New Commands

• 3DALIGN Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.

• -3DCONFIG Provides a command line interface to the 3D graphics system's configuration settings.

• 3DDWF Displays the Export 3D DWF dialog box.

• 3DFLY Activates fly-through mode and enables you to navigate in any direction, including off the XY plane.

• 3DFORBIT Controls the interactive viewing of objects in 3D, using an unconstrained orbit.

• 3DMOVE Displays the move grip tool in a 3D view and moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

• 3DROTATE Displays the rotate grip tool in a 3D view and revolves objects around a base point.

• 3DWALK Interactively changes the view of a 3D drawing so that you appear to be walking through the model.

• AECTOACAD Creates a new DWG file with all AEC objects exploded.

• ANIPATH Saves an animation along a path in a 3D model.

• BREP Removes the history from 3D solid primitives and composite solids.

• CHSPACE Moves objects from model space to paper space, or vice versa. (integrated Express Tool)

• CONVERTOLDLIGHTS Converts lights created in previous releases to lights in AutoCAD 2007 format.

• CONVERTOLDMATERIALS Converts materials created in previous releases to materials in AutoCAD 2007 format.

• CONVTOSOLID Converts polylines and circles with thickness to 3D solids.

• CONVTOSURFACE Converts objects to surfaces.

• COPYTOLAYER Copies one or more objects to another layer. (integrated Express Tool)

• -COPYTOLAYER Copies one or more objects to another layer. (command line version)

• DASHBOARD Opens the Dashboard window.

• DASHBOARDCLOSE Closes the Dashboard window.

• DISTANTLIGHT Creates a distant light.

• DWFADJUST Allows adjustment of a DWF underlay from the command line.

• DWFATTACH Attaches a DWF underlay to the current drawing.

• DWFCLIP Uses clipping boundaries to define a subregion of a DWF underlay.

• EXTERNALREFERENCES Displays the External References palette.

• EXTERNALREFERENCESCLOSE Closes the External References palette.

• FLATSHOT Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects in the current view.

• GEOGRAPHICLOCATION Specifies the latitude and longitude of a location.

• HELIX Creates a 2D or 3D spiral.

• IMPRINT Imprints an edge on a 3D solid.

• -INTERFERE Highlights 3D solids that overlap. (command line version)

• JOGSECTION Adds a jogged segment to a section object.

• LAYCUR Changes the layer of selected objects to the current layer. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYDEL Deletes the layer of a selected object and all objects on the layer, and purges the layer from the drawing. (integrated Express Tool)

• -LAYDEL Deletes the layer of a selected object and all objects on the layer, and purges the layer from the drawing. (command line version)

• LAYFRZ Freezes the layer of selected objects. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYISO Isolates the layer of selected objects so that all other layers are turned off. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYLCK Locks the layer of selected objects. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYMCH Changes the layer of a selected object to match the destination layer. (integrated Express Tool)

• -LAYMCH Changes the layer of a selected object to match the destination layer. (command line version)

• LAYMCUR Makes the layer of a selected object current. (renamed AI_MOLC)

• LAYMRG Merges selected layers onto a destination layer. (integrated Express Tool)

• -LAYMRG Merges selected layers onto a destination layer. (command line version)

• LAYOFF Turns off the layer of the selected object. (integrated Express Tool)
• LAYON Turns on all layers. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYTHW Thaws all layers. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYULK Unlocks the layer of a selected object. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYUNISO Turns on layers that were turned off with the last LAYISO command. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYVPI Isolates an object's layer to the current viewport. (integrated Express Tool)

• LAYWALK Dynamically displays layers in a drawing. (integrated Express Tool)

• LIGHTLIST Opens the Lights in Model window to add and modify lights.

• LIGHTLISTCLOSE Closes the Lights in Model window.

• LIVESECTION Turns on live sectioning for a selected section object.

• LOFT Creates a 3D solid or surface by lofting through a set of two or more curves.

• MATERIALATTACH Attaches materials to objects by layer.

• MATERIALMAP Displays a material mapper grip tool to adjust the mapping on a face or an object.

• MATERIALS Manages, applies, and modifies materials.

• MATERIALSCLOSE Closes the Materials window.

• PLANESURF Creates a planar surface.

• POINTLIGHT Creates a point light.

• POLYSOLID Creates a 3D polysolid.

• PRESSPULL Presses or pulls bounded areas.

• PYRAMID Creates a 3D solid pyramid.

• RENDERCROP Selects a specific region (crop window) in an image for rendering.

• RENDERENVIRONMENT Provides visual cues for the apparent distance of objects.

• RENDERPRESETS Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image.

