File format The file format is the same as in AutoCAD 2013: "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing". Command Line Enhancements The command line has been enhanced to provide smarter, more efficient access to commands and system variables. And, you can use the command line to find other content such as hatch patterns, visual styles, and internet help. Color and transparency can be changed. It works better as undocked and can be made smaller. It features a semi-transparent prompt history that can display up to 50 lines. AutoCorrect If you mistype a command, instead responding with “Unknown command”, AutoCAD autocorrects to the most relevant and valid AutoCAD command. For example, if you accidently type TABEL, the TABLE command is automatically launched. AutoComplete AutoComplete command entry is enhanced to support mid‐string search. For example, if you type SETTING on the Command line, the suggestion list displays commands containing the word SETTING anywhere within it, not just at the beginning. Adaptive Suggestions Commands in the suggestion list are initially displayed in the order of their usage based on general customer data. As you continue to use AutoCAD, the order of commands in the suggestion list will adapt to your own usage habits. The command usage data is stored in the profile and adapts to each user. Synonym Suggestions The Command line has a built in synonym list. Enter a word at the command line and it will return a command if a match is found in the synonym list. For example, if you enter Symbol, AutoCAD finds the INSERT command so you can insert a block. Or if you enter Round, AutoCAD finds the FILLET command so you can add a fillet to a corner. You can add your own words to the AutoCorrect and Synonym lists using the Edit Aliases tool from the Manage ribbon tab. Internet Search You can quickly search for more information on a command or system variable in the suggestion list. Move the cursor over the command or system variable in the list and choose the Help or Internet icons to search for relevant information. The term AutoCAD is automatically prepended to the current term for searching the internet. Content You can use the command line to access layers, blocks, hatch patterns/gradients, text styles, dimension styles and visual styles. For example, if you enter Door at the command line and the current drawing has a block definition with the name Door, you can quickly insert it right from the suggestion list. Categories To make the suggestion list easier to navigate, system variables and other content are organized into expandable categories. You can expand a category to see the results or press the Tab key to cycle through each category. Input Settings You can customize the behavior of the command line using controls in the Input Settings menu when you right‐click on the command line. In addition to the previous options to enable AutoComplete and search for system variables, you can enable AutoCorrect, search content and mid‐string search. All of these options are turned on by default. Another right‐click option provides access to the new Input Search Options dialog box. Much of the new command line functionality including AutoCorrect, mid‐string search, and adaptive suggestions is also available using dynamic input. Binary Security AutoCAD 2014 provides new controls to enhance software security and help prevent loading and running of unauthorized or malicious AutoLISP and VBA applications. The Files tab of the Options dialog box includes Trusted File Search Path. You can also access these controls using the new TRUSTEDPATHS and TRUSTEDDOMAINS system variables. A security control on the System tab of the Options dialog box provides access to new Executable File Settings. You can allow executable files to be loaded from all search paths or only from the trusted locations specified on the Files tab. And, you can choose to display a warning before loading executable files outside the trusted locations. These options are applied to the new SECURELOAD system variable. Similar have been added to the Deployment Wizard enabling you to apply Secureload functionality to network deployments. File Tabs Drawing tabs have been added and is a fast and visual way to switch between open drawings or to create new ones. You can turn the file tabs bar on or off using the File Tabs control on the View ribbon tab. When File Tabs are turned on, a tab for each open drawing is displayed at the top of the drawing area. File tabs are displayed in the order they were opened. You can drag and drop tabs to change their order. If there is not enough room for all the file tabs to display across the area, an overflow menu at the right end of the file tabs bar provides access to the additional files. A lock icon on a tab indicates that the file is open as read‐only and an asterisk indicates if the file has been modified since its last save. When you pass the cursor over a file tab, preview images of the model and layouts are displayed. If you pass the cursor over one of the preview images, the corresponding model or layout is temporarily displayed in the drawing area and Plot and Publish tools are accessible from the preview image. The right‐click menu for file tabs enables you to create, open, save and close files including the ability to close all open files except the one on which you right‐clicked. You can also copy the full file path to the clipboard or open the file location in Windows Explorer. A Plus (+) icon to the right of the drawing tabs, enables you to easily create new drawings, automatically adding their tabs as they’re created. FILETAB command displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. FILETABCLOSE command hides the File tabs at the top of the drawing area.