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This release also expands the support of CAD data as GIS content by adding support for hatch entities as polygons and the recognition of Civil 3D Geodata coordinate system definitions, as well as additional improvements. In addition, a new Microsoft .NET software development kit (SDK) gives developers expanded options to customize, automate, and extend ArcGIS for AutoCAD. What's new in ArcGIS for AutoCAD Blog: What's New in ArcGIS for AutoCAD (November 2025)  ... View more

New functionality The following new functionality has been added to this release: Image layer processing templates- Imagery layers you add to the drawing may have processing templates that you can select between to change the visual display of the imagery and the included information layers. For example, some information layers may include raster functions for vegetation indices, elevation products (such as slope, aspect and hillshade), or image classification results. Configurable symbol layer- You can now specify which AutoCAD layer is used for web feature layers. The specified AutoCAD layer will determine where web features will be draw on and the layer that is tracked when edits are made. Prior to this release all web feature layers were drawn and tracked on AutoCAD layers dictated by ArcGIS for AutoCAD based on the web feature name; prefixed with "esri_". This is still the default behavior, but can now be overridden using the Change Symbol Layer configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface. Query Expression - This is the query you would like to apply to the service when we request features to be drawn. (ex: STATENAME = "TEXAS", in order to only draw features from the state of Texas) You can modify the web feature layer's query expression when you use the Change Query Expression configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface Web feature layer property templates- The various configurable options of a web feature layer can be stored within the current drawing and, or a standard AutoCAD template drawing to jump start these desired properties within new drawings. These properties can be persisted with the drawing and will be used anytime the corresponding web feature layer is added the drawing. Web feature layer property templates are created and saved when you use the Add to Layer Templates configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface Expanded portal authentication support- Standard OAuth, SAML, PKI, IWA, KERBEROS options have been tested successfully. User interface changes New user interfaces and changes to existing interfaces have been made to provide you with control to new capabilities and improvements to using the software as follows: Attachments preview window- has been updated to use webview2 as the preview engine for attachments. This give us better tools to view photos and now lets us preview additional file types such as PDF files. Files that cannot be previewed will be downloaded to your machine. Credential Persistence- You can now save your login credentials so that you don't have to input your login info every time you work with a portal in ArcGIS for AutoCAD. Credentials are stored in an encrypted file in your user folder. Signing out of a portal will clear this file from your machine. Attribute Editor user interface- A combo box has been added to switch between feature layers for a more compact layout. The dialog box now also supports the dark theme setting. Suppressing the splash screen- You now have the option to suppress the display of the splash screen using the application settings JSON file, or using the new Esri_Config command. New ArcGIS for AutoCAD AutoLISP functions and commands New commands and AutoLISP functions have been added to help you in the automation and customization of ArcGIS for AutoCAD as follows: Esri_Config- You now have the option to suppress the ArcGIS for AutoCAD splash screen when the application is loaded and override the creation of curved features when synchronizing curves with a web feature layer. Quality improvements and significant bug fixes Add Data- This release fixes an issue when searching within a group. The groups are now presented in the user interface alphabetically. Table of contents- The layers are now organized alphabetically. Branch versions- You can now add branch web layers that do not include a version management server. These layers are now added as non-branch layer. Check it out on the ArcGIS Online Blog: What's New in ArcGIS for AutoCAD (January 2025) ... View more