The number of grips displayed for revision clouds has been significantly reduced. Whether you create rectangular, polygonal, freehand, or object revision clouds, editing their size and shape with grips is intuitive and easy. You can set your own default creation method using the REVCLOUDCREATEMODE system variable. The last used creation method is remembered the next time the command is run. It is accessible from the Annotate ribbon panel and includes three methods of creation: Rectangular, Polygonal, and Freehand in addition to the Command line option to select an object. The Revision Cloud tool is enhanced to provide more flexibility. Also, note that the previous text “Cut Plane:” has been replaced by an icon. You can click the icon to enable or disable UI locking. The Lock User Interface tool on the status bar enables you to check and uncheck multiple UI elements at one time instead of having to reopen the flyout each time. Isolate Objects and Lock UI have been added to the status bar customization menu. You can populate the status bar with the tools you want by clicking on the three-stacked lines in the lower-right corner of the editor (see Figure 2). At any given time, the Model tab and at least one layout tab is always displayed. The status bar can automatically wrap onto two rows when there are more icons than can fit into a single row. When you click the icon, you can verify information such as the validity of the signature, the name of the individual or organization that signed the file, and so on. For drawing files, an icon is displayed on the status bar if a drawing file is digitally signed. This is important when you are working on collaborative projects or if you receive an executable file. You can examine a file's digital signature. To attach a digital signature to a file, you must either have a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority or you can create a self-signed certificate using one of several utilities. A digital signature is a block of encrypted information that you can add to certain files to identify the originator and indicate whether a file has been altered since the digital signature was applied. One option is Digital Signatures, now accessible via the new DIGITALSIGN command. You will find a variety of Security Options on the System tab of Options. Digital SignaturesĪutoCAD Architecture offers extra security controls that help to protect your drawings. You can control the amount of fading with LINEFADINGLEVEL. Set LINEFADING to 1 to automatically fade geometry as you zoom into super-dense drawings. Hardware acceleration must be turned on for this to work. If your hardware supports High Quality Geometry, you can select the new “High Quality Geometry” option in the Graphics Performance dialog on the Status bar. Checking Smooth Line Display removes the jagged lines. Click on Graphics Performance and the Graphics Performance dialog box appears. This variable can also be found under the Options dialog box, System tab. If you don’t want the Start tab to display, set STARTMODE to 0.ĪutoCAD® Architecture has a solution to the jagged diagonal lines that you sometimes see in 2D wireframe drawings. You can use Ctrl+Home or GOTOSTART to get to the Start tab quickly. Note that if there is no Internet connection, the Learn page is not displayed. For every new content update, a notification badge is displayed at the bottom of the page. The Learn page provides access to learning resources such as videos, tips, and other relevant online content or services. The Create Page is a quick launch pad to decide what to do, and contains the following sections. Each Start tab (formerly the New tab) contains the Create Page and the Learn Page. When you start the program, open a new tab (+), or close the last drawing, a Start Tab is displayed (see Figure 1). Back May 16th, 2018 Tips & Tricks for AutoCAD Architecture 2018 Start Tab