| Heads-up Design Environment |
Heads-up DesignTM means you focus on the design, not on the keyboard. AutoCAD® 2000 provides new tools to help you make the most of your legacy design data, reducing the time you spend accessing and reworking similar designs. Other features simplify how you work, making AutoCAD more transparent and easier to use.
| Improved Access and Usability |
Properties Window |
Modify the properties of an object in a drawing quickly and easily. |
Object Properties Toolbar |
Use convenient new methods for editing common object properties such as lineweight and plot style. |
IntelliMouse |
Use the Microsoft IntelliMouse®, including IntelliMouse panning and zooming. |
Quick Select |
Use Quick Select to select objects based on object type or object properties. |
Shortcut Menus |
Right-click your pointing device to display new shortcut menus to access AutoCAD commands. |
Solids Editing |
You can manipulate your 3D solid models without creating new geometry or performing Boolean operations. |
Summary Information |
Store drawing information, such as title, subject, author, keywords, and ten custom fields. |
Text Editing |
Use the new text-control capabilities of the Multiline Text Editor to edit text more quickly. |
Layer Properties Manager |
Quickly set layer properties, such as color and linetype. |
Object Names |
The 31-character limit has been removed. Named object names can have up to 255 characters and include more special characters, including spaces. |
Dimension Styles |
The new Dimension Styles Manager replaces the DDIM dialog box so you can create and manage dimension styles quickly and effectively. |
Quick Leader |
Use the new QLEADER command to easily create and modify leaders. |
Load/Unload Applications |
The new Load/Unload Applications dialog box makes loading and unloading applications easier and more intuitive. |
Boundary Hatches |
The revised Boundary Hatch dialog box makes boundary hatch management easier. |
Saving Drawings |
Use the new Save Drawing As dialog box to specify the default file format in which you want to save your drawings. |
| Expanded Reach |
Access Files Across the Web |
Use the Web to access and store AutoCAD data with faster, more intuitive Internet access. |
Hyperlinks |
Attach hyperlink attachments to AutoCAD objects or graphic locations, then follow them using the Attach Hyperlinks dialog box. |
Eplot |
Create an electronic plot of a drawing (or layout) in a secure, Internet-ready, file format. |
| Streamlined Output |
Layouts |
Compose a drawing and quickly prepare it for plotting. |
Nonrectangular Viewports |
Create irregular-shaped viewports by selecting objects or points in the drawing area. |
Lineweight |
Use the new lineweight property to add width to your objects in the drawing area and in printed drawings. |
Plotting |
Use new wizards and editors that make plotting easier. |
Plot Style Table Wizard |
The Plot Style Table wizard steps you through plot style creation. |
AutoCAD Release 14 Pen Settings Wizard |
Automatically create a plot style table from an AutoCAD Release 14 CFG, PCP, or PC2 file. |
Plot Style Table Editor |
Use the Plot Style Table Editor to edit plot style tables. |
True Color Raster Output |
You can plot raster images in 24-bit color. |
| Customizing and Extending AutoCAD |
ActiveX |
ActiveX® has several new objects, including MenuBar, MenuGroups, PopupMenus, and Toolbars. Application-, document-, and object-level events are now available. |
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications |
In Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA), you can now reference a project from another project. You can also create libraries of common functions and macros. |
For More Information |
For more information about how to use the new features, see the AutoCAD Help topics, accessible from the Help menu, or by entering help at the command line. |