineta abintheOpti ionsdialogbo oxwhereyou ucan TheOnlineOptionstoo youronlinestoragecapacit tyandcontro olinteraction withclouddocumentsandcustomizat tion monitory synchroni ization.Anop ptioninthelo owerleftcorn nerofthedia logboxenablesyoutospe ecifytheclou ud folderinw whichyouwa antyourdraw wingstobesaved. OpenonMobile TheOpen nonMobileto oolsendsapu ushnotificationtoanymo obiledeviceth hathasAutoC CADWSsoft tware installeda andwhereyo ouaresignedinwiththesa ameAutodes skID.Thepus shnotification nwillenableyou toopenupthecurrent tdrawingonyourmobilew withouthavin ngtobrowse tothefileor ropenAutoCA AD WSfirst. UploadM Multiple TheUploa adMultipleto oolenablesyo outobrowse eandselectm multipledrawingstouploadtoyour Autodesk360documents. Customiz zation Sync Customiza ationsynchro onizationenablesyoutota akeadvantag eofyourcustomAutoCAD Dpreferences sand supportfi ilesevenwhe enyouworka acrossmultiplemachines. SyncMyS Settings TheSyncmySettingst toolenablesy youtostartandstopsynciingofyourcu ustomsetting gs.Ifyoustop syncingyo ourcustomse ettings,youronlinesetting gsarepreserv vedbutnolo ongerupdated d.

Ifyoucho oosetosyncy yoursettings,AutoCADcom mparesyour localsettings swithyourclo oudsettingsand promptsy youtochoose ewhetheryouwanttouse eyourlocalse ettings,inwh hichcaseitwilluploadthe emto thecloud, ,oryouronlinesettings,in nwhichcaseitwilldownlo oadthemfromthecloud.

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 otificationsindicatewhensettingsareb beinguploade edtoordownloadedfrom mthecloud. Bubbleno ChooseSe ettings UsetheChooseSetting gstooltospe ecifywhichse ettingstoinclu mizationsync c.Thesecan udeincustom include:o options;custo omizationfiles s;printersup pportfiles;cu stomhatchp patterns;customfonts,sha apes, andlinety ypes;toolpalettes;anddra awingtempla ates.

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