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Table of Contents
User interface .......................................................................................................................... 3
File tabs ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Layouts ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Status bar......................................................................................................................................... 4
Ribbon ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Help ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Documentation ....................................................................................................................... 6
Revision clouds ................................................................................................................................ 6
Dimensioning ................................................................................................................................... 8
Text................................................................................................................................................ 10
Geometric Center object snap ........................................................................................................ 11
Isometric line grid .......................................................................................................................... 12
Move/copy enhancement .............................................................................................................. 12
Property preview ........................................................................................................................... 12
Command preview ......................................................................................................................... 13
Selection highlighting color ............................................................................................................ 13
Xref enhancements ........................................................................................................................ 13
PDF enhancements ........................................................................................................................ 14
Plot dialog box ............................................................................................................................... 17

Design ................................................................................................................................... 18
Section object ................................................................................................................................ 18
Point clouds ................................................................................................................................... 19
Render engine ................................................................................................................................ 24
Coordination model ....................................................................................................................... 28
BIM 360 add-in for AutoCAD enhancements .................................................................................. 29

Installation and configuration ............................................................................................... 31

Improved graphics ......................................................................................................................... 31
System Variable Monitor................................................................................................................ 32
Security .......................................................................................................................................... 33
Single service pack ......................................................................................................................... 35

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User in
nterface

File tab
bs
The New Tab
T drawing file tab has been renamed d to Start and remains perssistent as you
u create and o
open
additional drawings. Th he NEWTABM MODE system
m variable has been renamed to STARTM MODE. When set
to 0 the Start tab is not displayed.

A new deployment opttion enables you ol whether th e Start tab is displayed forr install
y to contro
deploymeents.

You can press

p Ctrl+Hom me or use the
e new GOTOSSTART commaand to switch
h focus from tthe current
drawing to the Start taab. The new CLOSEALLOTH
C HER commandd offers commmand line acccess to close aall
the open drawings exccept the one in focus.

The Tip off the Day on the

t Learn pagge is updated every 24 houurs. You can u
use the arrow
ws to cycle thrrough
multiple tips
t one at a time
t and the tips can now contain inlinee images.

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Layoutss
Layouts now support dragd and dropp to move or copy
c layouts to positions tthat are hidden in the oveerflow
menu. As you drag the e selected layo
outs to the rigght or left ed ge of the layo
out tabs theyy automatically
outs into the proper positiion.
scroll, enaabling you to drop the layo

New conttrols in the rigght-click menu enable you to dock the llayout tabs in
n line with thee status bar o
or
above it.

Status bar
b
The Status bar can noww automatically wrap ontoo two rows w hen there aree more icons than can fit into a
single row
w. At any given time, the model
m tab and
d at least one layout tab arre always disp
played.

Isolate Ob
bjects and Locck UI have be
een added to the Status baar customization menu.

nables you too check and uncheck multiple UI elements at

The Lock User Interface tool on the Status bar en
one time instead of having to reopeen the flyout each time. Cllick the icon tto enable or d
disable UI locking.

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Ribbon
n
The new GALLERYVIEW
G W system variable enables you to controol whether Ribbon galleriees are displayyed.
When GALLERYVIEW iss set to 1, thuumbnail preview images off blocks as weell as dimensiions, mleaderrs,
and tables display in th
he Ribbon.

When its set to 0, the Insert dialog box is displayyed to accesss Blocks and ttraditional styyle lists are
displayed in the Ribbon to access diimension, mle eader, and taable styles.

Help
Improvem
ments to the AutoCAD
A p system makke it easier too access relevant Help conttent and tools.
Help

Single sig
gn-on
You are automatically signed into Help
H documen ntation when you sign into
o your A360 aaccount from
AutoCAD and vice-verssa. Signing intto Help docum
mentation ennables you to Like a Help to
opic.

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UI Finder
When you u click on the Find link for a tool in the Help window d arrow pointts to the location
w, an animated
of that tool in the Quicck access toollbar and Ribbon. In AutoCAAD 2016 this functionalityy has been
extended to include th he Status bar and application menu.

If an icon is available in
n the Status bar urrently visibl e, the UI Find
b but not cu der will point to the
Customizaation Status barb icon.

