ACTCAD Software Updates & Fixes

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 140+ fixes that were implemented since the 8.1a release.

Working with drawing files

• Fixed reported cases where files could not be opened or saved properly.
• Fixed several issues for working with .dgn files.
• Fixed lineweights issue when exporting to a .pdf file.

User interface

• Several fixes for working with the ribbon, including: ribbon display, ribbon color when TBCOLOR=0, combobox controls, and more.
• Fixed display of user interface elements when using a large display resolution.
• Added a new workspace: View and Mark-up.
• Several fixes for toolbars and separators.
• XPLODE command was added to the menu, toolbar, and ribbon.

Selection

• Fixed reported issues with grips, including: grip points in PERSPECTIVE drawings, hatch grips, and working in the command bar while grip editing.
• Fixed issue with entity snapping in perspective view.

APIs

• Fixed issues when calling (menucmd) after MENULOAD in LISP with BUILUIASYNC enabled.
• Fixes for .NET API.
• Fixed issue with enabled and disabled VBA macros.

More fixes

• Fixed issue when using SCALELISTEDIT.
• Fixed use of Reset All in Customize dialog box.
• Fixed use of Reset on the Options > Profiles tab.
• Fixed issue with workspaces after importing a .cui file.
• Fixed issues with lofting entities.
• Fixed issues with sweeping along a helix and also 3D entities.
• Fixed the setting of different locations for an annotation block in different annotation scales.
• New BCOUNT command was added.
• Fixed printing images with different Brightness settings.
• Fixes for XPLODE command.
• Fixes for Match Properties.
• New CORK, STARS, HONEY, and HOUND hatch patterns were added.

Important Bug Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 100+ fixes that were implemented since the 8.1 release.

Working with drawing files

• Fixed reported cases where files could not be opened properly.
• Fixed several issues for working with .dgn files.

User interface

• Fixed toolbar appearance and text display at high display resolutions.
• Several fixes for working with the ribbon.
• Fixed resizing of floating toolbars.

Hatches

• Fixed display issue when using UNDO after a hatch grip edit.
• Fixed associative boundary hatches when a boundary is a polyline.
• Corrected hatch boundary associativity when dragging a hatch, using a grip point, and canceling changes.
• Several more hatch fixes.

APIs

• LISP (redraw) fixed to ignore erased entities.
• LISP (grread) fixed when calling the ERROR function.
• Fixed grips and highlighted entities when calling the SELECT command from SDS/LISP.
• ORTHOGONAL command (defined as local variable in LISP) fixed.

More fixes

• Fixed display issue when inserting external references.
• EXPLODE command enhanced.
• Fixed reported crashes for difference scenarios when using the EXPLODE, PLOT,
• Enhancements made to working with workspaces.
• Fixed OLEBKGCOLOR.
• Fixed group designation for the -TOOLBAR command.
• Fixes for grip editing.
• Fixed display of viewport properties in the Properties pane.
• Fixed the default option for the PYRAMID command.
• Fixed PASTEORIG when working with multiple layouts.
• Fixed Zoom Extents when displaying multiline text.

New Features:

Working with files

• Open, save, and work with .dwg files of version 2015.

• Open .dgn files by converting them to .dwg files.
• Attach point cloud files.
• IntelliConvert command added.
• Export .dgn files.

Performance enhancements

• Multi-core support for opening and regenerating files, which provides 1.5 to 3 times performance improvement on multi-core computers.
• ACIS In is now available in IntelliCAD Standard versions.

User interface

• New ribbon interface that can be used with or without the menus.
• New icons throughout IntelliCAD.
• Updated status bar, including ability to single-click (instead of double-click ) status bar items.
• Autocomplete commands when typing at the command line.
• Updated Properties pane.
• Support for workspaces.
• Color schemes are now available.

Printing

• New Publish command.
• New ability to print to DWF/DWFx files.
• New ability to print to PNG and JPG files.
• Advanced options added for print stamps.

Viewing drawings

• New support for annotation scaling.

