Native Commands added to GCP include:
A1 Aligned linear dimension
A5 Arc 5 tangent arcs [draw]
AB Arc to Bezier curve [utility]
AP Auto Pan [or pan with middle mouse button]
AQ All settings Query [list box]
AU AUto save [utility]
BA Bezier curve to Arc [utility]
BD Bearing/Distance [direct entry of property lines]
BE Bezier curve Edit
BG BearinG/distance [settings]
BL Bearing/distance Label
BQ B-spline Quadratic parabola curve [draw]
CQ Component Query [list & place]
CT ConverT [ATB, CMP, FNT, SHX, GCD, HCH, PAT & TT font files to GCP format]
DK Drawing Kleen [removes double & zero length objects from file]
DQ Dimension Query settings [dialog box]
EC Edit Configuration [Access & revise program .cfg files directly from the program]
ES fEnce Stretch
FB File Bug report online [E-mail]
FL FilL selection
FV Fraction Value [setting]
GG Batch/macro de-buGGer [utility]
GTGroup Text [individual letters to string, etc]
H1 Horizontal-1 linear dimension
HA HAtch selection
HE Displays the extensive html HElp [utility]
HG Hatch chaGe
HO Hatch Origin [relocate]
IF Insertion Fill [improved seed fill]
IG ImaGe bitmap object [Place, scale & rotate BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF & WMF files into drawing]
IH Insertion Hatch [improved seed hatch]
IM IMport: [.gcd, .dwg, dxf, .ai, .wwf & .emt files plus the HPGL .dpf, .txt, .plt & .hpg files]
JV Join bazier curVes
LD LeaDer pick first
LF Load Font to edit an existing or create a new GCP .gxf vector font [utility]
LM Layer Manager [list box]
LP Last Point [snap]
M1 Measure 1-area [utility]
M2 Measure 2-point angle [utility]
M3 Measure 3-point angle [utility]
MC Multi Copy [edit now allows change of reference point on the fly]
OS Ortho stops Settings
OT Off seT
OX Object eXplode
P4 Path 4 to .gcd vector files [setting]
P5 Path 5 to .dwg vector files [setting]
P6 Path 6 to dxf vector files [setting]
PP ProPerty settings [dialog box]
QC Query Commands [list box]
QE Quick text Edit [also works on leader text, now shows rotated bounding box]
QT Query Toggle [on/off] settings [pop-up with More & Close buttons] added save layer status in file option.
R3 Rectangle 3-Point [draw object]
RN Restore eNvironment saved settings [select saved drawing configuration style from list]
RS Re-Sort drawing by entity order [dialog box ]
S1 Save as GCP version 1.0x format
S2 Snap mid point between 2 points
SF Save Font after edit or creation
SK Spell checKer for text & leaders
SU Snap Universal [to pre-established snap points]
TB move selected objects To Back of RedrawDisplay order
TF move selected objects To Front of RedrawDisplay order
TJ Text Justification
TN ThumbNail [on/off] settings [for Drawings, Components & Hatches]
TQ Text Query [settings & editing dialog box]
TY Text laYer [settings for specific or current layer]
UB mUlti Break an object.
UP Universal Points [set reference points coordinate locations]
UY aUto dimension laYer [settings for specific or current layer]
V1 Vertical-1 linear dimension
V2 Version 2 GXD [save as]
VC Version Control for saved drawing files.
VE curVe Edit [complex spline]
WK Window Kleen [removes all double & zero length objects from file]
WO Window sOrt [utility]
WV Window conVert lines to arcs
XC restricts Cursor to drawing area
XP eXPort bitmap [jpg, bmp, tif, png files] & Vector Drawing files [ACAD R-9 thru R-2004 files]
XX lists all 2-letter commands [see QC above]
YU laYer Un-name by: [Selected, Unused or All layers]
ZE Zoom bird's Eye view

3.0 beta work still in progress:
Snaps: Perpendicular Line, Tangent Line, Midpoint, & to Intersection of all objects.
— Snap Perpendicular to Bezier curve.
Trims for Line, Spline Curve, Bezier, Parabola, & Arc to all objects.
Extend Line to all objects.
Object Break all curves
Offset command
Printer Settings will add a Create Printer Settings File option.
Printer & Plotter Color Map (formally Pen Map) will have a print order field.
Auto Load Color Map.
Arc Info added to macro /EEX (Center point, radius, span angle, arc length, area)
Selection: Last source/copied options

Improved Native Commands include:
CN Component New replacement [now allows selection.]
DC Display Coordinates [Manual entry, Absolute, Relative, & Basepoint added]
DI DIsplay screen settings [Background, rubberbanD, Grid & Highlight color, menu Font,
— Menu tips, pOint size, cursor Prompt & Rotate cursor to ortho angle settings added]
DL Drawing Load all importable file extensions added to the dialog box.
DP Drawing Print or Plot HPGL/2 [Date & Time Stamp on DP output & set custom plotter page size added]
DR Drawing Rotate allows changing the Grab Point.
EN ENvironment [save current & name multiple drawing configuration styles]
FA FAst redraw settings [new toggles are added for fonts & fills]
FP File Paths [GCD, Plot files, Image & aTtributes added]
HS Hatch/fill Settings [Origin change & display fIll added]
LA Load Ascii editor bypass [checkbox setting in TE dialog]
LO LOad file GCD, CMP, MCR, ASCII and DWG/DXF
— [GXD, Read GCD Header, Unit settings for DWG/DXF, Image files & aTtribute files added]
LV Load Video side menu runs GC6 MNU or native GXM files [improved menu selection list box]
OI Object Information [additional geometric data is listed plus additional text copy and paste options.]
P1 Path 1 to .gxd vector files [was to .GCD]
P2 Path 2 to .gxc component block files [was to .CMP]
P3 Path 3 to .gxf font files [was to .FNT]
RO ROtate now allows changing the Grab Point.
SA Save As [screen Image, gxd v.1 v.2, generic friendly dwG & dxF files, & R9 – R2004 added]
SE SElection [select by Allow right/left crossing, Invert, fEnce, & coNnected added]
— Commands such as CG ChanGe, DG Drawing chanGe, OG Object Change, WG Window chanGe,
— & YG laYer chanGe, etc also have these additional select by features.
SZ SiZe [will now re-scale a circle into an ellipse]
TS Text Settings [Bold & laYer added]
WR Window Rotate allows changing the Grab Point.
YN laYer Name [Longer layer names are permitted]

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