Save A Copy As

A new option has been added to Copy Reference Files with the project. In Pro and Core.

Save Incremental

This command increments your project file name with a number and saves the project in its current location. (Or, to the Documents folder for unnamed projects). Use this liberally, and you will never lose a good design. In Pro and Core.

Paste Attributes

This command pastes attributes from a previously copied object (via File > Copy or CMD/CTRL-C), into any currently selected objects. When selected, the Paste Attributes Options dialog is presented which allows you to choose which attributes you want to replace in the selected objects. In Pro and Core.

New Layer From Selection

This command makes it easier to organize Object? Layers. It places all of the selected objects on a Layer (and optionally make the new Layer active). When selected, the New Layer From Selection dialog is presented for defining the layer name and options. If a Group is selected, the new Layer is created in the selected Layer Group. You can also control the visibility of the new layer and make it active. In Pro and Core.

Rename Objects

Well-named objects clarify your design intent and aid collaboration with architects, designers and fabricators. Cleaning up those names also eliminates frustration when searching through the objects palette. This command provides a powerful suite of batch renaming methods. In Pro.

New Materials from Images

This command accelerates the process of building new materials from large collections of texture maps (image files). It can be used to speed up the process of recreating materials originally built in another renderer or to quickly ingest brand or packaging graphics provided by a client.

When provided a collection of image maps (jpg, png, tif, etc.), New Materials from Images will create a new material for each as the color, transparency, or bump map. Optionally, the command can infer from the filename how each image should be mapped to each channel. New Materials from Images offers a table-based preview indicating how the channels of each new material will be mapped, so you can be sure you?ll get your desired result before clicking 'Create.' In Pro.

Updating Views and Scenes

In previous versions updating a view and scenes was cumbersome as you had to create a new view, delete the old, and rename and re-order. The list. This can now be achieved in a single step. The Views and Scenes palettes have a new options ?Update View? and ?Update Scene?. When selected, the current view or scene settings are saved into the active item in the palette (overwriting the current setting). In Pro and Core.