Working with entities

• New Helix command.
• New Revision Cloud command.
• New XPLODE command.
• Tab through commands when hovering over a grip.
• New Z-axis orthomode support.
• New Match Properties Options dialog box.
• New Text to Multiline Text command.
• New dialog box for the BLOCK command.
• New 3D entity commands: Loft, Sweep, Polysolid.
• New Set to ByLayer command.

APIs

• IntelliCAD 8.1 uses Teigha version 4.0.1 from the Open Design Alliance.
• New .NET API.
• New IcUi API for creating IntelliCAD based MFC dialogs or special dialog controls.

System variables

• Added or updated: ANNNOALLVISIBLE, ANNNOSCALELIMIT, AUTOCOMPLETEFILTER, AUTOCOMPLETEMODE, AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS, AUTOCOMPLETEDELAY, AUTOCOMPLETETRANSP, AUTOCOMPMINTEXTLEN, CANNOSCALE, CANNOSCALEVALUE, CURRENTAFFINITYMASK, DIMANNO, HPANNOTATIVE, LOCALEROOTPREFIX, LOFTANG1, LOFTANG2, LOFTMAG1, LOFTMAG2, LOFTNORMALS, LOFTPARAM, MSLTSCALE, MTMODE, MULTICORE, PICKFIRSTFLAGS, PRINTTRANSPARENCY, PSLTSCALE, PSOLHEIGHT, PSOLWIDTH, SELECTIONANNODISPLAY, SETBYLAYERMODE, STATBARSTYLE, and SURFACEMODELINGMODE.

Important Bug Fixes:

The following list details some of the 1300+ fixes that were implemented since the 8.0a release on 7/31/2014.

Display

• In the View Manager, fixed restoring a view after using Edit Boundaries.
• Several issues fixed for working with a grid.

Hatches

• Fixed hatch result for dynamic blocks
• Shape of hatch fixed when exploding and copying
• Fixed crash when selecting complex hatch areas in some cases.

Text and multiline text

• Fixed errors with Korean fonts.
• Fixed issues with MTEXT that was missing underlined text in some cases.
• Fixed editing MTEXT with European keyboard layout.
• Fix for %% codes.

Printing

• Print configuration is fixed when extracting from a .pc3 file.
• Fixed various issues with printing certain entities, including hatch transparency, oblique text, and hidden paperspace entities.
• Fixed issue for irregular viewports that cause large increase in print size.

APIs

• LISP:
  • Now *.slb files are accessible through LISP paths.
  • Fixed issue with (menucmd).
  • Highlighting fixed for selection sets supplied to commands via LISP.
• SDS:
  • Fixed issue with sds_cleanplane.
  • sds_zoomit fixed for docked dialogs.

More fixes

• Fixed issue with LAYFRZ for blocks.
• Fixed dimension associativity after copying.
• Extend and Trim commands now properly work with blocks using the ALL option.
• Fixed specified angle usage for VIEWCTL.
• Incorrect attribution data after exploding a block is fixed.
• Several fixes for working with customized .mnu files.
• Several fixes for filleting when working with splines, polylines, and two circles.
• Fixed perpendicular snapping when working with requested angles.
• Fixed the use of snapping when using Zoom > Window.
• Fixed issue with changing 3D polyline vertices using grips.
• Fixed using From Entity Snap in layouts.

Technical Notes:

• IntelliCAD is now supported for Microsoft Windows 10 operating systems.
• IntelliCAD source code is built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 and .NET version 4.5.
• VSTA support has been disabled.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.2a.

IntelliCAD 8.2a is a maintenance release that contains over 125 improvements and fixes since the IntelliCAD 8.2 release on July 1, 2016.

