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AutoCAD D 201 15 Pre eview w Guide
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Table of Contents User interaction ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 New Tab .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Create .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Learn ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Help ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Color schemes ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Workspaces ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Ribbon enhancements .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Galleries ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 View Ribbon .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 BIM 360 Ribbon .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Layouts ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Improved graphics ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Line smoothing ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Create and edit enhancements ........................................................................................................................... 10 Selection enhancements ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Command Preview .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Cursor enhancements ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Model space viewports ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Layer sort ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Isometric drafting environment .............................................................................................................................. 19 Document .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Mtext enhancements .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Auto bullets & numbering................................................................................................................................... 20 Caps Lock ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Autostack ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Paragraph tabs .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Match Properties ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Text alignment .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Dimension enhancements ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Polyline enhancements ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Geographic location ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Design .......................................................................................................................................................................... 30
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Reality capture ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 Display ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Visualization ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 Cropping .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Point Cloud Manager .......................................................................................................................................... 36 Point cloud object snaps ..................................................................................................................................... 37 3DOrbit .................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Connect ........................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Design Feed ............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Autodesk Translation Framework ........................................................................................................................... 41 DGN data ................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Customize .................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Autodesk BIM 360 add‐in for AutoCAD ................................................................................................................... 42 Configuration........................................................................................................................................................... 42 Button images ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Application Manager ............................................................................................................................................... 43
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User in nteraction n New Ta ab One of the e first things yo ou’ll notice in A Autodesk® Auto oCAD® 2015 sooftware is the New Tab. It dissplays as a file tab when you launch AutoCA AD, when there e are no drawings open, and when you create a new tab.. The New Tab wo sliding conttent frames: Le earn and Create. contains tw
Create The Create e page is displaayed by defaultt and serves ass a launchpad w where you can n access samplee files, recent ffiles, templates,, product updaates, and the online community. It’s dividedd into three co olumns: Get Staarted, Recent Documents, and Connectt. In the Get Started column you can use the Start Draw wing tool to qu ickly begin a new drawing from a default or choose from m the list of avaailable drawingg templates orgganized by gro oups. The last template you u use template o becomes the new default. Other tools enable you to open existing ddrawings and ssheet sets, gett more templattes d explore samp ple drawings. online, and
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ent Documentss column you ccan view and o open your receent drawings. YYou can pin theem to ensure they In the Rece remain on the list. Icons at the bottom of the column n enable you too change how yyou preview th he recent draw wings: ew, or just textt view. thumbnail view, thumbnail and text vie download offlin ne The third column displayss notifications ssuch as hardwaare accelerationn, trial period, and where to d o enables you tto sign into Auttodesk® 360 clo oud‐based servvice and send feeedback directtly to Autodeskk. help. It also Learn You can slide to the Learn page from th he Create page e by clicking onn Learn at the left or bottom of the page. To o return to the Create page e, click on Creaate at the rightt or bottom of the page. The Learn page provides tools to help yyou learn Auto oCAD 2015. It’ss divided into three columns: What’s New, Getting Staarted Videos, aand Tip/Online Resources.
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em variable specifies whethe er clicking the pplus (+) button n on the file tab b bar displays aa New The NEWTTABMODE syste Tab or a ne ew drawing.
Help The AutoCAD Help system m includes a new way to help p you locate toools in the Auto oCAD user inteerface (UI) direectly elevant Help content. In the Help window, click the tool yyou want to usse or the Find link next to it. A An from the re animated aarrow points you directly to tthat tool in the e AutoCAD Rib bon.
Help If the tool is not accessib ble from the current workspace or is locatedd in a hidden ttab or panel, a tooltip in the H window te ells you on whicch Ribbon tab and panel you can find it.
