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Monday, August 25, 2025

ACTCAD 2026 New Version Released, Dt. 23-Aug-2025

ACTCAD 2026 new version released based on latest IntelliCAD 14 engine. Below is a detailed list of improvements:

  • All new Black UI theme
  • Improved speed and performance
  • Several improvements to User interface
  • Implemented new commands QRTEXT and QRLEADER
  • Implemented auto-fill functionality in Table editing
  • Improved Data Extraction tool with new filter option for refining output
  • Support for detachable drawing windows
  • New transparency option for command window adds visual flexibility
  • Support for Autodesk® Revit® 2025 files
  • SVG file import
  • Geospatial support for Esri® imagery support in the GEO command
  • API enhancements for both LISP and the .NET platform
  • Implemented Lisp Debugger inside Visual Studio Code
  • Added several new LISP functions
  • Performance improved in .NET functions for specific view-related functions
  • Improved Network Licensing Technology, users can change license server themselves
  • Added several RASTERDRAW tools for inserting and managing images with advanced controls
  • Added SHURL to shorten and clean URLs directly within drawings
  • Introduced REPURL to replace existing URLs attached to entities
  • Added CHURL to change or edit URLs linked to drawing objects
  • Introduced PDFLAYERS to manage and control PDF layers imported into drawings
  • Added DWFLAYERS to handle layers in Design Web Format (DWF) files
  • Introduced DGNLAYERS to manage layers from imported DGN (MicroStation) files
  • Added ULAYERS to isolate and control unused layers in drawings
  • Introduced UCLIP to unclip and restore full extent of clipped references
  • Added SLOPEBLOCK for creating slope representation blocks in civil drawings
  • Introduced SLOPEAREA to calculate slope area directly from entities
  • Added CVSPLINETOSLOPE to convert spline curves into slope profiles
  • Introduced HOLECHART with associative updating technology
  • Added POWERDIMENSION for advanced dimensioning options with precision control
  • Introduced SHP2BLK to convert shapefile geometries into drawing blocks
  • Added POINTTEXT to convert points into editable text labels
  • Introduced TEXTPOINT to convert text into point objects
  • Added TRIANGULATE command to generate triangulated surfaces and meshes
  • Introduced SJOIN for smart join functionality to merge entities efficiently
  • Added POLYREVERSE to instantly reverse polyline direction
  • Fixed certain issues in ARRAYPATH Command
  • Optimized Trim and Extend functionalities

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