Improvements in IntelliCAD 8.2a include various fixes for working .dgn files, external references, the user interface, and many more, as well as small additions such as new RIBBON and RIBBONCLOSE commands and a new FILTERS command.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.2.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is a major release that includes new support for exporting 3D .pdf files; more options added to existing features that export 2D .pdf files, export .bmp files, and attach underlays; new in-place multiline text editor; new support for maximizing and minimizing viewports; and various other new commands such as BCOUNT, IMAGEFRAMEMODE, FIELD, and TEXTTOFRONT. IntelliCAD 8.2 also includes improved performance when working with complex blocks, panning and zooming, exporting to .pdf files, and more.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is optionally available with the ability to open, save, create, and edit .dgn files in the native DGN format. IntelliCAD 8.2 also includes optional integration with Artisan Renderer to create photorealistic images of models quickly using a wide range of pre-set materials and lighting setups combined with the ability to create custom lights and realistic materials.

For IntelliCAD versions that include a ribbon, IntelliCAD 8.2 now includes ribbon panel expanders, ribbon versioning support, and the ability to customize the ribbon using the CUSTOMIZE command.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is supported on Microsoft® Windows® 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista®, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.0.

Available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions, IntelliCAD 8.0 opens, saves, and creates .dwg files, including the latest 2014 file format. New features include layer states, layer filters with search, layer transparency and viewport freeze, .cui custom menu files, quick select, 3D orbit, additional grid capabilities, Collada (.dae) file import, MrSID MG4 compressed raster image support, and more.

In addition to core computer-aided-design (CAD) features, IntelliCAD is a development platform on which member companies develop custom applications. IntelliCAD 8.0 includes several API enhancements including updates to Open Design Alliance (ODA) Teigha® version 3.9.1 and support for VBA 7.1. ITC members also now have access to source code for advanced rendering and image processing components.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 100+ fixes that were implemented since the 8.0 release.

Working with drawing files

• Fixed reported cases where files could not be opened properly.
• Issues with exporting to DWF format fixed.

Text

• Fixed cases when extra lines were added while using the Text command.
• Fixed issues with outputted multiline text.
• Improvements to Multiline Text editor, including ruler display and cursor starting point.

Modifying entities

• Fixes during move and dragging operations.
• Flatten command improvements.
• Fillet command fixed when using for non-convex polylines and also when FILLETRAD is greater than an arc's possible radius.

APIs

• DDE interface supported, allowing the running of scripts outside of IntelliCAD.
• LISP file path fixed when using only one path.
• LISP (textbox) and (sds_textbox) fixed when working with different text styles.
• LISP and SDS fill_image fixed to handle colors with index > 7.
• Crash fixed when unloading SDS application.

More fixes

• Point clouds are now supported.
• LIST command fixes for point cloud entities.
• Quick Select dialog improvements.
• Several fixes for layer filters.
• -PURGE command includes regapp option.
• Fixed crash scenario when switching to 3d hidden, realistic, or conceptual view in large drawings.
• Fixed image display in some cases when FASTIMAGEDRAW is set to 0.
• Customization added to Tools > Options > Paths/Files tab for placing script locations that are to be used during startup.
• Fixes for working with .cui menu files.
• APPLOAD dialog contain .NET plug-in filter.
• ETRACK fixed when working in NWUCS.
• Color setting in .pc3 files fixed.
• Angular dimensions fixed for non-coplanar lines.
• Zooming fixed for PDF OLE objects.

New Features:

Working with Files

• Open, save, and work with .dwg files of version 2014.

•  Work with image files in both IntelliCAD Professional and Standard versions. Additionally, more raster image formats are supported in IntelliCAD Standard.
• Create custom rendering materials and mapping projection planes in both IntelliCAD Professional and Standard versions.
• Import Collada (.dae files).
• Improved support for DGN overlays, Civil3D, ADT, and mechanical object enablers.
• Attach MrSID MG4 compressed raster images.

Performance Enhancements

• IntelliCAD is available in 64-bit in addition to 32-bit.
• Increased cursor speed.
• Improved PDF export performance and reduced resulting file size.
• Improved performance for multiple sessions on multi-core machines.
• Improved Print Preview zoom performance.