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Color scchemes AutoCAD 2 2015 offers a m modern, dark‐themed interface that includees the Ribbon, status bar, and palettes. Thee new dark‐themed interface co ombined with the traditionall dark model sppace minimizes the contrast between the pace and the su urrounding too ols to help redu uce eye strain.. drawing sp
You can eaasily change be etween the darrk theme and aa more traditioonal light them me using the Co olor Scheme co ontrol on the Disp play tab of the Options dialogg box.
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Worksp paces The Worksspace drop‐dow wn list has bee en turned off in n the Quick Acccess toolbar. YYou can turn it on or switch workspace es using the control on the status bar. The o option for classsic workspace has been remo oved.
Ribbon n enhancem ments The Ribbon n is updated to o support the d dark color them me as well as im mprove efficiency for accessiing tools. Galleries AutoCAD 2 2015 offers new w block gallerie es to view and insert blocks ddirectly from tthe Ribbon for block definitio ons that are stored in the currrent drawing.
ble for styles th hat are defined in the currentt drawing, inclu uding dimensio ons, mleaders,, text, Galleries are also availab d table cells. tables, and View Ribb bon Tools on th he reorganized d View Ribbon ttab make it easier to control the visibility o of UI elements such as the UC CS icon, ViewCube, Navigatiion bar, and Laayout tabs.
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Ribbon BIM 360 R A new BIM M 360 Ribbon o offers easy acce ess to tools forr sharing your A AutoCAD modeels and viewing clash results with TM the projectt team using A Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue® o online service.
Layoutss Layout tab bs are enhanced to include a new plus (+) iccon for quickly adding new laayouts. A tooltiip displays the layout nam me in addition tto the preview w image when yyou pass the cuursor over a Laayout tab. An o overflow menu u provides easy access to layouts when they extend beyond the width of the display.
een updated and a new colo r option, accesssible from thee Colors button n on The appearance of layout sheets has be ptions dialog bo ox, enables you to control thhe paper backgground color. the Displayy tab of the Op
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Improv ved graphiics
AutoCAD 2 2015 offers an improved grap phics experiencce without com mpromising peerformance. Line smoo othing The LINESM MOOTHING variable enables you to turn on n anti‐aliasing oof drawings in viewports con nfigured with tthe 2D wireframe visual style. W When enabled, 2D objects—such as lines, arrcs, circles, and d drawings aids like grid liness— look smoother, especiallyy when drawn at an angle.
nable Smooth LLine Display in the Graphics P Performance ddialog box. It do oes not affect plotting. You can en
Create an nd edit enhan ncements AutoCAD 2 2015 offers imp proved visual ffeedback when n creating and editing objectss. During a m move operation n, the selected objects are dissplayed in theiir original posittion with a fad ded deletion efffect instead of a dashed selecction effect.
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or rotate them m, enabling you u to more easily place them. YYou Complex linetypes displaay as you draw,, move, copy, o ol this behaviorr with the new COMPLEXLTPR REVIEW system m variable. can contro
AutoCAD 2 2015 displays ccolor, linetype, and lineweigh ht for lines andd polylines as yyou draw them.
Selection enhancemen nts Lasso selecction In AutoCAD D 2015 you can n click the curssor in a blank aarea of the draw n drag around o objects to creaate a wing and then lasso selecction. For a trad ditional rectangular window or crossing sellection, click an nd release to p pick each corneer of the rectanggle.
A new con ntrol in the Opttions dialog bo ox on the Selecction tab enabl es you to speccify lasso selecttion.
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effects Selection e AutoCAD 2 2015 offers mo odern and clear feedback whe en you preseleect and select o objects. As you u pass the curssor over an ob bject in the drawing, the line geometry appears thicker annd darker or ligghter dependin ng on the background color.
bject changes itts color and it remains thickeened to clearlyy If hardware acceleration is turned on, sselecting an ob identify it aas part of the sselection set.
Similar visu ual enhanceme ents help you cclearly identifyy when faces suuch as solid hatches are presselected or seleected.