Docum
mentation

Revisio
on clouds
The Revision Cloud too d in AutoCAD 2016 to provvide more flexibility. It is aaccessible from the
ol is enhanced
Annotate Ribbon pane el and include
es three methods of creatioon: rectangullar, polygonal, and freehan nd
in addition to the Command line op ption to selectt an object. TThe last used ccreation method is
remembe ered the next time the com
mmand is run.. You can set your own default creation n method usin ng
the REVCLLOUDCREATEEMODE system m variable.

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Whether you create re ectangular, poolygonal, freeehand, or objeect revision cclouds, editingg their size an nd
shape witth grips is intu
uitive and eassy. The number of grips dissplayed for reevision cloudss has been
significanttly reduced. The
T location anda behavior of grips is baased on the sh hape of the reevision cloud. For
example, if the revisionn cloud was generated
g by selecting a ciircle, it will in
nclude a centeer grip and fo
our
quadrant grips enablin ng you to edit it like a circle
e. If it was ge nerated by picking polygo onal points, it will
include veertex and mid dpoint grips. If you prefer legacy
l displayy of grips, youu can set REV
VCLOUDGRIPSS to
Off.

In addition to easier ed
diting with grips, a new Mo odify option eenables you tto draw new revision cloud d
segmentss and erase se elected portio
ons of existingg revision clouuds. This wass the #4 AUGII wishlist requ
uest!

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Dimenssioning
DIM com mmand enha ancements
The DIM command
c is significantly
s enhanced
e in AutoCAD
A 20166 and is now accessible froom the Annottate
ribbon tab
b. Next to it youll
y find a new dimensionn layer controol. Dimensionns created using the DIM
command d are automattically placed on the speciffied layer. If aan appropriatte dimension layer doesnt
currently exist in the drawing, you canc quickly crreate one andd apply it to the DIM commmand using thhe
new DIMLLAYER system m variable.

Options within
w the DIM
M command area now displayed at the ccommand linee and in the right-click men
nu,
eliminatin
ng the need fo
or you to rem
member which
h options are available and
d how to enteer them.

However, even the nee ed to specify Dimension options is sign ificantly redu CAD 2016. Now the
uced in AutoC
DIM comm mand automaatically create es appropriatte dimensionss based on thhe type of objects you select. A
preview as
a you pass th he cursor over those objects enables yoou to see the resulting dim mension beforre you
actually create it. For example
e if you launch the DIM commannd and hoverr the cursor ovver a linear o object,
a preview
w of the appro opriate horizo
ontal, vertical, or aligned ddimension is d
displayed. Aftter selecting tthe
object youu can either place
p the dimension or hovver the cursoor over anotheer non-parallel linear objeect to
display an
nd place an an ngular dimension.

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If you hovver the cursorr over a circle
e or an arc objject, a previeew of a diameetric or radial dimension is
displayed and the com mmand promp pt offers relevvant options iincluding the ability to swiitch between
Radius and Diameter. ArcA objects in nclude the additional optioon to create aan angular dim mension.

The DIM command

c furrther simplifie
es creating dimensions by eliminating p
prompts to m
modify the
dimension n text and angle. Instead, the
t default vaalues are autoomatically ap
pplied. Mtext,, Text, and Teext
Angle opttions are available from the command line and right -click menus if you choosee to change th he
default vaalues.

If you atte on that overlaaps with othe r similar dimeensions, a currsor menu offfers
empt to creatte a dimensio
options too automatically move, break up, or replace the existting dimensio on in addition to simply plaacing
the new dimension
d on top of the exxisting ones without
w affectting them.

When using the Baseline or Continu

ue options, yo
ou are autom
matically prom
mpted to selecct the first
n line origin.
extension

Regardlesss of which tyype of dimenssion you creatte, the DIM coommand rem
mains active, eenabling you to
easily placce additional dimensions until
u you exit the commannd.

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Text wraap in Dimensions
When editing dimensio on text, a wid
dth sizing control is displayyed above thee text, enablin
ng you to speecify
pping. This was the #8 AUG
the width for text wrap GI wishlist reqquest.

Text
To addresss the AUGI #5 wishlist req
quest, a new Text
T frame prroperty has b
been added to
o Mtext objeccts,
enabling you
y to create a border aro ound the text..

