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Visual CADD Overview

-MatchChange/CM command to change selected entities to match a picked entity.
-Persist/PE to toggle persistence of other tools.
-Paste Special command that creates text or image entities directly from the clipboard.
-SnapAngle/SV command that will constrain point placements to match an angle selected by the user for that point placement only (unlike Ortho mode).
-Reference Frames have significantly improved features. Reference Frames now support rotation, scale, and offset on placement and editing; by-layer properties; printable and non-printable layers; new commands and shortcuts for zooms; changes to zoom are undo-able; and layer groups and layer names of the referenced drawing; and more.
-Improved DWG import/export support with better mapping of vector and TrueType fonts and AutoCAD 2013 support.
-User-defined drawing units, for example, microns, yards, or nautical miles.
-Import of GPX files (GPS data using a special XML format) and latitude/longitude in XML. Including transformations between latitude/longitude (GPS) data and easting-northing data.
-New hatch features. Including a hatch definition creation tool; option to hatch double lines; absolute X-Y offsets added to hatch definitions; option to draw a hatch as a fill; new hatch patterns added to the hatch definitions; and option to reference external hatch files from Hatches.vchat.
-New image features. Including images being compressed in VCDs to significantly reduce file sizes; GeoTIFF or 'World files' Images for auto-positioning; and embedded images can be used in symbols.
-Option to allow drawings to set their print origin and to be used for print, PDF, and Image export.
-Added script element @@@ to wait for a dialog to close before executing the rest of the script.

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