Unloaded XREFs that are renamed are not automatically loaded.

Unloaded XREFs can be opened from the External References palette.

Nested (child) XREFs that are not found display as 'Orphaned' instead of 'Unreferenced.'.

Find and replace can update all occurrences of an XREF path with a new path.

Saving a drawing to a different location that includes relative path XREFs prompts the user to update the relative paths.

When attaching XREFs, the default is relative path instead of full path.

The Combine Text tool combines many individual text objects into one multi-line text object.

Form data support has improved when importing PDFs.

Geometry imported from a PDF is scaled to real-world size in model space if all of the viewports are of the same scale.

Rotated TrueType text in imported PDF files no longer creates upside-down text.

PDF import and PDF attach tools display thumbnail previews in the Select File dialog.SHX text from PDF files can be converted from geometry to text.Linetype gap behavior supports complex and DGN linetypes.Selection is maintained when panning and zooming to other parts of a drawing that cause the selected objects to go off screen.A rubber-band line temporarily stretches dynamically as the cursor moves between two points in the drawing area.The Status bar displays when system variables deviate from their preferred values.

The Layer Control option is part of the Quick Access Toolbar menu.

The Select Color dialog supports direct entry of RGB values.

The Draft Settings dialog box can be resized.

The File navigation dialog box remembers the sort order (e.g., alphabetical, file size, date modified) and displays in that order.

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Autocad 2018 updates