Similar visu ual enhanceme ents are includ ded when seleccting 3D solids..
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ect Settings Visual Effe Improved ggraphics and p performance in n AutoCAD 2015 reduces the need to individ dually control line and face highlighting. Those contrrols and associaated system vaariables (PREV IEWEFFECT and PREVIEWFAC CEEFFECT) havve been remo oved from the V Visual Effect Se ettings dialog b box, which is aaccessible from m the Selection n tab of the Options dialog box. The Advanced d Options have e been added tto the dialog bbox, eliminatingg the extra clicck for accessingg the w Settings dialog. former Advvanced Preview
Tolerance object opens the Geom metric Tolerannce dialog box iinstead of Quicck Properties. Double‐cliccking on a tolerance object o
Command d Preview A new Com mmand Preview w control on th he Selection tab of the Optio ns dialog box eenables you to o preview the rresults of Trim, Exxtend, Lengthen, Break, and M MatchProp ope erations prior tto actually seleecting the objeects. The new Command Preview contrrol also affects preview for Fillet, Chamfer, and Offset opeerations.
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ed in AutoCAD 2015 to providde a preview o of the results before you com mmit The Trim and Extend tools are enhance to the sele ection. After yo ou select the cu utting or bound dary edges, yoou simply pass tthe cursor oveer the object yo ou want to trim or extent. A A preview of the resulting objject is displayeed. When trimm ming, the segm ment to be rem moved ndicates that itt will be deleteed. is dimly dissplayed and a ccursor badge in
When selecting an objectt to extend, it is clearly identtified and tempporarily extend ded.
The Length hen tool also su upports comm mand preview. IIt has been furrther enhanced d in AutoCAD 2 2015 to defaultt to the last len ngthen option (delta, percentt, total, dynam mic) so you are no longer requ uired to speciffy an option eaach time you laaunch the com mmand.
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he Break operaation prior to sspecifying the ssecond break p point. The Break tool displays the results of th
After seleccting a source o object from wh hich to match p properties, thee MatchProp to ool temporarilyy displays thosse properties on the destinaation objects aas you pass the e cursor over thhem to select.
nhancementss Cursor en The cursorr is enhanced in n AutoCAD 201 15 to provide ccontextual feeddback. It includ des badges to reflect the statte of many common operation ns. hairs have been n removed from m the inside off the pick box tto make it easiier to see whatt you’re pickingg. The crossh
Selection b badges indicate e when you are e creating crosssing or window w selections.
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Distance, Radiu us, Angle, Areaa, Volume, List,, and An Inspecttion badge is displayed when using inquiry ttools such as D ID.
Rotation badges are disp played when sp pecifying the an ngle of rotatio n during a Rotate operation..
nter‐clockwise arrow accordinng to the direcction specified by the Drawin ng The badge displays a clocckwise or coun Units.
badges are disp played for othe er editing comm mands includinng Copy, Movee, and Scale. Relevant b
Zoom and Erase/Delete aalso display rellevant badges.
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wports Model sspace view Model space viewports h have been significantly enhan nced in AutoCA AD 2015 offering more flexib bility and greater ease‐of‐use. After creatin ng multiple vie ewports in mod del space, a briight blue boun ndary clearly id dentifies the acctive viewport. YYou can easily resize any of the viewports b by dragging thee horizontal orr vertical viewp port boundariees.
Drag the in ntersection to resize viewporrts both horizontally and verttically at the saame time.