• RENDERWIN Displays the Render Window without invoking a render task.

• RPREFCLOSE Closes the Advanced Render Settings palette, if it is displayed.

• SECTIONPLANE Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through a 3D object.

• SPOTLIGHT Creates a spotlight.

• SUNPROPERTIES Opens the Sun palette and sets the properties of the sun.

• SUNPROPERTIESCLOSE Closes the Sun Properties window.

• SWEEP Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D curve along a path.

• THICKEN Creates a 3D solid by thickening a surface.

• VISUALSTYLES Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport.

• -VISUALSTYLES Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport. (command line version)

• VISUALSTYLESCLOSE Closes the Visual Styles Manager.

• VSCURRENT Sets the visual style in the current viewport.

• VSSAVE Saves a visual style.

• WALKFLYSETTINGS Specifies walk and fly settings.

• XEDGES Creates wireframe geometry by extracting edges from a 3D solid or surface.

Changed Commands
• ADCNAVIGATE - Loads a specified DesignCenter drawing file, folder, or network path

• 3DCONFIG Provides 3D graphics system configuration settings.

• 3DORBIT Controls the interactive viewing of objects in 3D.

• 3DPAN Starts the interactive 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and vertically in a perspective view.

• 3DSWIVEL Changes the target of the view in the direction that you drag.

• 3DZOOM Zooms in and out in a perspective view.

• ALIGN Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.

• BOX Creates a 3D solid box.

• CAMERA Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects.

• CHANGE Changes the properties of existing objects.

• CHPROP Changes the properties of an object.

• CONE Creates a 3D solid with a circular or elliptical base tapering symmetrically to a point or a circular or elliptical planar face.

• CUI Manages customized user interface elements such as workspaces, toolbars, menus, shortcut menus and keyboard shortcuts.

• CYLINDER Creates a three-sided 3D solid with a circular or elliptical base and top.

• DSETTINGS Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, and Dynamic Input.

• DVIEW Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target.

• ETRANSMIT Packages a set of files for Internet transmission.

• -ETRANSMIT Packages a set of files for Internet transmission. (command line version)

• EXPLODE Breaks a compound object into its component objects.

• EXTRUDE Creates a 3D solid or surface by extruding an object or planar face a specified distance and direction.

• FIELD Creates a multiline text object with a field that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.

• GRID Displays a grid in the current viewport that is not plotted.

• HIDE Regenerates a three-dimensional wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed.

• HLSETTINGS Changes the display properties of lines in 2D wireframes.

• IMAGE Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command allowing for image management.

• -IMAGE Allows access to image options from the command line.

• IMAGEADJUST Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images.

• -IMAGEADJUST Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images. (command line version)

• IMAGEATTACH Attaches a new image to the current drawing.

• IMAGECLIP Uses clipping boundaries to define a subregion of an image object.

• IMAGEQUALITY Controls the display quality of images.

• INTERFERE Highlights 3D solids that overlap.

• JOIN Joins objects to form a single, unbroken object.

• LIGHT Creates a light.

• LIST Displays database information for selected objects.

• MATCHPROP Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.

• MVIEW Creates and controls layout viewports.

• OPTIONS Customizes the program settings.

• PAGESETUP Controls the page layout, plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new layout.

• PLOT Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.

• PUBLISH Publishes drawings to DWF files or plotters.

• PURGE Removes unused named items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing.

• -PURGE Removes unused named items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. (command line version)

• QSELECT Creates a selection set based on filtering criteria.

• RECTANG Draws a rectangular polyline.

• REFCLOSE Saves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block).

• REFEDIT Selects an external reference or block reference for editing.

• RENDER Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a three-dimensional wireframe or solid model.

• REVOLVE Creates a 3D solid or surface by revolving 2D objects about an axis.

• RPREF Displays the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings.

• SAVEIMG Saves a rendered image to a file.

• SELECT Places selected objects in the Previous selection set.

• SHADEMODE Starts the VSCURRENT command.

• SHEETSET Opens the Sheet Set Manager.

• SLICE Slices a solid with a plane or surface.

• SNAP Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals.

• SOLIDEDIT Edits faces and edges of 3D solid objects.

• SPHERE Creates a 3D solid sphere.

• TORUS Creates a 3D donut-shaped solid.

• UCS Manages user coordinate systems.

• VIEW Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.

• -VPORTS Creates multiple viewports in model space or paper space. (command line version)

• WBLOCK Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.

• -WBLOCK Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. (command line version)

• WEDGE Creates a five-sided 3D solid with a sloped face tapering along the X axis.