The Match text formattting button in AutoCAD 20

016 is stickyy, so you can apply the properties of th he
selected text
t multiple times within an Mtext object. It's availaable for all ob
bjects that usse Mtext inclu
uding
mleaders,, tables, and dimensions.
d

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Geomettric Centerr object sn
nap
The #2 AUUGI wishlist re equest has beeen granted with
w the addittion of a new w Geometric C Center object
snap. Usin
ng the Geome etric Center object
o ou can snap tto the geometric center off polygons and
snap yo
closed polylines. It is accessible by entering
e GCE at the comm mand line as wwell as from tyypical osnap
controls, including the Drafting Setttings dialog box, Status ba r, and contexxtual menus.

Tooltips distinguish
d the
e Geometric Center
C osnap
p from the traaditional Centter osnap.

A new objject tracking glyph distingu

uishes the Ce
enter object s nap from oth
her object snaaps that display
the traditional + glyp
ph.

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Isometrric line griid
The isome etric line grid now updatess when you change the isooplane via thee Isometric Drafting Statuss bar
control, as well as withh the F5 toggle.

Move/ccopy enhancement
When you u move or cop py a large num oCAD
mber of objeccts together iin the 2D Wirreframe visuaal style in Auto
2016, move function preview
p is gen
nerated quickkly, enabling yyou to move tthe selected o
objects freelyy
without significant lag..

Property preview
w
Property preview perfo ormance has been improvved in AutoCA AD 2016. For eexample, wheen you want to
preview color
c changes for a large seelection set, you
y can movee your cursor freely on thee properties
palette orr Ribbon conttrols to previe
ew the change.

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Comma
and previe
ew
Command d preview fun
nctionality has been extended in AutoCCAD 2016 to the BLEND, ER RASE, STRETC CH,
ROTATE, and
a SCALE co ommands, hellping you predict the resullts and minim
mizing the neeed to undo the
operation
n.

Selectio
on highligh
hting colo
or
With hard dware accelerration turned on in AutoCA
AD 2016, the selection efffect color can be customizeed by
clicking on
n the Selectio
on Effect Colo
or drop-down list on the Seelection tab o
of the Options dialog box.

Xref en
nhancemen
nts
In AutoCA
AD 2016 you can c now conttrol the displaay of layers foor objects in xxref drawingss that were no
ot set
to ByLayer, for layer property upddates in the host
h drawing. A new system m variable, XREFOVERRIDE,
enables you to control the display of
o the xref layyers: set XREFFOVERRIDE=11, and the xref objects will
behave ass if their prop
perties were set
s to ByLaye er.

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To help diistinguish layers in xref draawings from layers
l in hostt drawingsaand because xxref layers cannot
be selecte
ed in the Prop perties palettexref layerrs are no longger displayed in the Properrties palette. Xref
layers are ed in the Ribbon layers list but are now shown in graay text.
e still displaye

PDF enhancemen
nts
PDF suppo ort has been significantly enhanced
e in AutoCAD
A 20116, offering im
mproved perfformance,
flexibility,, and quality. Zooming andd panning a drawing with PPDF underlayys, even large ones, is
consideraably faster in AutoCAD
A 20116.

Truetype fonts
f in Mtexxt and Text witth any formattting options, as well as Po
olygonized texxt (TTF font plotted
as Geomeetry), SHX textt, and Unicodee characters, are now searrchable in PDFF output files. And PDF plottting
performannce for drawings that contain a large ammount of text,, polylines, annd fill patternss is improved..

The Exporrt to DWF/PD

DF Options diaalog box has been
b split intoo two separaate dialog boxxes; one for D
DWF
and one for PDF. Both are accessible from the Output Ribbonn tab.

PDF Optio
ons now incluude the PDF quality and font handling c ontrols as weell as new con
ntrols for
hyperlinkss and bookmaarks.

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 m the drawingg in the PDF ffile. For example,
The hyperrlinks control enables you to include hyyperlinks from
these mayy include links to sheets, named
n views, external webbsites, and files. It also sup
pports links frrom
different types
t of objects such as te
ext, images, blocks,
b geomeetry, attributees, and fields.. The bookmaarks
control exxports sheets and named views
v as bookkmarks so thaat you can easily navigate between them
when view wing the PDF file.

