AutoCAD2017.1Update/EnhancementPreviewGuideIntroductionTheAutoCAD2017.1UpdateoffersseveralvaluableenhancementstoAutoCAD2017,including:
• PDFImportenhancements
• ImprovedTexttoMtextconversion
• Off-screenselection
• Improvedlinetypegapselection
• Improvedsupportforhighresolutiondisplays
• Improvedperformancefor3Dnavigation
Afterinstallingtheupdate,newfunctionalityishighlightedwithorangecirclesontheInsertandExpressTools
ribbontabsaswellasontheHelpmenu.Thismakesiteasyforyoutoidentifyandaccessupdatedtools.
Onceyoubecomefamiliarwiththenewfunctionalityyoucanturnoffthenewfeaturehighlightingfrom
theHelpmenu.
PDFEnhancementsPDFfilesarethemostcommonfileformatusedwhenexchangingdesigninformationbetweendesigners,
contractors,clients,etal.InAutoCAD2017,AutoCADincludedtheabilitytoimportPDFfiles.ThePDFIMPORT
commandimportsPDFdataintoAutoCADas2Dgeometry,TrueTypetext,andimages.
SHXTextRecognition
OneshortcomingofPDFIMPORTisthatAdobe’sPDFfileformatdoesn’trecognizeSHXfonts.When
plottingtoPDF,textdefinedwithSHXfontsiswrittenoutandstoredinthePDFaswireframegeometry,
therefore,thetextisalsobroughtinaswireframegeometryduringimport.
TheAutoCAD2017UpdateoffersaSHXtextrecognitiontoolthatenablesyoutoselectimportedPDF
wireframegeometryrepresentingSHXtextandconvertittotextobjects.Accessthisfunctionalityfrom
theRecognizeSHXTexttool(PDFSHXTEXTcommand)ontheInsertribbontab.
TheSHXrecognitiontoolanalyzesclustersofgeometry(e.g.lines,polylines,etc.)fromyourselectionset
andcomparesthemtocharactersinspecifiedSHXcachefiles.
ASettingsoptionisavailabletohelpyoumanagewhichSHXfontstocompareagainsttheselectedtext,
aswellascontrolsomesettingsduringtheconversion.ThemostcommonSHXfontsarelistedby
default.YoucanaddorremoveSHXfontsbasedonyourneedsandthenselectwhichfontsinthelist
youwanttocompareagainsttheselectedtext.
AftercomparingthegeometrytotheSHXfonts,thegeometrythatmatchesisautomaticallyreplaced
withoneormoremtextobjects.Amessageboxdisplaystheresults.
AdditionalPDFImportenhancementsInadditiontotheSHXrecognitiontool,theAutoCAD2017UpdateoffersthefollowingPDFImport
enhancements:
• ThePDFimportandattachtools
(PDFIMPORTandPDFATTACH
commands)displaythumbnail
previewsofPDFfilesintheSelectFile
dialog.
• Fixedorientationproblemswith
rotatedTrueTypetext.Itnolonger
createsupside-downtext.
• ImprovedscalingofPDFgeometry
fromlayouts.Geometryisscaledto
real-worldsizeinModelspaceifall
theviewportsareofthesamescale.
• BetterFormdatasupportwhen
importingPDFs.
TexttoMtextEnhancements
TheConverttoMtextexpresstoolenablesyoutocombinemanyindividualtextobjectsintoonemulti-line
textobject.ThiscanbeparticularlyusefulafterrecognizingandconvertingSHXtextfromanimportedPDF
file.YoucanaccesstheConverttoMtexttool(TXT2MTXTcommand)fromtheExpressToolsribbontabor
fromtheCombineTexttoolontheInsertribbontabnexttotheRecognizeSHXTexttool.
ThefollowingareenhancementstotheTXT2MTXTexpresstool:
• YoucanselectMtextobjectsinadditiontotextobjects.
• ASettingsoptionontheCommandlinedisplaystheTexttoMTextSettingsdialog.
• CharactercodestranslatecorrectlybetweenTextandMtext(forexamplethedegreesymbolappearedas
%%dwhenconvertedtoMtext).
• The“Selectobjects”promptadherestostandarderrorcheckingandmessaging.Forexample,objectson
lockedlayersarefilteredfromtheselectionset,andsoon.
• Justification(Topleft,Topcenter,Topright)isinferredfortheMtextobjectbeingcreatedbasedonthe
positioningofthetextobjectsinthedrawinginsteadofalwaysusingTopleftjustification.Whenno
justificationcanbelogicallyinferred,itdefaultstotop-left.
• Numberedandletteredlistformattingisinferredwhentheword-wraptextboxischecked.Ifalinestarts
withoneortwocharactersfollowedbyaperiodandupto10spaces,listformattingwillbeapplied
automatically.
• AnoptionwasaddedtotheSettingsdialogboxtonotcombineselectionintoasinglemtextobjects
(convertstextobjecttomtextwithoutcombining).
• Thetop-downsortingorderisrelativetothecurrentUCSandsortingisleft-to-rightwhentextobjectsare
collinear.Whenmultipletextobjectsarecollinear,theyaretreatedasifonthesamelinewithaspace
betweenthem.
• AnewSettingsoptionenablesyoutoforceuniformline
spacingormaintainexistinglinespacing.
Off-screenSelectionWiththeAutoCAD2017Updateyoucanbeginaselection
windowinonepartofyourdrawingandthenpanand
zoomtoanotherpartwhilemaintainingselectionofthe
off-screenobjects!
LinetypeGapSelectionEnhancementsLinetypegapbehaviorisenhancedtosupportcomplexandDGNlinetypes.Inaddition,thisfeature
workswithallobjects,suchaspolylineswithwidthandsplines.NowyoucanselectcomplexandDGN
linetypesorsnaptothembypickingonthegapsbetweenthegeometry.
HighResolution(4K)MonitorSupportTheAutoCAD2017Updatesupportshigherdisplayresolutionsandpixeldensitiestoensurethebest
possibleviewingexperienceevenon4Kdisplaysandhigher.Commonlyuseduserinterfaceelements,
suchastheCommandLine,LayerManager,ViewCube,PickBox,andGripsareappropriatelyscaledand
displayedaspertheWindowssetting.
3DNavigationPerformanceTheAutoCAD2017Updateofferssignificantimprovementswhenusingzoom,panand3Dorbit
operationsincommonlyusedvisualstyles.
AutodeskDesktopAppTheAutoCAD2017updateisavailableasadownloadthroughyourAutoCADSubscription.Youcan
accessitfromtheAutodeskDesktopAppwhenyou’reloggedintoyourAutodeskaccount.