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Userinteraction.............................................................................................................................................................4

NewTab....................................................................................................................................................................4

Create....................................................................................................................................................................4

Learn.....................................................................................................................................................................

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Help...........................................................................................................................................................................6

Colorschemes...........................................................................................................................................................7

Workspaces...............................................................................................................................................................8

Ribbonenhancements..............................................................................................................................................8

Galleries................................................................................................................................................................8

ViewRibbon..........................................................................................................................................................8

BIM360Ribbon....................................................................................................................................................9

Layouts......................................................................................................................................................................

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Improvedgraphics...................................................................................................................................................10

Linesmoothing...................................................................................................................................................10

Createandeditenhancements...........................................................................................................................10

Selectionenhancements.....................................................................................................................................11

CommandPreview..............................................................................................................................................13

Cursorenhancements.........................................................................................................................................15

Modelspaceviewports...........................................................................................................................................17

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Isometricdraftingenvironment..............................................................................................................................19

Document....................................................................................................................................................................19

Mtextenhancements..............................................................................................................................................19

Autobullets&numbering...................................................................................................................................20

CapsLock............................................................................................................................................................21

Autostack............................................................................................................................................................21

Paragraphtabs....................................................................................................................................................22

MatchProperties

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Textalignment....................................................................................................................................................23

Dimensionenhancements.......................................................................................................................................23

Polylineenhancements...........................................................................................................................................24

Geographiclocation................................................................................................................................................24

Design..........................................................................................................................................................................30


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Realitycapture........................................................................................................................................................30

Display.................................................................................................................................................................31

Visualization........................................................................................................................................................33

Cropping..............................................................................................................................................................34

PointCloud

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Pointcloudobjectsnaps.....................................................................................................................................37

3DOrbit....................................................................................................................................................................38

Connect........................................................................................................................................................................38

DesignFeed.............................................................................................................................................................38

AutodeskTranslationFramework...........................................................................................................................41

DGNdata.................................................................................................................................................................42

Customize....................................................................................................................................................................42

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Configuration...........................................................................................................................................................42

Buttonimages.........................................................................................................................................................43

ApplicationManager...............................................................................................................................................43


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