• XREF Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Removed or Obsolete Commands
• 3DDWFPUBLISH Creates 3D DWF files of three-dimensional models. (replaced by 3DDWF)

• 3DSOUT Exports to a 3D Studio (3DS) file. (no replacement)

• BACKGROUND Sets up the background for your scene. (merged with VIEW)

• FOG Provides visual cues for the apparent distance of objects. (replaced by RENDERENVIRONMENT)

• LSEDIT Edits a landscape object. (no replacement)

• LSLIB Maintains libraries of landscape objects. (no replacement)

• LSNEW Adds realistic landscape items, such as trees and bushes, to your drawings. (no replacement)

• MATLIB Imports and exports materials to and from a library of materials. (replaced by MATERIALS)

• RENDSCR Has no effect except to preserve the integrity of scripts. (no replacement)

• REPLAY Displays a BMP, TGA, or TIFF image. (no replacement)

• RMAT Manages rendering materials. (replaced by MATERIALS)

• SCENE Manages scenes in model space. (no replacement)

• SETUV Maps materials onto objects. (replaced by MATERIALMAP)

• SHOWMAT Lists the material type and attachment method for a selected object. (replaced by LIST)

• STATS Displays rendering statistics. (merged with RENDERWIN)

System Variables
New System Variables
• BACTIONCOLOR - Sets the text color of actions in the Block Editor

• 3DDWFPREC Controls the precision of 3D DWF publishing.

• CAMERADISPLAY Toggle whether camera objects are displayed in the current drawing.

• CAMERAHEIGHT Stores the default height for newly created camera objects.

• CLEANSCREENSTATE Stores a value that indicates whether the clean screen state is on. (read-only)

• CMATERIAL Sets the material of new objects.

• CSHADOW Sets the shadow display property for a 3D object.

• DASHBOARDSTATE Determines whether the Dashboard window is active or not.

• DEFAULTLIGHTING Turns default lighting on and off.

• DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE Specifies the type of default lighting.

• DIMARCSYM Controls display of the arc symbol in an arc length dimension.

• DIMFXL Sets the total length of the extension lines starting from the dimension line toward the dimension origin.

• DIMFXLON Controls whether extension lines are set to a fixed length.

• DIMJOGANG Determines the angle of the transverse segment of the dimension line in a jogged radius dimension.

• DIMLTEX1 Sets the linetype of the first extension line.

• DIMLTEX2 Sets the linetype of the second extension line.

• DIMLTYPE Sets the linetype of the dimension line.

• DIMTFILL Controls the background of dimension text.

• DIMTFILLCLR Sets the color for the text background in dimensions.

• DRAGVS Sets the visual style while creating 3D objects.

• DWFFRAME Determines whether the DWF frame is visible and if it will plot.

• DWFOSNAP Determines whether object snapping is enabled for DWFs that are attached to a DWG.

• ERSTATE Determines whether the External References window is inactive, active/visible or active/auto-hidden.

• GRIDDISPLAY Controls the display behavior and display limits of the grid.

• GRIDMAJOR Controls the frequency of major grid lines compared to minor grid lines.

• GRIDUNIT Specifies the grid spacing (X and Y) for the current viewport.

• GTAUTO Controls whether or not grip tools display automatically when selecting objects in 3D space.

• GTDEFAULT Controls whether or not the 3DMOVE, 3DROTATE, and 3DSCALE commands start automatically when the MOVE, ROTATE,
and SCALE commands (respectively) are started in a 3D view.
• GTLOCATION Sets the default location for grip tools.

• IMPLIEDFACE Controls the detection of implied faces.

• INTERFERECOLOR Sets the color of interference objects.

• INTERFEREOBJVS Sets the visual style for interference objects.

• INTERFEREVPVS Sets the visual style for the current viewport while using the INTERFERENCE command.

• LATITUDE Specifies the latitude of the drawing model.

• LEGACYCTRLPICK Specifies the keys for selection cycling and the behavior for CTRL + left-click.

• LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY Controls whether light glyphs are displayed.

• LIGHTLISTSTATE Indicates whether the Lights in Model window is open or closed.

• LOFTANG1 Sets the draft angle through the first cross section in a loft operation.

• LOFTANG2 Sets the draft angle through the last cross section in a loft operation.

• LOFTMAG1 Sets the magnitude of draft angle through the first cross section in a loft operation.

• LOFTMAG2 Sets the magnitude of draft angle through the last cross section in a loft operation.

• LOFTNORMALS Controls the normals of a lofted object where it passes through cross sections.

• LOFTPARAM Controls the shape of lofted solids and surfaces.

• LONGITUDE Specifies the longitude of the drawing model.

• MATSTATE Indicates whether the Materials window is open or closed.

• NORTHDIRECTION Specifies the angle of the Sun from north.

