Some new multi-functional grips were introduced in AutoCAD 2011, and more have been added to AutoCAD 2012 for lines, dimensions, mleaders, and arcs. See the images below for the new options.

A change to how SNAP works. In 2012, the cursor only snaps to grid points while specifying points – not all of the time, so you can leave SNAP enabled and still move the cursor freely around.

Groups have been around in AutoCAD for a long time. AutoCAD 2012 makes them easier to use and edit by placing the four most frequently used group tools right on the Home Tab in the Group panel. The interaction of these commands is slightly different also. If you enable the new Group Bounding Box, when a member of the group is selected a single grip and a bounding box of the groups members is displayed. Empty groups can now be purged with the Purge command.

Imageframes have always been a problem. You need them ON to select the image, but you turn them OFF so they will not plot. Well, now you can have both. Set FRAMESELECTION to 1 and the image frames will remain hidden until you pass the cursor over the edge, at which point the frame will appear so that you can select the image. When you are done the frame goes away.

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