Note: The below webinar recording was created by Excitech prior to becoming Symetri in January 2021, following its acquisition by Addnode Group. Watch our video below to see these new features in action: It’s easy to use and makes the most of cloud storage providers ability to store a drawings history. TRIM and EXTEND have a new feel to them which takes a little bit of getting used to and REVCLOUD has a much better feel to it.īREAKATPOINT brings more reliability, repeatability and accuracy which is long overdue.ĭrawing History is going to be very popular. So, in summary, AutoCAD 2021 has introduced some long overdue enhancements and new tools to make some previously cumbersome tasks a lot easier to achieve. The DRAWING HISTORY palette lists previous versions and when each is selected uses the DWG COMPARE utility to show the differences between that and the current drawing. When signed into your Autodesk account and opening a drawing for the first time, from the cloud storage area, a balloon notification appears in the lower right corner indicating previous versions of that drawing can be compared using the DRAWING HISTORY palette. The cloud storage provider sets the number of versions stored and manages when they will expire. The same key removes already selected areas and the data updated accordingly.ĭWG HISTORY utilises the drawing history benefits of the following cloud storage providers, ONE DRIVE, DROP BOX and BOX. Pressing the Shift Key enables multiple closed boundaries to be selected and cumulative area and perimeter data displayed. If these enclosed areas include further closed areas (Islands) these will be automatically detected and removed from the calculation. Simply clicking within a closed boundary, area and perimeter information instantly appears. It now has the capability, to very quickly, display area and perimeter information. When I first saw QUICK MEASURE within AutoCAD 2020, I was very impressed. I was always hesitant to teach the old method owing to its unreliability and quirky way of not operating as expected. Secondly, it’s a repeatable command by either pressing Enter, Return or Spacebar. Firstly, it works, both accurately, reliably and far better than the previous method of doing this using the Break command. Break At PointīREAKATPOINT is a new command which enables a break to be made at a specific point along a Line, Arc or open Polyline.īREAKATPOINT has two major enhancements. So, how is that beneficial? There is a setting within the Object Properties Palette, ‘Arc Length’, which enables changes to be made to the REVCLOUD quicker than in previous releases. To help make changes much easier than previous versions, REVCLOUD's are now recognised as such and no longer as a Polyline. Of course, it might not always be perfect, but the change required should only be minimal. It uses the size of the drawing area to automatically set the arc length to a more appropriate size. Arc lengths are nearly always the wrong size. For those who use this command frequently it’s always been frustrating. REVCLOUD has been given a long overdue update. Again, this can be reconfigured to the original method with the addition of a new system variable called `TRIMEDGES’.
The trimming of lines across hatch patterns to their boundaries is a real time saver. What I like, is if the new method isn’t to your liking, both TRIM and EXTEND can be reconfigured to the original way of operating which is, `Standard’ as opposed to `Quick’.
It utilises a previously optional method which has now been made the default way of operating.Īt first, I wasn’t sure if this `new look’ was quicker but after awhile it does begin to feel more efficient. The TRIM and EXTEND commands have been changed to make the workflow quicker. In this blog, we'll outline 5 of the new features and updates in AutoCAD 2021: Trim and Extend Based upon customer feedback and other surveys, AutoCAD 2021 contains streamlined and modernised versions of some existing tools in addition to the introduction of some new tools.
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