In my presentations this week here in Atlanta at IWF 08, I mentioned I would re-post a partial list of AutoCAD 2009 customer requested features we refer to as AutoCAD Fit and Finish or F3 and are not normally in the main marketing brochures.
- MTEXT in-place spell checking
- MTEXT runs from the ribbon bar
- eTransmit: Purge drawings before packing
- eTransmit: Option to save or not save drawing before packing
- Dynamically update Xclip frames
- Export layouts to model space
- Geographic location enabling
- Material mapping enhancements
- Find and replace text in blocks
- Find and replace text in xrefs
- Find and replace text using wildcards
- Pin most recently used (MRU) documents
- Sort MRU documents by type, date, or alphabetically
- Wblock enhancements
- Array now supports zoom and pan during preview
- Nonrectangular viewport support in Properties palette
- Missing plotters are now prefixed with “Missing”
- Purge now includes the shortcut key for Close
- DWFx format based on XML specification
- Enhanced tooltips
- Customizable dynamic help
- Show Me animations embedded in help file
- Enhanced task dialog boxes
- InfoCenter search bar searches knowledge base and forums
- Dynamic tooltips link directly to subject help
- Hover mouse over objects to list properties
- Windows Vista® logo certified
- Build 64- and 32-bit deployments from a single computer
- Customer Involvement Program enhancements
- Customer error reporting round-trip notification
- Performance enhancements
- Stability enhancements
- Prior version licensing support
- ShowMotion™ feature to create animated playback
- Improved 2D navigation tools
- DGN version 7 and 8 support
- DGN translation enhancements
And there is even more as all features begin with a customer request or research.
Cheers,
Shaan