When using the Plot toool to create PDF files, you

u can now chooose from fou ur predefinedd PDF presetss,
offering a quick way to
o apply differe
ent PDF output options th at meet vario ous needs. If yyou select an
ny
PDF pc3 from the Printter/plotter drrop-down list,, a PDF Optioons button is d
displayed, prooviding
conveniennt access to the PDF Optioons dialog boxx.

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Similar PD ntrols are avaailable when ccreating PDF files using thee Export to PDF
DF presets and options con
and Batchh Plot tools.

The Sheett Set Manager has also bee

en updated to
o support theese PDF enhancements.

Regardlesss of which off these methoods you use to o create PDF files from Au
utoCAD, viewiing them in a PDF
viewer offfers additionaal advantagess, including enhanced suppport for Unicoode characters.

Layout naames are auto

omatically dissplayed as pagge labels in thhe PDF file, m
making it easyy to identify sh
heets
when viewwing the PDF.

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Text that was created as SHX in the AutoCAD draawing can be highlighted, copied, and eeven searched in
the Commment List.

Plot dia
alog box
The defau ult display forr the Plot dialo
og box in AuttoCAD 2016 iss expanded, ggiving you immediate acceess to
all the plo
ot controls. Yoou can collapsse or expand the dialog boox using the ccontrol in thee lower-right
corner.

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Design
n

Section
n object
Section ob bjects, create
ed using the Section
S Plane tool, providee more flexibiility in AutoCA
AD 2016. Thee
Section Pllane tool creaates a section
n object that acts
a as a cuttiing plane thro ough 3D objeects, includingg
solids, surrfaces, meshees, regions, an
nd now pointt clouds.

The sectioon objects tyype can be sett to representt a simple cuttting plane, a bounded areea, or volumeetric
area. In AutoCAD 2016 6, a new Slice type has bee
en added to thhe section ob bject.

The Slice type

t generatees a thin cut through
t the model
m that alw
ways containns parallel front and back
section planes. The Slicce type has a slice thickness property a nd cannot co
ontain jogs. WWhen switchinng to
pe, any jogs in
a slice typ n the section object are removed.

Some grip ps have been offset or repoositioned to make

m them e asier to selecct and now op perate more
consistently regardlesss of the view or whether polar
p tracking is toggled onn or off. For example, the fflip
w displayed on
grip is now o the side off the plane op
pposite the vissible model i nstead of on the same side as
the visible
e portion of the model.

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The conte extual panel for
f the section n object has been
b changedd to a contexttual tab and h has more con ntrols.
It has tools for togglingg Live Section
ning on and offf, changing tthe section tyype, adding jo
ogs, and rotatting
the objectt in 90-degree e increments. The tab also o has edit boxxes with spinn ner controls ffor adjusting tthe
offset of the
t section pllane and the thickness
t of the
t slice. Thiss is useful for changing theese values wh hen
grips are not
n accessible e from differe
ent views. There are also ttools for geneerating sectioon blocks for ssolids
and for exxtracting secttion lines from
m point clouds.

Point cllouds
AutoCAD 2016
2 offers siggnificant enhaancements to make working with point cclouds easier aand more efficcient.

Section planes
p
Point clou uds now supp port section planes. A new Section Plan e drop-down list has been n added to thee
Point Clou ud contextual Ribbon tab. It enables yoou to create seection objectts for the seleected point clo
oud,
either for different orthogonal orientations or byy specifying ppoints. When you create a section object, its
e and position
initial size n is based on the extents of
o the visible 33D objects in the drawing..

Extract Section
S Linees
The new Extract
E Sectio
on Lines tool enables
e you to
t generate seection lines frrom a point ccloud when Liive
Sectioningg is turned on n. It can be acccessed from the section oobjects conteextual Ribbon n tab or right--click
menu as well
w as from the t point clou ud contextuall Ribbon tab. After selectin ng the point ccloud from which
to extractt section liness, a dialog boxx enables you
u to adjust thee section linee extraction seettings. Use tthe
Preview result control to see the result and makke desired chaanges before creating the section lines..

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After presssing Create, a progress meter displays on the Statu s bar while processing thee points. The ttime
to processs depends onn the number of points anaalyzed.

ocessing is finished, the section geomettry is created .