Viewing Drawings

• The grid can be drawn as lines or dots, can display beyond the drawing extents, and can be adaptive, which includes automatic resizing and subdivision based on the zoom level.
• The Dynamic Viewpoint command was enhanced to include multiple ways of selecting a point from which to view three-dimensional entities.
• The 3D Orbit command allows you to orbit a drawing, that is, rotate the view. Commands includes Constrained Orbit, Free Orbit, Continuous Orbit, Constrained X Orbit, Constrained Y Orbit, and Constrained Z Orbit.

Layers

• Manage layers with layer states.
• Search for layers by name.
• Filter layers.
• Layer properties include Transparency and Viewport Freeze.
• New Layer Tools menu and toolbar.

Rendering

• Rendering interface redesigned and enhanced.
• Complete rendering features are now available in IntelliCAD Professional and Standard versions.

APIs

• IntelliCAD 8.0 uses Teigha version 3.9.1 from the Open Design Alliance.
• IntelliCAD 8.0 uses VBA 7.1.
• Script command execution uses the DDE API.
• New LISP method (protect) to create protected LISP files.
• New LISP method (acad_truecolordlg) supports true color selection. The old method (acad_colordlg) will continue to call up only the index color dialog.
• New SDS method sds_truecolordialog() supports true color selection. The old method sds_colordialog() will continue to call up only the index color dialog.
• New LISP method to convert RGB color string to an index integer (rgbtoindex). This method has an SDS equivalent: sds_rgbtoindex().
• New LISP method to convert RGB color string to an index integer  (sds_indextorbg). This method has an SDS equivalent: sds_indextorgb().
• sds_clearcallback().
• sds_rgbstrtocolorref changed from a string to a long.

More New Features

• CUI menu files supported.
• Many user interface enhancement features, including more efficient menu and toolbar organization, slimming of toolbars to create more drawing space, and more.
• Many improvements to paperspace, such as UCS icon changes, ease in which modelspace viewports are created, and more.
• All color assignments for screen items, such as background color, icon color, etc., can now be made by choosing Tools > Options > Display tab, then clicking Color Scheme.
• New Quick Select command.
• Tip of the Day now displays as an event in the corner of the main window when IntelliCAD starts.
• Improved grip editing for dynamic blocks.
• Image Attach command supports embedded world file data in MrSID image files.
• New PRINTOPTIONS command for easy accessibility to Print Options.
• New XOPEN command to allow quick editing of attached xref files.
• New Draw Order options to quickly push back or  bring forward annotation and hatches.
• Enhanced CUSTOMIZE command eases menu and toolbar customization.

System Variables

• Added or updated: 3DORBITMODE, CUSTOMICONSPATH, EXPLAYERFIL­TERWIDTH, FACETRES, GRIDCOLORMAJOR, GRIDCOLORMINOR, GRIDDISPLAY, GRIDMAJOR, GRIDMODE, GRIDPOINTSMAX, GRID­STYLE, LAYERINVERTFILTER, LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT (which replaced and deprecated PSPACEMVIEW), LISPPATH, ORBITCOLOR, PRINTTILESIZE, PSICONCOLOR, QSELECTLISTVALUES, TEXLIBPATH, TRIMALLMAXNESTEDBLOCKLEVEL, UITHEME.
•  All color-related system variables were changed to support RGB and index color values: APERTURECOLOR, AUDIOICONCOLOR, AUTOTRACKCOLOR, BKGCOLOR, BLIPCOLOR, COLORX, COLORY, COLORZ, DZOOME­COLOR, DZOOMSCOLOR, DZOOMVCOLOR, HIGHLIGHTCOLOR, HYPERLINKICONCOLOR, MODELTOOLTIPCOLOR, MODELTOOLTIPB­KGCOLOR,OLEBKGCOLOR, PICKBOXCOLOR, PSPACEBCOLOR, PSPACEMCOLOR, PSPACEPCOLOR, SELCROSSINGAREACOLOR, SEL­CROSSINGFRAMECOLOR, SELWINDOWAREACOLOR, SELWINDOWFR­AMECOLOR, SNAPCOLOR, VIEWPORTLOCKBORDERCOLOR.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the 1100+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.2d release in November 2013.

