There are numerous new significant functions in ToolPac 13.0, along with many improvements to existing tools.
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| Properties Copy: |
| Copy: |
Copies the DwgProps content to the clipboard for pasting into other open drawings.. |
| Paste: |
Pastes selected DwgProps fields from copied content to the current drawing. |
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| Properties Set: |
Sets specified drawing properties information in multiple selected drawings.
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| Processor: |
Executes multiple processes on multiple selected drawings. For example you could set properties, variables, then purge as the final process. Each process has it's own detailed setting panel.
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| Layer States: |
Processes the layer states of multiple drawings, executing user supplied commands to import, export, rename, etc.
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| Collections: |
An easy to use system for managing a collection of drawings.
| Load: |
Opens the drawings defined in a selected collection file.. |
| Save: |
Saves the names of the currently opened drawings to a specified collection file.. |
| QSave: |
Immediately saves the collection of open drawings to a file for recall. |
| Reload: |
Immediately loads the last saved drawing collection without prompts. |
| Attach: |
Xref attaches the drawings defined in a selected collection file. |
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| Set Variables: |
Quickly sets drawing database variables in multiple drawings without opening them in the editor. 
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| Other: |
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Drawing Compare Detailed improved with additional properties and additional object types. |
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Drawing Purge improved with option to bypass xref dependent objects. |
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Drawing Redefine improved with option to synchronize existing attributes after block is redefined. |
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Added ‘Save As Version’ to most drawing processes such as purging to allow saving back to older file formats. |
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| Annotation |
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| DisEmbed: |
Removes embedded font information from a selection set of dim/mtext objects, assigning them styles. |
| Strip Codes: |
Reassignment of MTS, added support for additional codes and object types.
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| Other: |
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Keynote Process rewritten to generate AutoCAD table object with additional options. |
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Minimum Width renamed to Minimum Size, now sets minimum height also. |
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| Block/Attributes |
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| Anonymous: |
Pick an insert of an anonymous block and rename it, updates all inserts. |
| Multi Detach: |
Quickly removes designated blocks from multiple selected drawings.
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| Review: |
Displays block definitions with user sizeable preview, has wblock and image clipboard/saving options (Requires 2009+).
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| DataLinks: |
An easy to use 2-Way connectivity between Block Attributes and Spreadsheets/Databases. Optionally updates attributes on drawing open, or updates datasources on drawing save.
| Manager: |
Add, edit and remove data block links. Also allows you to export existing attributes to datafiles and creates a link! |
| Update Blocks: |
Update linked block attributes from content stored in data sources. |
| Update Source: |
Update data sources from content stored in linked block attributes. |
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| Other: |
Attribute Value from Text improved with search radius option, eliminates the need to pick text when only one attribute is to be filled. |
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| Display |
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| Other: |
Draworder by Layer improved with in-dialog control over named orders, copying of named orders, invert layers. |
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| Hatch |
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| Other: |
Pattern generator improved with support for random angles, allows selection of almost all AutoCAD objects such as arcs, circles, polylines, etc. |
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| Image |
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| Join: |
Joins multiple tiled image files into a single file. 
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| Split: |
Splits large images into smaller tiles as separate files. 
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| Vectorize Multi: |
Processes multiple image files and makes a DWG for each with resulting geometry in the files model space. 
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| Other: |
Image Link Browse improved with support for AutoCAD hyperlinks. |
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| Import |
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PdfImport improved, places objects on layers present in PDF.
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| Inquiry |
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| PlotStyle: |
| List: |
Lists the contents of CTB and STB files with export and printing options. 
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| Compare: |
Compare two plot style table files (CTB/STB) for differences between them. 
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| Transparent Distance/Offset: |
Allows you to pick any linear object then specify the distance along the object and offset. |
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Area Summary improved with addition of Hatch objects. |
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| Layout |
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| From Underlay: |
Creates multiple selected layouts from sheets contained in DWF underlays. 
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| Other: |
Layout Manager improved with addition of image captures of selected layouts written to the drawing folder. |
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| Polyline |
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| Midway: |
Creates a polyline mid way between two selected polylines. |
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| Tables |
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| Calendar: |
Creates a table object with rows representing a specified calendar date range. 
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| Xrefs |
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| Drawing Attach: |
Attaches (with control) multiple xrefs to multiple selected drawings. 
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| Drawing Detach: |
Detaches all or selected drawings from multiple selected drawings. 
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| Purge: |
Removes all unreferenced (unused) xref definitions in the current drawing. |
| Path: |
Changes all xref paths to relative or absolute in multiple selected drawings. |
| Lookup: |
Reverse lookup, evaluating all drawings in a folder (and optional subfolders) to see if they reference one or more selected drawings. 
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| Other: |
Data Report improved with printable tree view, instant preview, font selection, more save and export options. 
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| General |
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| 2011 Support: |
Full support for AutoCAD 2011, including hookup and system variables. |
| 64bit Support: |
Entire application is fully 64bit compatible, no 32bit VBA code in use. |
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