Obsolete AutoCAD Commands and System Variables Reference

Provides a quick guide to which commands were removed in this release.

This lists the commands and system variables removed since AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2013.

AutoCAD 2022 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this release.

AutoCAD 2021 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this release.

AutoCAD 2020 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
RECAP Launches Autodesk ReCap if it is installed. No longer needed. After installing ReCap or ReCap Pro, you can access ReCap the same way as any other installed application. X
System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
HQGEOM Generates high quality curves and lineweights, higher density hatches, and improves anti-aliasing performance in 2D wireframe displays. No longer needed. The functionality is included in the GRAPHICSCONFIG command. X X
PRESELECTIONEFFECT Specifies the visual effect used for preselection of objects. No longer needed. The functionality is included in the SELECTIONEFFECT system variable. X X
HIGHLIGHTSMOOTHING Controls the anti-aliasing effect on object highlighting. No longer needed. The functionality is included in the LINESMOOTHING system variable. X X
REVCLOUDMAXARCLENGTH Stores the maximum arc length for revision clouds. No longer needed. Replaced by the REVCLOUDAPPROXARCLEN system variable. X X
REVCLOUDMINARCLENGTH Stores the minimum arc length for revision clouds. No longer needed. Replaced by the REVCLOUDAPPROXARCLEN system variable. X X

AutoCAD 2019 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
DESIGNFEEDCLOSE Closes the Design Feed palette. Replaced with the Shared Views feature. X X
DESIGNFEEDOPEN Opens the Design Feed palette. Replaced with the Shared Views feature. X X
FBXEXPORT,

-FBXEXPORT

Creates an Autodesk® FBX file containing selected objects in the current drawing. Replaced with the import DWG option in Autodesk 3ds Max and other products that support FBX files. X
FBXIMPORT

-FBXIMPORT

Imports an Autodesk® FBX file, which can contain objects, lights, cameras and materials. Replaced with the export DWG option in Autodesk 3ds Max and other products that support FBX files. X
ONLINEAUTOCAD360 Launches AutoCAD 360 in your default browser Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
ONLINEDESIGNSHARE Publishes design views of your current drawing to a secure, anonymous Autodesk A360 location for viewing and sharing in a web browser. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. It's been replaced with the Shared Views feature. X X
ONLINEDOCS Opens your Autodesk A360 documents list and folders in a browser. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
ONLINEOPENFOLDER Opens your local Autodesk A360 folder in Windows Explorer or File Explorer. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
ONLINEOPTIONS Displays the Online tab of the Options dialog box. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
ONLINESHARE Designates who can access the current drawing from Autodesk A360. Replaced with the Shared Views feature. X X
ONLINESYNC Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk A360. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
ONLINESYNCSETTINGS Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
OPENFROMCLOUD Opens an existing drawing file from your local Autodesk A360 sync folder. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
PUBLISHTOWEB Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings. Removed. X X
SAVETOCLOUD Saves a copy of the current drawing to your local Autodesk A360 sync folder under a new file name. Autodesk A360 has been deprecated. X X
SEEK Opens a web browser and displays the Autodesk Seek home page. As of January 2017, Autodesk Seek operations have been transferred to BIMobject AB. X X
System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
DESIGNFEEDSTATE Indicates whether the Design Feed palette is open or closed. Replaced with the Shared Views feature. X X
FBXIMPORTLOG Controls whether a log file is created when you import an FBX file from 3ds Max into AutoCAD. Replaced with the import DWG option in Autodesk 3ds Max and other products that support FBX files. X
ONLINESYNCTIME Controls the time interval for synchronizing current customization settings with Autodesk A360. Removed. X X

AutoCAD 2018.1 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
OPENPARTIAL Controls whether a drawing file can be worked on before it is fully open. Obsolete. Rarely used. X X

AutoCAD 2018 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
REGENAUTO Controls automatic regeneration of a drawing. No longer needed for performance. The command is not functional but present for script compatibility. X
EXCHANGE Opens the Autodesk App Store website. Renamed to APPSTORE. X
SETIDROPHANDLER Specifies the default type of i-drop content for the current Autodesk application. Support for i-drop has been removed due to its use of technology that can potentially increase security risks. X
System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
HIDEPRECISION Controls the precision of hide and shade operations.

Removed. All hide and shade operations are now performed with double-precision values.

X X
REGENMODE Controls automatic regeneration of the drawing.

No longer needed for performance. The system variable is not functional but present for script compatibility.

X X
VSHIDEPRECISION Controls the accuracy of hides and shades in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

Obsolete but retained for compatibility. All hide and shade operations are now performed with double-precision values.

X

AutoCAD 2017.1 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this update.

AutoCAD 2017 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
CONTENTEXPLORER Finds and inserts content such as drawing files, blocks, and styles. Removed. X X
CONTENTEXPLORERCLOSE Closes the Content Explorer window. Removed. X X
System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
CONTENTEXPLORERSTATE Indicates whether the Content Explorer window is open or closed. Removed. X X
CSHADOW Sets the shadow display property for a 3D object. Removed. X  
EPDFSHX Controls whether text objects using SHX fonts are stored in PDF files as comments when you export a drawing as a PDF file. Renamed to PDFSHX. X X
LINEARBRIGHTNESS Controls the brightness level of the viewport when using default lighting or generic lights. Removed. X  
LINEARCONTRAST Controls the contrast level of the viewport when using default lighting or generic lights. Removed. X  
LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS Controls the brightness level of the viewport when using photometric lighting. Removed. X  
LOGEXPCONTRAST Controls the contrast level of the viewport when using photometric lighting. Removed. X  
LOGEXPDAYLIGHT Controls if the exterior daylight flag is enabled when using photometric lighting. Removed. X  
LOGEXPMIDTONES Controls the mid tones level of the viewport when using photometric lighting. Removed. X  
LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE Controls the relative brightness of rendered materials in a photometric environment. Removed. X  
RENDERQUALITY Specifies the maximum number of samples to take when shading a pixel. Removed. X  

