APPLOAD

Supports loading of ARX applications.

AREA

Now measures area for spline curves, regions, solids and third-party objects.

ASEADMIN

Command that manipulates the new SQL2 standard's database objects. It replaces the functionality of the deleted Release 12 administrative commands: ASESETDBMS ASESETDB, ASESETTABLE, ASEERASETABLE, ASECLOSEDB, ASEERASEDB, ASEERASEDBMS, ASEERASEALL, ASEPOST, ASERELOADDA

ASEEXPORT

Changed from the Release 12 version by including a graphical user interface dialog box in addition to the command line interaction.

ASELINKS

Command that replaces the functionality of these deleted Release 12 commands; ASEDELLINK, ASEEDITLINK, ASEVIEWLINK.

ASEROWS

Command that performs table query operations and makes links to drawing objects. It replaces the functionality of these deleted Release 12 commands: ASEADDROW, ASEDELROW, ASEEDITROW, ASEQEDIT, ASEQVIEW, ASEVIEWROW, ASEMAKEDA, ASEMAKELINK, ASEQLINK, ASEQMAKEDA. Scrollable cursors are no longer automatically enabled.

ASESELECT

Includes a graphical user interface dialog box in addition to the command line interaction. No longer calls ASEEXPORT. Allows multiple logical operations.

ASESQLED

An Autocommit option that enables a COMMIT or ROLLBACK to be performed on individual transactions. Scrollable cursors are no longer automatically enabled. Operates independently of link information.

BHATCH

Creates associative hatch patterns.
Uses island detection to add internal objects to the hatch boundary.
Command line interface added.

BMPOUT

Replaces SAVEDIB

BPOLY

Renamed to BOUNDARY.
Uses island detection to add internal objects to the boundary object. Command line interface added.

BREAK

The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

CHAMFER

New options: Angle, Trim, and Method. The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

CHANGE

Added functionality to allow object linetype scaling. The ltScale suboption has been added to the Properties option.

CHPROP

Added functionality to allow object linetype scaling. The ltScale option has been added.

CONFIG

On DOS systems, option 12 "Server authorization and file locking," in the Operating parameters menu of the AutoCAD configuration has been changed to option 11 "File locking." This is due to the removal of server authorization. On DOS systems, option 10 "Select R11 hidden line removal algorithm" has been removed.

COPYCLIP

Copies all supported formats to the Clipboard

COPYLINK

Creates a drawing view that can be linked to other applications.

DDCHPROP

Added functionality to allow linetype scaling. The Linetype Scale text box has been added to the Change Properties dialog box.

DDEDIT

Edits mtext objects in addition to text and attributes.

DDEMODES

Supports linetype scaling per object.

DDIM

Dimension styles are now more complete, more flexible, and easier to use. For example, graphical displays show what components such as arrowheads, center marks and lines, and dimension text placement look like as you modify them. All dimensions now have a named style assigned to them.
You can create dimension style overrides on specific dimension objects or on a series of dimensions.
You can create a set of related dimension style families for different dimension types in the same drawing, for example: linear, angular, ordinate, etc.
Dimension text can consist of multiple lines and can include per- character attributes through the new MTEXT command.
Enhanced support for international and user-defined drafting standards. For example, an expanded set of ready-defined blocks for arrowheads and support of a variety of international standards for the placement of dimension text.

DDMODIFY

Provides dialogs for several new objects and supports linetype scaling per object.

DDOSNAP

New Apparent Intersection and Clear All options.

DDRMODES

New option: Group.

DDSELECT

New Object Grouping option.

DIVIDE

Updated to support new objects such as ellipses and elliptical arcs.

DSVIEWER

Improved user interface.

ELLIPSE

Creates true ellipses in addition to polyline representations. New Arc option.

EXPLODE

Explodes nonuniformly scaled blocks.

EXTEND

New options: Project and Edge. The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

FILLET

New option: Trim. The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

HATCH

New direct hatch option lets you specify a hatch boundary without the need for existing objects.

LIGHT

New option: Color.

LIST

Updated to support new objects and line weight.

MEASURE

Updated to support new objects.

OFFSET

The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

OSNAP

New apparent intersection running object snap mode.

PASTECLIP

Handles all normal Clipboard paste operations.

PLOT

You can control the way plots are rotated with the PLOTROTMODE system variable. When PLOTROTMODE is set to 1 (the default), the lower-left corner of the effective plotting area aligns with the lower-left corner of the paper. When PLOTROTMODE is set to 0, AutoCAD rotates the effective plotting area so that the corner with the rotation icon aligns with the paper at the lower-left for 0, top-left for 90, top-right for 180, and lower-right for 270.
On Windows systems, the Size button in the Paper Size and Orientation area of the PLOT dialog box is disabled. Paper sizes for Windows systems are controlled by the Window's Control Panel.
Freeplotting (acad -p) has been discontinued.

PREFERENCES

Two new dialog box designs; one for DOS and one for Windows.

PURGE

Purges objects at any time during a drawing session.

RCONFIG

New option: Configure Render window.

RENDER

New dialog box. New option added to Destination area: Render Window.

RMAT

Replaces FINISH with a new dialog box. New options: Preview, Materials Library, and By Layer.

RPREF

New options: Rendering Procedures and Lights. The Color Map Usage option is now Screen Palette.

SAVEDIB

Renamed to BMPOUT.

SELECT

New Group option.

STATS

New dialog box that no longer displays Cyclic overlaps corrected, Triangles chopped, Original extents, and Projected extents.

STLOUT

The command name changed from SOLSTLOUT. The messages have been removed, and the prompt for the STL file name has changed.

TRIM

New Project and Edge options. The extrusion direction of the object you select no longer needs to be parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.

WMFIN

On Windows systems, you can import metafiles using the IMPORT command.

WMFOUT

On Windows systems, you can export metafiles using the EXPORT command.

XREF

Xrefs can be overlaid--first-level only and non-nested. Overlaid xrefs are ignored if they're nested. This enhanced functionality allows you to see how your drawing relates to the drawings of other groups without changing your drawing or creating circular referencing.
The Overlay option has been added.