New “+” iccons on the viewport boundaaries enable you to easily addd more viewpo orts by simply cclicking on the icon and dragging to size the new viewport. You can also h hold the ‘Ctrl’ kkey while draggging the boundary to split a Model space vie ewports can be e joined or rem moved by draggging a boundary to the edge. model space viewport. M
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Layer sort Layer lists are now displaayed using natu ural ordered so ort. For exampple, the layer names 1, 4, 25, 6, 21, 2, 10 aree sorted as 1 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 21, 25 instead o of 1, 10, 2, 25, 2 21, 4, 6. Natur al ordered sortt applies to all layer lists including the Hatch Editor Ribbon tab and Quick Select just to n name a few. Yoou can restoree the ASCII sortt used in previo ous DER system variable to 0. releases byy changing the new SORTORD
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Isometrric draftin ng environ nment A new tool on the status bar provides o one‐click accesss to set an isom metric draftingg environmentt. Turn on isom metric e of the optionss from the stattus bar flyout m menu: Isoplanee Left, Isoplanee Top, Isoplanee drafting byy selecting one Right. The status bar tool displays colorred axes indicaating it’s in iso drafting modee. Click the icon n to quickly turrn off e axes. iso draftingg mode as indicated by the iccon with white
Docum ment Mtext e enhancements The Mtext editor is updated in AutoCAD 2015 offer b better visibility and control. TThe background d is now transp parent dware acceleration is enabled d so you can se ee drawing geoometry even w when the editorr opens on top p of it. when hard
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more obvious and intuitive resizing of colum mns, enabling yyou to adjust b both the heightt and A corner rresizer offers m width at th he same time. If you pass the e cursor over th he bottom or rright edges of tthe text editor, you can chan nge either the height or width individually.
Auto bullets & nmberring 015, it automattically applies bbullets or numbering. In the TText Editor Rib bbon When you create mtext iin AutoCAD 20 e the option to o Allow Auto Bullets and Num mbering. tab, enable
Then when n you begin a line with a symbol or with a n number or letteer followed byy one of these ccharacters and d a space or taab, AutoCAD au utomatically crreates a bullet or numbered list: “.”, “)”, “>>”, “}”, “,” or “]]”. An icon indicates that autom matic bullets orr numbering haas started. You u can click on thhe icon to acceess relevant co ontrols includin ng an option to rremove bulletss or numberingg. Pressing backspace immeddiately after preessing the spacce or tab also removes automatic bulle ets and numbering.
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k Caps Lock When you enter text in the Mtext edito or, AutoCAD re ecognizes if Ca ps Lock is turned on while yo ou’re also pressing ey. When you press Enter or the spacebar aafter typing th e first word, A AutoCAD autom matically correccts the Shift ke the text an nd turns off Caps Lock so thatt you can contiinue typing witthout interrupption.
Subscript aand superscript text is easy to o create in AuttoCAD 2015. N Now you can sim mply highlight the text and u use the new Su uperscript and Subscript tools on the Text EEditor Ribbon. They’re availaable anywhere you use mtextt, including tables, leaders,, and dimensio ons.
Autostack k Autostacking of fractionss is simplified in AutoCAD 201 15. When you enter numberrs with a forward slash, for example 1//20, AutoCAD automatically treats it as a frraction and dissplays it as such. An icon indicates that the text has been sstacked. You caan click on the icon to access relevant contrrols for that staacked fraction. For example,, you can change e between diaggonal and horizontal stackingg, unstack the characters, or access Stack P Properties.
Stack Prop perties enables you to change e additional pro operties of thee current fractiion and as well as AutoStack behavior in n the enhanced d AutoStack Prroperties dialog box.
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Paragraph tabs ool and markerrs in the Text e ditor to assist you in creatingg and editing Tooltips haave been added to the tab to paragraph tabs.
dify button in the Paragraph d dialog box enab bles you to eassily modify the vvalues of existiing tabs. A new Mod
Match Pro operties A Match Properties tool has been adde ed to the Text EEditor Ribbon ttab and toolbaar, enabling you to apply mtext, includingg properties between seleccted text withiin an mtext objject. It’s availaable for all objeects that use m dimensions and tables.