AutoCAD 2016 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
DIM1 Accesses Dimensioning mode commands. Obsolete but still included in the product to maintain legacy script compatibility X X
NEWTAB Displays a New Tab which provides access to files, learning resources, A360 and more. The New tab feature has been replaced by the Start tab, which provides an improved workflow. See the GOTOSTART command and the STARTMODE system variable. X X
RENDERWIN Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation. Replaced by RENDERWINDOW. X  
WELCOMESCREEN Displays a New Tab. Removed. X X
System variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
NEWTABMODE Specifies whether clicking the plus (+) button on the file tab bar displays a New Tab or a new drawing. Removed. X X
ONLINEDOCMODE Indicates whether copies of your drawings and linked files are uploaded automatically to Autodesk A360. Automatic saving to your A360 Drive has been removed. Instead, save or copy the drawing files that you want to upload to your A360 account directly to your local A360 Drive folder. X X

AutoCAD 2015 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
DASHBOARD Opens the Dashboard. Replaced by RIBBON. X X
DASHBOARDCLOSE Closes the Dashboard. Replaced by RIBBONCLOSE. X X
DDEDIT Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames. Replaced by TEXTEDIT. X X
DDPTYPE Specifies the display mode and size of point objects. Replaced by PTYPE. X X
DDVPOINT Sets the 3D viewing direction. Replaced by VPOINT. X X
ONLINECOLNOW Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing. Replaced by ONLINEAUTOCAD360, which opens AutoCAD 360. X X
POINTCLOUD Provides options to create and attach point cloud files. Use POINTCLOUDATTACH or other specific point cloud commands to work with point clouds. X  
POINTCLOUDCLIP Creates and modifies clipping boundaries that define which points are displayed in a selected point cloud. Replaced by POINTCLOUDCROP. X  
POINTCLOUDINDEX Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. Indexing scan files no longer supported. X  
POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box, which controls settings that help you analyze a point cloud using different color settings. Replaced by POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP. X  
System Variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
CLASSICKEYS Sets the behavior of several control keys between DOS and Windows standards. The MS DOS control keys were Ctrl-C to cancel and Ctrl-V to cycle viewports. X X
DASHBOARDSTATE Determines whether the Dashboard window is active. Removed. X X
PREVIEWEFFECT Specifies the visual effect used for previewing selection of objects. Removed. X X
PREVIEWFACEEFFECT Specifies the visual effect used for previewing selection of face subobjects. Removed. X  
RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT Controls how ribbon contextual tabs are displayed when you single- or double-click an object. Removed. X X

AutoCAD 2014 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
AUTOCOMPLETE Controls what types of automated command display features are available at the Command prompt. Replaced by INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS. X X
EDITINFUSION Edits solids and surfaces in Inventor Fusion. Removed. X  
ONLINEUPLOAD Uploads specified drawing files to Autodesk 360. Replaced by ONLINEOPENFOLDER. In addition, the automatic upload process has been revised. It is now turned on or off for all drawings in the Options dialog box, Autodesk 360 tab. X X
OPENONMOBILE Sends a notification to your mobile devices for opening the current drawing. Notification is handled by email. X X
System Variables Description Additional Information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
AUTOCOMPLETEDELAY Controls the amount of time that elapses before automated keyboard features display at the Command prompt. Replaced by INPUTSEARCHDELAY X X
AUTOCOMPLETEMODE Controls what types of automated keyboard features are available at the Command prompt. Replaced by INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS X X
AUTOLOAD Controls how AutoCAD automatically loads certain executable files. Replaced by SECURELOAD. X  
AUTOLOADPATH Controls the folder from where AutoCAD loads acad.lsp/fas/vlx, acaddoc.lsp/fas/vlx, acad.dvb files. Replaced by TRUSTEDDOCDOMAINS and TRUSTEDDOCPATHS. X  
LISPENABLED Indicates whether AutoLISP is enabled in the current AutoCAD session. Replaced by SAFEMODE. X  
ONLINEDOCUMENTS Stores whether you can open and save drawing files directly to Autodesk 360. Removed. X X

AutoCAD 2013 Obsolete Commands and System Variables

Commands Description Additional information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
GETLINK Gets a link to the current document to paste or e-mail. Removed from product. X X
MANAGEUPLOADS Manages uploading of additional documents. Removed from product. X X
MESSAGES Displays messages about updates to AutoCAD WS drawings. Removed from product. X X
ONLINEDRAWINGS Opens web browser to access all online documents. Removed from product. X X
OPENONLINE Opens current drawing in AutoCAD WS. Removed from product. X X
SHARE Makes current drawings available to other AutoCAD WS users. Replaced by ONLINESHARE. X X
SHAREWITHSEEK Uploads a selected block or the current drawing to the Autodesk Seek website. Removed from product. X X
UPLOAD Uploads the current document to Autodesk 360. Removed from product. X X
UPLOADFILES Opens file dialog box to upload additional documents. Removed from product. X X
WHATSNEW Opens New Features Workshop. Removed from product.   X
System variables Description Additional information AutoCAD AutoCAD LT
ACISOUTVER Controls the ACIS version of SAT files created using the ACISOUT command. Removed from product. X  
PROXYWEBSEARCH Specifies how AutoCAD checks for Object Enablers. Removed from product. X X
RASTERPREVIEW Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing. Replaced by THUMBSAVE. X X