A new Autodesk software release often brings a number of new commands, and AutoCAD 2017 is no different. To help you all out, I’ve put all of these new commands in one easy to use table where you can see which new commands are in AutoCAD and which new commands are in AutoCAD LT.
| New commands | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| 3DPRINTSERVICE | Sends a 3D model to a 3D printing service. | X | |
| CENTERDISASSOCIATE | Removes associativity of center marks or centerlines from objects they define. | X | X |
| CENTERLINE | Creates centerline geometry associated with selected lines and polylines. | X | X |
| CENTERMARK | Creates an associative, cross-shaped mark at the center of a selected circle or arc. | X | X |
| CENTERREASSOCIATE | Associates or reassociates a center mark or centerline object to selected objects. | X | X |
| CENTERRESET | Resets the centerlines to the current value specified in the CENTEREXE system variable. | X | X |
| ONLINEDESIGNSHARE | Publishes design views of the current drawing to a secure, anonymous Autodesk A360 location for viewing and sharing in a web browser. | X | X |
| PDFIMPORT | Imports the geometry, fills, raster images, and TrueType text objects from a specified PDF file. | X | X |
| -PDFIMPORT | Imports the geometry, fills, raster images, and TrueType text objects from a specified PDF file. | X | X |
| New system variables | Description | AutoCAD | AutoCAD LT |
| CENTERCROSSGAP | Determines the gap between the center mark and its centerlines. | X | X |
| CENTERCROSSSIZE | Determines the size of the associative center mark. | X | X |
| CENTEREXE | Controls the length of the centerline extensions. | X | X |
| CENTERLAYER | Specifies a default layer for new center marks or centerlines. | X | X |
| CENTERLTSCALE | Sets the linetype scale used by center marks and centerlines. | X | X |
| CENTERLTYPE | Specifies the linetype used by center marks and centerlines. | X | X |
| CENTERLTYPEFILE | Specifies the loaded linetype library file used to create center marks and centerlines. | X | X |
| CENTERMARKEXE | Determines whether centerlines extend automatically from new center marks. | X | X |
| CURSORTYPE | Determines the cursor type of your pointing device. | X | X |
| LTGAPSELECTION | Controls whether you can select or snap to the gaps on objects defined with non-continuous linetype. | X | X |
| PDFIMPORTFILTER | Controls what types of data is imported from the PDF file and converted to AutoCAD objects. | X | X |
| PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH | Specifies the folder where referenced image files are extracted and saved when importing PDF files. | X | X |
| PDFIMPORTLAYERS | Controls what layers are assigned to objects imported from PDF files. | X | X |
| PDFIMPORTMODE | Controls the default processing when importing objects from a PDF file. | X | X |
| PDFSHX | Controls whether text objects using SHX fonts are stored in PDF files as comments when you export a drawing as a PDF file. | X | X |
| PLINEGCENMAX | Sets the maximum number of segments that a polyline can have for the application to calculate the geometric center. | X | X |
| TEXTEDITMODE | Controls whether the TEXTEDIT command repeats automatically. | X | X |
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