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.
| System variables | Description | Additional Information | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DTECHPREVIEW | Specifies whether the updated 3D graphics engine is turned on or off. |
Replaced by FASTSHADEDMODE. An AutoCAD restart is no longer required. |
X |
No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this release.
No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this release.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
No commands or systems variables were designated as obsolete during this update.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |