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    Rotate text placed at arbitrary angle back to 0 or 90 degree

    command or key-in for text that is placed at an arbitrary angle be easily rotated to sit at 0 or 90 degrees to match other text placed horizontally, without having to delete it and then re-entering it.
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 6 Already exists

    Pick more attributes through ALT + left mouse click

    Some of you may already know that you can pick and subsequently activate layer, line style, weight and colour by left-clicking on an element with the ALT key held down instead of changing those settings one by one.I would love to see this extended...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 2 Already exists

    Pattern Styles

    Adding to the concept of Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Multiline Styles, etc. it would be very helpful to create and save Pattern Styles.A basic implementation would be the ability to save Hatch and Cross Hatch settings to an AutoCAD .pat file th...
    almost 6 years ago in General 2 Needs review

    Enable/Disable Feature with True/False Variable

    I see the enable toggle under feature properties but it would be much more powerful if you could tie it to a variable and let a true/false variable define it's state. This would allow users to turn many features on or off based on a single variable.
    almost 6 years ago in 3D Modeling 2 Future consideration

    Truncate leading digits in text favorite

    It would be helpful when annotating geometry/terrain/point elevations to be able to truncate the first two digits of the elevation: XX(XX.XX) format. Example 1234.56 becomes 34.56. The smaller number saves space on staking plans. This could be an ...
    5 months ago in  1 Needs review

    Display Rules -> New Action -> View Command

    This idea adds a new Display Rule action to run a command or have a list of View Control commands that can automatically apply to the active view, all views, or create a Saved View or other View Options.
    5 months ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

    The ability to simultaneously edit Variables in many parametric cells.

    It would be very useful to be able to edit Variables in multiple parametric cells at the same time. For example, I would like to create an abutment by placing several Custom Abutments (abutment body, wing walls, foundation, excavation, etc.) all t...
    about 2 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    Disable Item Type Units on Reports

    When I create an Item Type that is a number, I am able to select the Units. However, when I create a report with the item types, it displays the units in the column as well. I would like a way to disable showing the units in the column. This way, ...
    over 3 years ago in General 1 Needs review

    Items Types for Nested Elements

    Attaching nongraphic and parametric info to CAD elements is a key part of delivering and supporting data-centric / BIM workflows. It is currently only possible to attach Item Types to the top level Cell header, after the Cell is placed. This is a ...
    over 4 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

    Save AS DWG with Display Rule options

    Within MS2023/2024 there is a sperate option to export a DGN to DWG with the Display Rules. I would like the current Save AS DWG and Export to DWG to have an option to include Display rules, rather than having it as a separate option with no contr...
    about 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review