When pro

Transparency contrrol for point clouds

It can som
metimes be diifficult to see geometry cre
eated when ssnapping to o or tracing over point clouds
since the points can paartially obscure the geome
etry. To help aaddress this p
problem, poin nt clouds noww
support trransparency. You can set transparency
t in the prope rties palette aand from thee Point Cloud
Ribbon tab when a poiint cloud is seelected.

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 es below show
The image w the point cloud
c before and
a after trannsparency hass been applieed.

Dynamicc UCS
Point clou
uds now supp port Dynamic UCS. If an atttached point cloud file includes segmen ntation data aas
indicated in the Properrties palette, you can begin drawing onn the face of a point cloud without having to
manually change the UCS.
U Simply ensure Dynam mic UCS is turnned on and alll point cloud object snapss are
turned offf. Then pass the
t cursor over a face of thhe point clou d to begin drrawing.

Point clooud object sn naps

The 3D Obbject Snap tab
b in the Draftin oom for additional
ng Settings diaalog box has bbeen rearrangeed to make ro
point cloud object snap
p modes, including Intersecttion, Edge, Corner, Perpend dicular to Edgee, and Centerline.

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The Interssection point cloud object snap enabless you to snapp to the apparrent intersecttion of two lin
nes of
a sectione
ed point cloudd.

The Edge object snap snaps

s to the edge
e of two in
ntersecting pplanes and thee Corner objeect snap snap
ps to
er of three intersecting planes.
the corne

The Perpeendicular to Edge

E object sn y to draw pperpendicularr to the edge of two
nap enables you
intersecting planes.

erline object snap

The Cente s enables you to snap to ndrical shape.
t the centerrline of a cylin

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Point clooud crop sta ates
The Croppping panel on n the Point Clo
oud Ribbon taab includes n ew tools thatt enable you tto save and
restore naamed croppin e cropping staates maintainn the croppingg boundary of the point clo
ng states. The oud
as well as the visibility of the scans and regions as
a theyre dis played in thee point cloud manager. Youu can
use the neew POINTCLO OUDCROPSTA ATE command d to list and d elete crop staates.

Point Clo oud Manage er

The Point Cloud Managger now alwaays displays th he on/off butttons for scan ns and regionss. Names are
truncatedd if necessary to display the
e button, sincce a tooltip a lways displayys the full nam
me when the
cursor is moved
m over an
a item.

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Renderr engine
A new renndering engin
ne in AutoCAD D 2016 replacces the previoous renderingg engine. Thiss physically baased
path tracing renderer provides
p a sim
mpler way to render in AuttoCAD that caan produce b better results.. The
new render UI has sign
nificantly fewer settings co
ompared withh the previouss render UI. M Many of the
previous settings
s were
e removed as they are no longer valid w with the new rendering engine.

The Render Ribbon panel on the Vissualize Ribbon tab is upda ted to support the new reendering engine. It
includes a size drop-do
own list where you can quickly select frrom standard predefined rrender sizes o
or
choose More
M Output Settings
S to acccess the new Render to Ouutput Settinggs dialog box.

In the Ren utput Settingss dialog box, you can specifyy the image size and resoluttion. And you can
nder to Size Ou
choose to automaticallyy save the rendered image to t a file, includding BMP, TGA, TIF, JPEG, aand PNG form
mats.

The Render Presets listt on the Visuaalize Ribbon tab ng you to control
t includes aadditional opttions, enablin
the rendeer quality by setting
s either the number of levels to reender or how
w much time tto render. Toooltips
assist you
u in making ann appropriatee choice.

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The new Render
R Prese
ets Manager iss much simpler than the pprevious Rend der Presets MManager. You can
create, modify, and deelete custom render
r presetts. Specify rennder preset nname and desscription as w well as
the duration and accurracy. You can render direcctly from the R Render Preseets Manager, choosing to
render in the Render window,
w the current
c viewpport, or a speccified region in the current viewport. W When
renderingg in the rende
er window, a drop-down
d lisst enables yo u to specify tthe render sizze in addition to
selecting one of the prreset render quality
q option
ns.

A new Render Environment and Exp posure palettte offers pow erful new imaage-based ligghting (IBL)
n access it fro
environments. You can om the Rendeer panel of thee Visualize Ribbon tab.

e Environmen
When the nt control is tu u can select frrom predefined IBL enviro
urned on, you onments.

