Introduction > New in Version 8

The short list of feature additions and changes in the current release:

Headlines:

•	Plan view tools

•	Cloud storage

•	Faster drawing engine

•	Faster data access

New Features

•	Ribbon interface. We have enhanced the user experience with the addition of the ribbon menu and gallery controls.

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•	Support for DWG 2015.

We now support dwg 2000-2015

•	Groups in drawings.

Now you can group ungroup entities.

•	Nudge position command.

Use the Up/Down/Left/Right arrows to move entities in the drawing.

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•	Built-in PDF viewer. Now pdf files are enumerated in the project drawings folder. Double-clicking them now invokes the built-in pdf viewer.

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•	Better docking. You can now tear away a drawing or any other window and place it on your other monitor.

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Details

•	We have modified the project database to store the drawing file as binary data in the database and to sync with files on difference machines.

•	We have modified the drawings table to work with relative paths in support of the previous item.

•	We have added plan view fields to the Equipment Library.