Open and save files

• Audit command fixed for redundant text entities.

Display

• Several fixes to prevent leftover screen pixels or empty screen portions during zooming and dragging.
• Display of hatches improved.
• Several fixes to cursor display in different scenarios.
• Several fixes for Zoom Extents.
• Several fixes for display issues when zooming in.
• Improvements to 3D solids display.
• Full Render fixed when using with a UCS different from WCS.

Selection and entity editing

• Fixed snapping to 3D solids in blocks.
• Fixed node snapping in xref drawings when PDMODE is non-zero.
• Fixed grip editing for splines created from polylines.
• Polar tracking guides fixed for new drawings.

Hatches

• Improved speed and accuracy for hatching while using Select Area.
• Fixed calculation of hatch lines enclosed by a circular arc.
• Fixes for calculating hatch areas and boundary hatches in different cases.
• Fixed hatching of visually closed polylines.
• Fixed boundary detection for boundaries off screen.

Text and multiline text

• Fixes for multiline text positioning.
• Several fixes for the Find command.

Printing

• Improvements to TrueType Font selection for printing.
• Fixed issue when printed dashed area did not match print preview.

APIs

• VBA/VSTA:
  • Fixed ability to set height for AddAttributeDef and AddText methods.
  • ColorIndex property fixed.
• LISP:
  • Fixed BKGCOLOR type for (fill_image) function.
  • Fixed (entupd) and sds_entupd to update modified blocks.
  • Fixed (getorient) function.
• SDS:
  • (ssget) handles complex filters by application name.

More fixes

• Fixed ability to toggle wipeout frames for wipeouts that are part of blocks.
• LIST command fixed for vertices of 2D and 3D polylines.
• Flatten command fixed for 3D polylines (converting to 2D polylines) and for misplacing entities on the current layer.
• Shape names from SHX files are no longer case-sensitive.
• RGB colors fixed during PDF Export.
• Offsetting fixed for spline entities.
• Fillet command fixed for polylines with arc segments.
• Fixed MATCHPROP for dimensions and viewports.
• Draw order fixed for copied entities.
• Fixed lineweight "adjust display scale".
• Fixed MIRROR3D when using in NWUCS.
• Scale accuracy fixed when inserting an image and using a positioning file.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 300+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.2c release.

Working with drawing files

• Improved file conversion process for 2013 .dwg file versions.
• Fixed issue with SAVEAS command on Windows 7 x64 operating systems.
• Several improvements to PDF export.
• File security improved.

Performance improvements

• Selection performance improved in large drawings, including those with many groups or hyperlinks.
• Dragging performance improved, including extents drawn when using COPY and COPYCLIP.

• Improved speed performance when printing 3D visual styles in viewports.

Printing

• Issue fixed when printing gradients.
• Fixed issues when printing and previewing drawings with rotated views.
• Improvements to printing in color.
• Fixed reported issues when printing MTEXT.

Selecting and viewing

• Fixed display issues in read-only drawings.
• Fixed reported display issues when zooming.
• Fixed display issues that previously required REGEN.
• Fixed REGEN issues.

Snapping and tracking

• Entity snapping fixed when osmode = 0.
• Fixes for snap accuracy.
• Fixes for reported issues with Perpendicular Snap and Parallel Snap.

Text

• Negative oblique angle fixed when using DDEDIT.
• Fixed usage of current text style for multiline text.
• Fixed Text Fit option.
• Background color can now be turned off in the Multiline Text dialog box.

Properties

• Image Scale value fixed.
• Fixed text direction.

APIs

• Fix for LISP (entmod) when setting owner of an object.
• SDS fixes, including: executing commands after using sds_ssgetwithprompt from modeless dialog.
• Many fixes for VBA, including: Mirror3d method, AddRegion method, get_PrincipalDirections method implemented, GetPoint method, Document.Import and Document.Export, insertBlock method, object.transformby.
• Developer Reference Help File (ITC_IDR.CHM): Added SDS and VBA migration recommendations for migrating applications built for IntelliCAD 6.x to IntelliCAD 7.x versions. Also updated SDS and VBA examples in the documentation.