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 nvironments automaticallyy apply lightin
The IBL en ng effects. Soome of them iinclude 360-d
degree
backgrounnd images thaat emulate a realistic environment as yyou orbit arouund the modeel. The viewport
must be in
n a perspectivve view and you
y must rend der to see thee IBL environment.

A control in the Render Environmennt and Exposu

ure palette ennables you to o use a custom
m background
d
ustom imagess are static an
image. Cu nd do not emu
ulate a realisttic 3D environ
nment as you u rotate.

Additionaal controls in the

t Render En
nvironment and ble you to adjust the Expossure
a Exposure palette enab
and White e Balance.

The Expossure slides be

etween Brightt and Dark.

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 e Balance slid
The White des between Cool
C and Warrm.

The new render

r windoow displays th
he current ren
nder process and enables you to save a snapshot, zo oom
in and outt while rende nt the rendered image. Reender history is displayed in the expand
ering, and prin ded
section off the render window.
w

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Coordin
nation mo
odel
AutoCAD 2016 has add ded support for
f attaching coordination
c models to a drawing. A cooordination m
model
is a model used for virttual coordinaation of variou
us trades throough the pre--construction
n and construcction
phases off a project. Co
oordination models
m are not displayed inn the 2D Wireeframe visual style.

Navisworks supportt
AutoCAD 2016 supportts attaching Autodesk
A Naavisworks fil es, in either tthe NWD or N NWC file form
mat.
You can attach them using the same tools you use to attach oother referen nce files, inclu
uding the Attaach
tool and the
t External References
R Manager.
M

Navisworks files are lissted among th

he other supp
ported file typpes.

You can also attach Naavisworks filess using the ne

ew CMATTACCH command (-CMATTACH
H for the command
on).
line versio

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Regardlesss of which toool you use to
o attach a Navvisworks file, the Attach Co Model dialog box
oordination M
is displaye
ed. In here yo
ou can specifyy typical controls includingg Path type, Innsertion poin
nt, Scale, and
Rotation, as well as Dissplay options that are speccific to Navisw
works files. Iff your drawingg is part of th
he
coordinattion model, yo ou can hide that part of th
he model wheen it is attached. Just makee sure Show
current drrawing geometry in model is not checked. That wayy your drawingg geometry iss not duplicatted in
the mode el. You can alsso automaticaally zoom to the
t coordinattion model wiithin the draw wing.

Controls on
o the Coordiination Mode el contextual Ribbon tab mmake it easy too differentiatte between th
he
drawing geometry
g andd attached cooordination models. Color FFading contro ols the amoun nt of black
blended on
o all attached coordinatioon models. Op pacity Fadingg controls the amount of dimming throu ugh
transpare
ency for all atttached coordination modeels.

ng are set to 0 in the image on the left (below), makking it difficultt to differentiate
Color and opacity fadin
the drawing geometry from the attaached coordination mode l. In the imagge on the righ ht, both controls
are set to 50, making itt easy to diffe
erentiate the drawing from
m the model.

NOTE: Atttaching a coo

ordination moodel is not sup
pported on 322-bit systemss. To attach co
oordination
models, you
y need a 64 4-bit system, and
a hardware e accelerationn must be turrned on.

BIM 360 add-in for AutoCAD

A en
nhancements
3 TM add-in is enhanced so
The BIM 360 s that you caan attach singgle or merged m BIM 360 TM
d models from
Glue software to Auto
oCAD drawings. The new Attach
A tool is accessible frrom the BIM 3
360 Ribbon taab.

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If you havve a license fo
or BIM 360 Glue, you can access
a your p rojects directtly from Auto
oCAD by signin
ng
into your A360 accoun nt and selectin
ng the projectt host. You caan select whicch model or mmerged modeel you
wish to atttach and then specify its location withiin the currentt drawing.

You can select the attaached model to t access the Coordinationn Model conttextual Ribbon tab where yyou
can adjustt its color and
d opacity fadiing.

If a model from BIM 3660 Glue is attached to a DW WG TM drawinng and the drawing is saveed, when the
drawing iss re-opened, the latest verrsion of the attached mod el is automattically loaded.

