Comments on: What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009?

By: Tim English

Tim English — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:08 +0000

fixed (made possible!) the ability to get an Object ID in VLisp, which was broken in the ACAD2008 x64. Useful for adding fields to refer to entities created in VLisp.

By: AutoCAD Designer

AutoCAD Designer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:36:32 +0000

Actually, I’ve never tried it so far. I want to try that.

By: Brian Benton

Brian Benton — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:57:59 +0000

My two favorite features in AutoCAD 2009 are the real time Layer Manager, and the Action Recorder. I use both of them when ever I work.

By: velo

velo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:03:03 +0000

There is nothing that I like about 2009 version.

By: metis

metis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:16:05 +0000

nothing is faster.

layer manager open is great, but it takes so much longer to refresh than “apply” in 08, that i rarely use it.

the advanced recover is great, but the file writing change that brought it about is a nightmare.

i suspect that if 09 ran at close to the 08 speed i’d be using the macro recorder all over the place.

right now, 09 is relegated to background plotting on one core while i work in 08. it does a bang up job.

By: Dan Messenger

Dan Messenger — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:02:59 +0000

I love the fact that I can leave the layer manager open on my other screen while working on drawings.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:17:41 +0000

Apologies in advance for this one:

I really enjoy using the AutoCAD 2009 “Recover” command which is needed to open about half of my drawing files now.

By: Matt Anderson

Matt Anderson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:13:01 +0000

I love the fact that 2009 has recovered some of my problem files from 2008.

By: Chris Cowgill

Chris Cowgill — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:40:43 +0000

I like the ability to have extra screen real estate. the menu browser allows me to hide the menus that I rarely use, and the smaller undocked toolbars allow me to place my control pulldowns in locations I couldnt in previous releases.