More fixes

• Added network floating licensing support.
• Fixed localized versions that were not accepting some command options.
• Fix for moving rotated dimensions.
• Fixed issue when using Dim Continue on Dim Ordinate with a different UCS.
• Fixed PLINE ARC drawn with negative angles in clockwise direction.
• Fixed importing of a Google surface.
• Added Bind option to Explorer > External References.
• System variables fixed to be read-only: LOCALROOTPREFIX, MYDOCUMENTSPREFIX, and ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX.
• Explode command fixed for 3D faces.
• EXPLAYOUTS fixed for importing and exporting layouts to/from drawing templates.
• Grid density improvements.
• Render improvements for CAMERADISPLAY and LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY.
• SECTION fixed for creating regions using 2DPOLYLINE.
• Fix for attribute selection order.
• Fixes for extruding polylines and regions.
• Fixes for stretching dimension text.
• Hatch area calculations improved.
• Fixed issue during layout viewing/switching when LAYOUTREGENCTL = 1.

New system variables

• AUTOCONVERT, FASTIMAGEDRAW, FINDOPTIONS, NETFLOATLICENSE, PRINTIMAGEQUALITY, SPACEASENTER.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 200+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.2b release.

Working with drawing files

• Fixed conversion for files on read-only network drives.
• Export PDF includes U.S./Imperial units support.
• Performance for SAVEAS doubled.

Printing

• Fixed printing when using the Window option.
• Print Preview fixed to display polylines in some cases where they were not visible.
• Fixed printing for entities with thickness different from "0".
• Printing with a header or footer (Tools > Options > Printing) uses "," character to separate left, middle, and right aligned text.

Snapping and tracking

• Center snap fixed when snapping to arc segment of closed polyline.
• Nearest snap fixed when using grid and Ortho.
• Snapping fixed to work with circles of small radiuses.
• Extension snap fixed in UCS for linear entities.
• Parallel snapping fixed for external references.
• Polar tracking fixed in NWUCS.
• Snap INT fixed for multi-line entities.
• Entity snap markers visible when they display for entity of same color using the OSNAPXORDRAW system variable.

Text

• MTEXT entity display accuracy improved in reported cases.
• Text position fixed when changing text.
• Alternate fonts fixed to be used for missing TrueType fonts.
• Direct entry of Unicode codes is now supported in the Multiline Text dialog box.

APIs

• Several SDS fixes, including: sds_ssget() for layers that are off; SDS function code fixed for commands called from SDS_CBCMDBEGIN callback; (ssget "ALL) fixed.
• Many fixes for VBA, including: Utility.WildCardMatch, Hatch.ApplyHatch, and get_ProductOfInertia implemented; fix for AddLeader method and Annotation property compatibility issue; fixed GetEntity recognition of OdDb2dPolyline; fix for Block.AddItems; fix for selection set filters; fix for situation of duplicate table record names; fixed parent block issues; fix for offsetting entities.

More fixes

• Association fixed for aligned dimensions.
• Selection corrected for 3D line grips.
• Draworder fixed for exploded blocks.
• Improved context menu when right-clicking drawing window, including the addition of recently used commands.
• Fixed SPLINEDIT layer issue.
• Clicking and holding down the middle mouse button now activates the Pan command.
• ACIS library updated to version R23, ACISVER system variable fixed, and ACISOUT enhancements.
• Fix for -IMAGE command when detaching.

• Modified the order of entities in the selection set to be more consistent.
• Performance improvement for DRAWORDER.
• Fixed data issues when creating ATTDEF entities.
• Added context menu when right-clicking user paths in Tools > Options > Paths/Files.
• Rendering fixed when perspective is ON.
• Fixed wipeout creation using entmake.just
• IntelliCAD Explorer now works with additional image file formats.
• Fixed hatch creation in active viewports.
• Fixed the Flatten command when working with leaders.
• Enhanced performance of RTPAN.