• OSOPTIONS Automatically suppresses object snaps on hatch objects and when using a dynamic UCS.

• PERSPECTIVE Specifies whether the current viewport displays a perspective working view.

• PSOLHEIGHT Sets the default height for a swept solid object created with the

• POLYSOLID command.

• PSOLWIDTH Sets the default width for a swept solid object created with the

• POLYSOLID command.

• PUBLISHALLSHEETS Controls how the Publish dialog list is populated.

• RENDERPREFSSTATE Stores a value that indicates whether the Advanced Render Settings palette is open.

• SHADOWPLANELOCATION Controls the location of an invisible ground plane used to display shadows.

• SHOWHIST Controls the Show History property for solids in a drawing.

• SOLIDHIST Controls the default History property setting for new and existing objects.
• STEPSIZE Specifies the step size in current units when users are in Walk mode.

• STEPSPERSEC Specifies the number of steps taken per second when users are in Walk mode.

• SUNPROPERTIESSTATE Indicates whether the Sun Properties window is open or closed.

• SUNSTATUS Controls whether the Sun is casting light in the viewport.

• TIMEZONE Sets the time zone for a sun study.

• UCSDETECT Controls whether dynamic UCS acquisition is active or not.

• VSBACKGROUNDS Controls whether backgrounds are displayed in the current viewport.

• VSCURRENT Stores the name of the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSEDGECOLOR Sets the color of edges.

• VSEDGEJITTER Controls the degree to which lines are made to appear as though sketched with a pencil.

• VSEDGEOVERHANG Makes lines extend beyond their intersection, for a hand-drawn effect.

• VSEDGES Controls the types of edges that are displayed in the viewport.

• VSEDGESMOOTH Specifies the angle at which crease edges are displayed.

• VSFACECOLORMODE Controls how the color of faces is calculated.

• VSFACESTYLE Controls how faces are displayed in the current viewport.

• VISUALSTYLES Displays the Visual Styles Manager palette allowing you to create and modify visual styles, or apply a visual style to a
viewport.
• VSHALOGAP Sets the halo gap in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSHIDEPRECISION Controls the accuracy of hides and shades in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR/P Specifies the color of intersection polylines in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSINTERSECTIONEDGES Specifies the display of intersection edges in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE Controls whether obscured lines are displayed in the current viewport and sets their linetype.

• VSLIGHTINGQUALITY Sets the lighting quality in the current viewport.

• VSMATERIALMODE Controls the display of materials in the current viewport.

• VSMONOCOLOR Sets the color for monochrome display of faces.

• VSOBSCUREDCOLOR Specifies the color of obscured lines in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSOBSCUREDEDGES Controls whether obscured (hidden) edges are displayed.

• VSOBSCUREDLTYPE Specifies the linetype of obscured lines in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSOPACITY Controls the transparency of faces in the current viewport.

• VSSHADOWS Controls whether a visual style displays shadows.

• VSSILHEDGES Controls display of silhouette curves of solid objects in the visual style applied to the current viewport.

• VSSILHEDGEWIDTH Specifies the width in pixels for display of silhouette edges in the current viewport.

• VSSPECULAR Controls the display of specular highlights on faces without materials in the current viewport.

• VSSTATE Stores a value that indicates whether the Visual Styles window is open.

• ZOOMWHEEL Allows users to toggle the behavior of mouse wheel zoom operations.
Changed System Variables
• AUTOSNAP Controls the display of the AutoSnap marker, tooltip, and magnet.

• BACKZ Stores the back clipping plane offset from the target plane for the current viewport, in drawing units.

• DBLCLKEDIT Controls double-click behavior.

• DELOBJ Controls whether objects used to create other objects are retained or deleted from the drawing database.

• DISPSILH Controls display of silhouette curves of solid objects in Wireframe mode.

• FRONTZ Stores the front clipping plane offset from the target plane for the current viewport.

• LENSLENGTH Stores the length of the lens. (read-only)

• PICKADD Controls whether subsequent selections replace the current selection set or add to it.

• POLARMODE Controls settings for polar and object snap tracking.

• PROJECTNAME Assigns a project name to the current drawing.

• SURFU Sets the surface density for PEDIT Smooth in the M direction.

• SURFV Sets the surface density for PEDIT Smooth in the N direction.

• TRACKPATH Controls the display of polar and object snap tracking alignment paths.
Removed or Obsolete System Variables
• None
Make sure to check out Lee's Command and System Variable Database which started here on this history website.
http://www.hyperpics.com/commands/index.asp
http://www.hyperpics.com/system_variables/index.asp
http://myfeedback.autodesk.com/history/autocad_2007_history.htm