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Features and Specifications
Tool by Example

Save time creating tools by dragging any AutoCAD® object from the current drawing onto a tool palette to automatically create a tool with properties that correspond to existing geometry.

Xref Tool

To save time, automatically attach commonly used external reference files from your local or network drive to your drawings by selecting them from your custom tool palettes.

Auxiliary Scale

Apply an auxiliary scale to block and hatch tools that corresponds to the current drawingˇ¦s dimscale or plotscale value. This minimizes the number of necessary tools, saves time, and ensures consistency by automatically inserting content at the appropriate scale.

Insertion Options

Quickly and easily overwrite the default tool scale and rotation properties upon insertion of external references using the command line or a context-sensitive menu.

Image Tools

Save time by automatically attaching commonly used image files from your local or network drive to your drawings by selecting them from your custom tool palettes.

Gradient Tool

Save time and maintain consistency when creating gradient fills by automatically applying commonly used gradient patterns to your drawings by selecting them from your custom tool palettes.

Command Tools

Launch any AutoCAD command directly from a tool palette using preassigned tool properties. This automates repetitive tasks, without the need for programming, to increase both drafting productivity and drawing consistency.

Tool Flyouts

Maintain easy access to frequently used tools while minimizing the space they require on a tool palette by selecting common geometry and dimension commands from tool flyouts. You can control which geometry and dimension tools are available in the flyout.

Palette Groups

Save time and minimize confusion when accessing tools, without sacrificing screen space, by organizing tool palettes into logical groups. You can quickly display a specific tool palette group when you need access to its set of tools.

API Support

Customize command tools with scripts, custom ARX commands, and AutoLISP® expressions. You can dramatically increase productivity while maximizing drawing space.

Japanese Fonts

Enhanced support for Japanese characters, including character size modifications and a new font for vertical text, minimizes the effort required to produce and exchange drawings containing Japanese text.

Symbols

Insert commonly used drafting symbols as part of an mtext object. This saves time and reduces mistakes that result from inserting symbols that are in relation to but not actually part of text objects.

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