New system variable

• OSNAPXORDRAW.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 450+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.2a release.

Working with drawing files

• Fixed crash resulting from auditing files in some cases.
• Improvements to auto-saving.

Printing

• Fixed reported cases where printing or print preview caused a crash.
• Fixed Display Print Styles to update display properly.
• Fixed printing on large custom paper sizes.

Dimensions

• DIMARC added to the Dimensions menu and toolbar.
• Update added to the Dimensions menu and toolbar.
• Fixes for DIMRADIUS and DIMCENTER for blocks.

Snapping and tracking

• Fixed ORTHO priority when ETRACK is enabled.
• Fixed issue with OFFSET while also entity snapping.
• Fixed Parallel snap when working with both Parallel and Extension snaps enabled.
• Improvements to activating multiple snaps from the command line.
• Quadrant snap and entity tracking issues fixed when working in UCS.
• Entity snapping fixed for entities in paperspace.
• Fixed POLAR for a rotated UCS.
• Entity snaps fixed for plane surfaces.

Blocks

• Fixed rotation issues during block insertion.
• Fixed issue when inserting uniform-scale blocks.

Text

• Multiline text improvements: Select All, right-click to paste without formatting, clear all formatting.
• Multiline text justification improvements.
• Fixes where formatting differed in editor and drawing (mtext).

Hatches

• Fixed case where hatch disappeared after copying or moving it.
• Fixed using the Stretch command with hatches.
• Improvements to hatches that displayed with low density.
• Improvements to hatch prompts.

APIs

• Sample application added for VBA.
• For LISP commands, fixed F8 ORTHO toggle.
• Fixed: SDS command calls from LISP leave CMDACTIVE in wrong state.
• More of the many areas that were fixed for SDS: missing SDS_CBDOCCHG notification when closing a drawing, sds_nentselp fails when looking for polyface mesh, sds_initget/sds_getpoint combination should return RTKWORD, sds_dispobjs returns 2 vertices chains for PFACEs.
• Some of the many areas that were fixed for VBA: colors, entity filtering, InvertMatrix method, dimension styles, line offsetting, xdata. Some of the methods implemented: get_Centroid, get_MomentOfInertia, get_Volume.
• Fixes for sds_draggen().

More fixes

• Crashes fixed during Layout switching in some cases.
• Loading a .mnu file from a path with a dot symbol.
• Double-click enabled for moving to paperspace while other entities are selected.
• Fixed several issues when working with grips.
• Improvements for working with OLE objects.
• Fix for arc entities, including the Follow option.
• Default toolbar layout improved in main window.
• New toolbars: Zoom and Draworder. Some commands moved from the View toolbar to the Zoom toolbar.
• Fixed display of Drawing Settings dialog box in non-English languages.
• Zoom Object command added.
• Fixed Zoom Dynamic for NWUCS.
• Color selection fixed for cases where a crash was caused.
• Multiple issues with wipeouts fixed.
• Added recent command list to the context menu for right-clicking in a drawing.
• Fixed issues handling large number of groups in IntelliCAD Explorer.
• PURGE command now works with unnamed groups.
• Fixed EXTRUDE for entities with large coordinates and for extruding regions on a closed polyline.
• Fixed MASSPROP command for UCS.
• Fixed issue when drawing boxes with negative Z value.
• Fix for Convert to Mesh (3DCONVERT).
• Hyperlink icon display improved.
• 3dSolid materials fixed when rendering in gray color.
• Fixes for the Stretch command.
• Fix for entity display when layer color changes.
• Fixes for Zoom Dynamic.

New system variables

• ASYNCINIT, GROUPMAX, HIGHLIGHTLIMIT, HYPERLINKICON, HYPERLINKICONCOLOR, HYPERLINKICONSCALE, OLEBKGCOLOR, PRINTTEXTOUT, RTDISPLAY, and USEOLEBKGCOLOR.

Important Fixes:

The following list details some of the new 700+ fixes that were implemented since the initial 7.2 release.

