Different portions of a dimension entity can now be assigned different colors.Ordinate dimensions can now be input with AutoCAD.Dimstyle symbol table allows the saving, retrieval, modification and the retention of the variable settings for individual Dimension entities.You can't change these strings after installation is complete. The labels for the strings are 'Licensed to:' and 'Obtained from:'. This text is displayed in the Main menu banner (or the equivalent) when AutoCAD is invoked. This step allows two lines of ASCII text to be added to the executable program file.

A pair of new system environment variables named -ACADPLCMD and ACADPPCMD, in conjunction with the 'AUTOSPOOL' default plot filename, now allows the -AutoCAD PLOT and PRPLOT commands to invoke plot-spooling programs.Ī personalization step has been added to the installation.

This 'floating license' does not apply to versions of AutoCAD using workstation authorization codes or hardware locks.

The maximum number of concurrent users can be increased through the purchase of a larger license count, for which an authorization code for the larger limit is issued. The number of users specified at the time of purchase can execute AutoCAD on the network server. Network server authorization allows the installation of a single copy of AutoCAD on a network server.A new file-locking system prevents more than one AutoCAD session from accessing the same file when it would be possible to corrupt data or crash one or more AutoCAD sessions as a result.Multiple views of the model can be plotted in a single plot operation, complete with additional production drafting graphics, such as sheet outlines, title blocks, annotation text, etc.The paper space mechanism adds the following capabilities to AutoCAD: The new TILEMODE system variable can be used to enable paper space, where Viewports are entities that display views into 'model space' rather than being simple partitions of the display graphics area.

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