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Installa
ation and
d configurration

Improv
ved graphiics
The appeaarance of line
eweights (for continuous liinetypes) andd curves (circlles, arcs, ellip
pses, and ellip
ptical
arcs) has been enhanced in AutoCA AD 2016. To seee these imprrovements, yyour graphics hardware mu ust
be DirectXX 11-capable
e and you muust have hardware acceler ation turned on. A new co ontrol in the
Graphics Performance dialog box en nables you to
o take advant age of improved graphics for capable
devices. You
Y can accesss Graphic Perrformance fro om the Statuss bar icon.

n the 2D wirefframe visual sstyle and they will be smo

When enaabled, you can display perffect curves in ooth
at any zoo
om level.

er additional control over the display w

Two new variables offe when high-quaality geometrry is enabled. Turn
NG on to auto
LINEFADIN omatically fad
de geometry as you zoom into dense drawings. The
LINEFADIN
NGLEVEL variable enables you to contro ol the amounnt of fading beetween 1 and
d 3.

You are no longer requ

uired to perfo
orm a manuall regen when zooming or p panning as far as possible. The
REGENAU UTO system vaariable autom orms the regeens as needed.
matically perfo

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A new CU URSORBADGE system variable enables you y to contro l the display o dges. When it is set
of cursor bad
to 2, curso
or badges are
e displayed. When
W it is set to 1, they aree not.

System
m Variable Monitor
The new System
S Variab
ble Monitor (SYSVARMON NITOR commaand) enables yyou to quicklyy identify and d edit
system vaariables that dont
d conform
m to your stan ndards. The SSystem Variab ble Monitor iss prepopulateed
with a listt of AutoCAD system variables that are often inadve rtently modiffied. The status indicates w which
variables deviate from their defaultt settings and the table dissplays the preeferred and current valuess of
those variables. You caan click on values in the Prreferred colum mn and edit tthem to confo orm to your
standardss. You can use e the Reset Alll tool to quicckly reset the current valuees of all the d
deviant variab
bles
back to thheir preferred
d values.

Easily add e variables by editing the list.

d and remove

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Controls in the Systemm Variable Mo onitor (SYSMOON system va riable) enablee you to display notificatio ons
when a syystem variable has changed from its pre eferred settinng. If the conttrol to Notify when these
system vaariables changge is turned off,
o you will reeceive no nottification. If itt is turned on,, a notificatio
on will
display at the comman nd line and on
n the Status bar
b icon. If thee additional o option to Enable balloon
notificatio
on is turned on,
o a balloon notification will
w display froom the Statuss bar icon.

Securitty
In AutoCA AD 2016 the Security
S contrrols on the Syystems tab of the Options dialog box haave been renaamed
from Execcutable File Se ettings to Seccurity Optionss. The new Seecurity Option ns dialog boxx offers a slideer
control too adjust the se
ecurity level and
a you can browse,
b add, and remove trusted foldeers for executable
files. Addiitional contro
ols enable you u to specify whether
w to incclude or exclu
ude the Start In or drawingg
folders wh hen searchingg for executable files. Thesse controls arre also accesssible by the new
LEGACYCO ODESEARCH system
s variab
ble. Youll find Manager Control
d similar secuurity controls in the CAD M
Utility and
d Deployment wizard.

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The Securrity Options dialog
d box is accessible
a via the commannd line using tthe SECURITYYOPTIONS
command d. The digital signature conntrols that weere previouslyy located in th
he Security O
Options dialogg box
are now accessible
a via the new DIGITALSIGN com mmand.

AutoCAD will warn if apps (including Exchange Apps)

A are loadded from proggram data or user data. It will
not warn if unsigned apps are installed under program files.

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Single service
s pack
With the AutoCAD
A 20116 release, yo
ou can access your AutoCA AD platform uupdates more quickly, even n if
you are using an AutoC CAD-based ve ertical producct. AutoCAD sservice packs created for AAutoCAD 2016 6 can
be installe
ed on any AuttoCAD 2016-b based vertical product, so you dont haave to wait for your verticaal
product too integrate th
he AutoCAD service
s pack changes.
c To h elp you identtify which verrsion you havve
installed, the About boox is enhanced to provide information aabout the verrsion level forr both the
AutoCAD platform and d the AutoCAD D verticals.

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All other brand n
names,
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nd specificationss and pricing at any
a time withou ut notice, and is not responsible for typographiccal or graphical eerrors
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