Working with drawing files

• Due to issues with AutoCAD shell extensions, any program running on the same computer where Autodesk® AutoCAD® is installed can experience crashes when selecting files. If you experience related issues, either install the fix for AutoCAD or uninstall AutoCAD. For more details, see http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/open_save_close_hotfix.html.

Performance enhancements

• Improved performance for drawings with underlays, including snap, pan, zoom, and entity creation.
• Improved regeneration when working with linetypes.

Printing

• Several fixes for print preview.
• Fixed some cases where the print area was cropped improperly.
• Improved pen widths.
• Fixed printing of OLE objects.

Dimensions

• Fixed lineweight of diameter and radius dimensions.
• Fixed editing of dimension text when using STRETCH.

Snapping and tracking

• Fixed issue with intersection snapping when drawing entities.

• Guidelines improved for polar and entity tracking and all entity snaps are turned on.
• Fixed entity snaps when using STRETCH.
• Fixed snapping to grip points during grip editing.
• Fixed nearest snap after changing the viewpoint.
• Fixed entity snaps when using Polyface Mesh command.

Blocks

• Fixed cases where text inside blocks was not positioned properly.
• Multiple fixes for exploding blocks.
• Fixed insertion point of blocks with dimensions.
• Fixed regenerating raster images in blocks.

Text

• Multiple fixes for SPELL.
• Fixed text height issue when working with annotative text.
• MTEXT dialog oblique display improved.

Hatches

• Fixed -HATCH with HPNAME set to a new pattern.
• Improved handling of hatch display when pattern is to dense to display.
• Fixed issue with custom hatch patterns.
• Fixed issue when moving associative hatches.

Raster images

• Fixed issue with negative viewing and printing of some raster images.

• Image selection fixed when working with grids.

• Transparent ZOOM fixed when working with the IMAGECLIP command.

• Fixed the ATTACH command for raster images.
• Image printing fixed when fading is set to 0.
• Fixed use of positioning files for images.
• Fixed "keep aspect ration" option for raster images.
• Clipping fixed for images with rotated UCS.

APIs

• Fixes for user input methods (ssget, getPoint, etc).
• Fixes for sds_getpoint, sds_draggen.
• Fixes for sds_sendmessage(L" ").
• Fixes for IcApDocument::fileName, IcApDocument::docTitle().
• Fixed current Lisp command issue when the current document is closed.
• Fixed Create / Register COM component inside .irx project
• Fixed: icdbOpenAcDbEntity() returns eInvalidInput if openObject() fails, regardless of the reason for failure.
• Item methods in VBA/VSTA begin at 0 (zero).

More fixes

• Issues fixed for opening drawings with AEC objects.

• Fixed loading of linetypes from icad.lin in reported cases.

• Several fixes when using grips, including entity display, z-coordinate issues, and image frame display.

• Cross polygon selection fixed for reported zoom levels.
• Fixed DIVIDE when working with blocks.
• Fixed OFFSET for ellipses.
• Fixed selection of hidden shapes.
• Fixed issues with CHSPACE command.
• Fixed TRIM command when working with infinite lines.
• Multiple fixes for rotation.
• Multiple display fixes, including for ACIS objects, viewing multiple viewports, ZOOM+E, HIDE command, and grips.
• Fixed issues with DVIEW command.
• Fixed WP selection for non-world view.
• Fixed cursor position during tablet use.
• Fixed z-coordinate issue for Box command options.
• Export to PDF improved.
• Options > Paths/Files tab improved.

New system variables

• AECOBJECTS, AUTOCOMPLETEMODE, DEFSAVEASTYPEINDEX, ETRACKDELAY, EXPXREFVISIBILITY, FINDTEXTINT, GRIDDISPLAY, GRIDMAJOR, GRIDSTYLE, GRIPBYKEYBOARD, LTYPEGEN, MTEXTOBLIQUECOLOR, MTEXTSTACKEDCOLOR, PRINTAUTOROTATE, WNDSHOWPROP.