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TableofContentsUser 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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