The overall performance of the Blocks palette has been improved, including faster display of thumbnails and better usability with the View setting persisting across tabs. Blocks Palette Improvementsīased on customer feedback, we’ve made improvements to a favorite new feature of AutoCAD 2020 – the Blocks palette. Note: This improvement is not available in the AutoCAD LT 2020.1 update. In addition, when you save your DWGs to DXF format, AutoCAD now preserves block attributes in multileader styles. The Standards dialog has now been enhanced to include multileader styles, to help enforce and support standards checking for multileader styles. You may have used the Standards dialog box to set standards for dimensions, layers, linetypes, and text. These system variables control a layer override for new dimensions, hatches, centerlines, center marks, Xrefs, and now, text. TEXTLAYER operates the same way as CENTERLAYER, DIMLAYER, HPLAYER, PDFSHXLAYER, and XREFLAYER. With TEXTLAYER, anytime you create text in AutoCAD, the text will automatically assign itself to a predetermined layer – regardless of whatever layer you’re currently on. Manually assigning each block of text to a layer every time you create text can be time-consuming.

Ready for an update that can save you time, help maintain drawing standards, and keep you organized? Enter the new TEXTLAYER command, which allows you to set a specified layer for all text.

To help you quickly identify new features within the AutoCAD user interface, make sure the “Highlight New Features” option in the Help menu is turned on. Just accept the update, and you’ll be up and running with the new features immediately. If you’re on AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT 2020, you automatically get all your updates as they become available, right in the Autodesk Desktop App.

Here’s what you need to know about the first update to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2020 for subscription and maintenance plan customers, now available everywhere. The AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2020.1 update offers new software enhancements and tools to simplify your workflows and improve productivity.

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