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h Properties in the Mtext edittor, a paintbruush icon is displayed at the cu ursor. When you choose Match nment Text align The new TEXTALIGN com mmand enabless you to quicklyy align single‐ aand multi‐text as well as attrribute text by selecting the text objectss to align and tthen picking the text you wannt them to aliggn with or seleccting points to manually d define the align nment line.
You can alsso choose from m a variety of sspacing optionss including thee ability to distrribute them evvenly, set a spaacing value, maintain the curre ent vertical spaacing, or mainttain the currennt horizontal sp pacing.
Dimenssion enhan ncements AutoCAD 2 2015 offers mo ore intelligent o object snap behavior when ccreating dimensions. When you place dimensions, existing dimension extensiion lines are iggnored to preveent them from m being inadverrtently snappeed to mpting to pick nearby geome etry. while attem
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ontrol object sn nap behavior fo or dimension e extension liness with a new op ption on the Drafting tab of tthe You can co Options dialog box.
When you create continu uous or baselin ne dimensions with the DIMCCONTINUEMODE system variiable set to 1, AutoCAD inherits the layer in addition tto the dimensiion style of thee dimension th hat is being con ntinued or used d as a baseline.
Polyline enhance ements You can no ow fillet polylin ne arc segmentts.
You can prress the Ctrl key while creatin ng a polyline arrc to draw it inn the opposite direction.
Geographic locattion Geographic location funcctionality is significantly streaamlined and ennhanced in AuttoCAD 2015. YYou can set thee geographicc location from m a map using tthe Set Locatio on tool on the IInsert Ribbon ttab.
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be signed into your Autodeskk 360 account tto access Onlinne Map Data. You must b
If you’re no ot signed into A Autodesk 360 or you choose e not to use Onnline Map data, you can still u use the Geograaphic Location to ool to enter lattitude and longgitude for the llocation. A new w Use Maps bu utton is added at the center o of the display in ccase you changge your mind. When usin ng online map d data, the Geoggraphic Locatio on tool has beeen streamlined d to help guide you through the process of specifying a ge eographic location. The first page of the Geeographic Locaation tool enab bles you to speecify a nd place a marker. You can sp pecify a locatio on by entering an address or zooming in the map tile. Rigght‐ location an click to dro op the maker in n the map or cclick on “Drop m marker here” ffrom the locatiions listed. You u can move thee marker as often as neede ed with no imp pact on perform mance.
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n, the Next buttton leads you to the second page where you specify the When you’’re satisfied wiith the location coordinate e system. Based d on the marke er location, Au utoCAD 2015 lissts only relevaant coordinate systems. You ccan use the seaarch field to fu urther filter the e relevant coorrdinate system ms selecting thee most approprriate one.
After picking the corresp ponding geograaphic location w within the draw wing, updated prompts for specifying the n north nderstand and more flexible. You can enterr an angle, pickk a point relativve to the direction aare easier to un geographicc location, or p pick two new points to define e the north direection. The sam me updated prrompts make itt easier to re eorient the maarker after it’s been placed. The resolution improves as you zoom in on an aerial map, assumingg higher‐resolu ution data is avvailable.
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e most exciting enhancementts to geographic location fun ctionality is the ability to cap pture and plot map One of the data. New tools on the G Geolocation Rib bbon tab enable you to captuure an area or viewport for p plotting purposses ent map data. and to preserve the curre
hat you capturre is embedded d into the draw wing, so that w when you turn o off online map p data or have n no The map th Internet acccess, you can still view and p plot the specifiied map area.
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elect the embedded map image and use grips to move, reesize, and even n rotate the image boundary.. You can se When you change the im mage boundaryy, AutoCAD auttomatically re‐qqueries the on nline map data and updates tthe ordingly. A con ntextual Map Im mage Ribbon tab displays ad ditional relevaant tools when a map image iis image acco selected.
Use these tools to choose from aerial, road, or hybrid d representatioons of the map p.
