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3. Commands

3.1. AutoCAD 2020

3.1.1 New and changed commands

BLOCKSPALETTE Opens the palette of blocks.
BLOCKSPALETTECLOSE Closes the palette of blocks.
CLASSICINSERT Opens the classic Insert dialog box.
INSERT Starts the BLOCKSPALETTE command except in scripts that open the older INSERT command for script compatibility.
-INSERT Starts the command line version of the classic INSERT command.
Cleanup Opens the newly designed Cleanup dialog box.
COMPARISON Closes the comparison toolbar and ends the comparison.
COMPAREEXPORT Exports the comparison results to a new drawing called a snapshot drawing and opens the drawing.
COMPAREIMPORT Imports objects from the comparison file into the current drawing. Only the selected objects that are present in the comparison file and not in the current file are imported.
MEASUREGEOM Adds the Quick option for real-time measurements.
AMDIMARRANGE Now supports the arrangement of multiple horizontal and vertical dimensions.
TEXTLAYER Defines a default layer for new text and multiline text objects in the current drawing.

3.1.2 New system variables

BLOCKMRULIST Controls the number of blocks displayed on the Recent tab of the block palette.
BLOCKNAVIGATE Controls the file and blocks displayed on the Other Drawing tab of the Block Palette. Effective the next time the program is started.
BLOCKREDEFINEMODE Controls whether the Block - Redefine Block task dialog box appears when a block from the block palette with the same name as a block is inserted within the current drawing.
BLOCKSTATE Reports whether the block palette is open or closed.

3.2 AutoCAD 2019

3.2.1 New and modified commands

Compare Compare the differences between two revisions of the same drawing or different drawings and highlight them.
-compare The command window is used to compare and highlight the differences between two revisions of the same drawing or different drawings.
COMPARISONINFO Pastes or copies the property information of the two compared drawing files.
FREIGANSICHTENÖFFN Opens the Shared Views palette.
FREIGANSICHTENSCHL Closes the Shared Views palette.

3.2.2 New System Variables

COMPARECOLOR1 Defines the color of the objects that are only present in the first drawing in the file of the comparison result drawing.
COMPARECOLOR2 Defines the color of objects that are only present in the second drawing in the file of the comparison result drawing.
COMPARECOLORCOMMON Determines the color of the objects that are identical in the two compared drawings.
COMPAREFRONT Defines the default display order of overlapping objects in the comparison results drawing.
COMPAREHATCH Determines whether hatch objects are included in the drawing comparison.
COMPAREPROPS Determines whether a change in a non-geometric (display) property is recognized as a change between two drawing revisions.
COMPARERCMARGIN Specifies the offset distance of the boundary frame of a revision cloud that marks the object differences in a comparison result drawing.
COMPARERCSHAPE Determines whether nearby individual changes are merged as a single large rectangle or multiple small rectangles in the comparison results drawing.
COMPARESHOW1 Displays the objects that only exist in the first drawing.
COMPARESHOW2 Displays the objects that only exist in the second drawing.
COMPARESHOWCOMMON Displays the objects that match in both drawings being compared.