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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......................................................................................................................................................................
9
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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