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mage Resolutio on tool enables you to updatte the map imaage object by rretrieving a higgher or lower The Map Im resolution image from th he map service provider. It’s iimportant to kkeep in mind th hat the highestt resolution sattellite en’t necessarilyy the most rece ent. For examp ple, a high resoolution image w with very fine d detail might haave images are been captu ured of a site p prior to development while a more recent bbut coarser image shows thee completed prroject or vice‐verrsa.
Slider bars on the Map Im mage Ribbon taab enable you to adjust the bbrightness, con ntrast, and fading of the map p image so that you can more easily see relevant AutoC CAD geometry .
nadvertently ch hanging the maap data, the m map image doess not automatiically update frrom the map sservice To avoid in provider w when you open the drawing. TThe map image e is only updatted when you m move, scale, or edit the boun ndary of the map p image or whe en you use the Reload Image tool. The Relooad Image tooll offers two op ptions. The Opttimize and Reload d option will in ncrease the ressolution of an image that wass captured by w windowing a small area of th he online map p, while the Re eload option sim mply reloads the map using iits current reso olution.
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e most valuable e enhancemen nts to geograph hic location funnctionality is th he ability to incclude this valuaable One of the map data w when printing. If you attempt to print without previouslyy capturing the map, a warnin ng reminds you u that the map w will not be printted.
Design n Reality capture Support fo or reality capture is significantly enhanced in AutoCAD 20 15 to provide b better perform mance and morre flexibility w when working w with point clou ud files. The Create e Point Cloud tool that was previously on th he Insert Ribboon tab is replacced with a new w tool, which TM launches the Autodesk® ReCap application. Autode esk ReCap softw ware is installeed with AutoCA AD by default. If you om the AutoCA AD installer at aa later time. W With the replacement of the chose not tto install it, you can do so fro former Cre eate Point Clou ud tool, the abiility to create P PCG and ISD fil e formats in A AutoCAD is no longer supportted.
Support fo or attaching PCG and ISD poin nt cloud file forrmats has also been removed d in AutoCAD 2 2015. However, if you open aa drawing to w which those old der point cloud files are attacched, they will display and yo ou can select th hem and modifyy their propertties.
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old point cloud d file formats (P PCG and ISD) too ReCap point cloud files (RC CP and RCS) en nables The transittion from the o you to view w and use poin nt cloud data faaster and with greater efficieency. The Attacch Point Cloud dialog box inccludes a new option for using ge eographic location if it is available. The diallog box also indicates if the p point cloud filee has additional information, ssuch as classificcation and segmentation datta.
After attacching a point clloud file, you ccan select it to access the Point Cloud conteextual Ribbon, which includees several valuable updatess.
Display On the Display panel you u can now conttrol the point ssize. For exampple, if your poinnt cloud file is sparse on poin nts, you can inccrease the poin nt size to visuaally fill in the gaaps. In this exaample the poin nt size was incrreased from 1 tto 3.
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d the previous Density and Reealtime Densitty sliders were replaced by a single The Autoupdate tool wass removed and etail slider. The e Level of Detail sets the density for all poinnt clouds in thee drawing and is relative to the Level of De maximum points as specified on the 3D D Modeling tab b of the Optionns dialog box. TThe maximum points displayed 015 from 10 million to 25 milllion. on‐screen has increased in AutoCAD 20
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Visualizattion New coloriization optionss have been ad dded to help yo ou visualize thee point cloud in n more ways aand the Color Mapping to ool is enhanced to support th hose options. YYou can now vvisualize point ccloud data bassed on elevatio on or classificatio on in addition to scan colors,, object color, normal, and inntensity if the d data exists in the point cloud d.
The former Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialo og box is replacced with the new Point cloud d Color Map diialog mize the coloriization based o on intensity, ellevation, or box. In it you can select tthe appropriate tab to custom on. You can select from pred defined color scchemes or creaate and save your own. classificatio
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e Visualization panel enable you to view pooint clouds witth various lightting effects, such as New Lighting tools on the single‐ or d double‐sided, d diffuse or specular, and single‐ or double‐ ssource.
