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Atlanta IWF 08 and Savannah Roadtrip

AutoCAD 2009 Fit & Finish

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

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