Cropping Previous point cloud clipping tools are replaced with more intuitivee and flexible ccropping tools. In AutoCAD 20 015, the cropping boundary iss always normaal to the screen n so you can eaasily specify th he cropping bo oundary from the most intuittive viewpoint. Choose from rectangular, p polygonal, or ci rcular boundary shapes.
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playing points inside or outside The Invert tool enables yyou to easily invert the speciffied boundary tto reverse disp the boundary.
opriate croppin ng boundary frrom one view ((such as plan), change to ano other view (succh as After speciifying an appro elevation) to intuitively sspecify the crop pping boundarry for the heighht. You can con ntinue to change views and ccreate cropping b boundaries to ffocus on just th he area of the point cloud thaat you need.
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ud Manager Point Clou A new Poin nt Cloud Manager makes it easier than ever to work with multiple pointt clouds.
The Point C Cloud Manager lists all the po oint clouds thaat are attachedd to the curren nt drawing. If th hose point clou uds include reggions (defined in Autodesk Re eCap), the regiions are also li sted in the Poiint Cloud Manaager. You can cclick on the icon n to the right o of each region o or scan to turn n it on or off. TThe icons updatte to indicate tthe status. Dou uble‐ click on a p point cloud scaan in the list to view the model from its sca n position. You u can use toolss such as 3DWaalk, Orbit, and Steeringwheel to navigate around the mod del from there .
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ud object sna aps Point clou AutoCAD 2 2015 offers new w Point cloud o object snaps, w which are acce ssible from thee 3D Object Sn nap tab of the Drafting Se ettings dialog b box.
For easier access to point cloud object snaps, custom mize the status bar to display the 3D Object Snap tool.
You can sn nap to points on the point clo oud with the Node point clouud object snap.. If the point cloud has segmentattion data, you ccan snap to the e nearest point on planar seggments or perp pendicular to p planar segmen nts.
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he Object function to align thhe current UCSS to a plane in aa point cloud. You can usse the UCS tool and specify th
3DOrbiit To further help with naviigation, 3DOrb bit functionalityy is enhanced tto offer betterr control of thee target point o of the option from th he 3DOrbit righ ht‐click menu t hat enables Orrbit Auto Targeet, you can clicck and orbit. If you turn off the o ursor during a 3DOrbit operaation to specifyy the pivot poinnt of the orbit.. A small spherrical icon indicaates hold the cu the pivot p point. It automatically snaps tto the nearest point, enablinng you to continue the 3DOrb bit around thatt location.
Connecct Design Feed The Design n Feed palette provides a wayy of adding me essages and im mages to a draw wing, which yo ou can then shaare with colleaagues, clients, aand consultantts online throu ugh Autodesk 3360. The Design Feed posts aare available in a drawing whether you acccess them on tthe desktop, on n the web, or w with a mobile d device. es in your Auto odesk 360 accoount, AutoCAD D 2015 enables you to store them As an alterrnative to storing drawing file locally on yyour computerr's hard drive. In this case, the Design Feed data for thesee drawings are still stored in Autodesk 3 360, but the asssociation to th he Design Feed d data is maint ained by a unique Design Feed ID, which iss saved in th he drawing. If yyour company uses a network, it might be m more convenieent to manage your drawing files through a server rather tthan through in ndividual comp puters. In this ccase, anyone w with an Autodeesk 360 accoun nt and eed associatedd with each draawing. Unlike ssaving drawinggs in who has acccess to the server can accesss the Design Fe your Autod desk 360 accou unt, authorized d access to the e drawings is m managed only b by the permissiions set by thee server.
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Open the D Design Feed paalette from the e Autodesk 360 0 Ribbon tab.
If you asso ociate your com mment with a location or area within the drrawing, a correesponding bub bble is displayed. When you select a comm ment in Design Feed, AutoCAD D zooms to thee correspondin ng part of the d drawing. If you u ubble in the draawing, the corrresponding com mment is seleccted in Design Feed. The Setttings drop‐dow wn select a bu menu on the Design Feed d palette lets yyou control the e display of thee bubbles.
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nsultants to no otify them of yoour post; notiffications are seent to them by email You can tag colleagues, cclients, and con ppear within D Design Feed. and also ap
After you ffinish creating a post, the upd dated Design FFeed data and associated imaages are saved d to Autodesk 3 360. Then you o or anyone else who has been n authorized to o view the draw wing can see th he associated p posts. When th he comment aand its replies are no longer needed, you can resolve the thread to hidee it in the Desiggn Feed palettte.
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e a local or netw work drawing under anotherr file name, youu can choose tto copy the Dessign Feed comments If you save as well. Choosing this option saves an independent co opy of the Dessign Feed data for the new drrawing. The Deesign Feed for bo oth the originaal and the new drawing are in nitially identicaal, but any subsequent changges to the Desiign Feed of on ne of the drawings is not duplicated in the o other.
If you create a copy of a drawing using eTransmit, Arcchive, or DWG G Convert, you can specify wh hether Design Feed moved from the e drawing using the relevant setup for eachh of those tools. By default, tthe option to data is rem remove De esign Feed is en nabled.
Autode esk Transla ation Fram mework The new A Autodesk Translation Framew work (ATF) is ussed when impoorting model data from popu ular file formats, including C CATIA® (V4 and d V5), Pro/ENG GINEER, SolidW Works®, Parasollid®, JT, NX, STTEP, Rhino®, an nd IGES/IGS. ATTF supports im mporting of me eshes and curvves as well as o object colors annd layers when n you select an ny of these file formats fro om the Import tool and when n using the IGEESIMPORT com mmand.
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en exporting to o IGES/IGS form mat with the EXXPORT and IGEESEXPORT com mmands. The ATF is also used whe
DGN da ata You can no ow purge orphaned DGN data.
Custom mize Autode esk BIM 36 60 add‐in ffor AutoCA AD The AutoCAD 2015 installlation includess a new option n to include thee Autodesk BIM M 360 add‐in. TThis add‐in sup pports d. If you choose to install thee add‐ round‐trip BIM coordinattion workflowss between AutoCAD and the BIM 360 cloud 360 tab and too ols are added tto the AutoCAD D Ribbon. in, a BIM 3
Configu uration You can co onfigure AutoC CAD 2015 for eiither hardware e or software ddisplay rendering modes usin ng the new Graaphics Performan nce dialog box. Access it from m the Hardware e Acceleration icon on the staatus bar.
When Hard dware Acceleraation is turned d on, you have access to a varriety of contro ols that can imp prove the appearancce of your displlay.
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Button images Portable N Network Graphics (PNG) is added to the list of supported ffile formats for button imagees.
Applica ation Mana ager The Autodesk Application Manager is in ntegrated into AutoCAD 201 5. You can acccess it from a new icon on thee system tray.
The Autodesk Application Manager is aa desktop tool that helps youu stay current w with the latest updates for all your installed Autodesk appliccations and suiites by delivering timely mes sages about neew service paccks, hotfixes, and other impo ortant files as tthey become aavailable. When n you decide too apply an upd date, Autodeskk Application Manager d downloads the files from the cloud and insttalls them on yyour machine.
Autodesk, Autode esk logo/design, AutoCA AD, BIM 360, Glue, and R ReCap are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/oor its subsidiaries and/o or affiliates in the USA an nd/or other countries. A All other brand names, p product names, or trademarks belong to their re espective holders. Autoddesk reserves the right tto alter product and servvices offerings, and speccifications and pricing at anyy time without notice, an nd is not responsible forr typographical or graphical errors that may apppear in this document. © © 2014 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
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