GCP Version 5.0 BETA Features List

3 new Polar Coordinate Entry formats	more standards compatibility
ACAD 2007 DWG DXF file support with Xrefs	keeping up with the Jones'
ACAD Import Status Report	file import status report
Added Macro Slash Commands	additional macro commands
Batch Drawing Conversion	batch convert dwg/dxf files
Batch Print	auto print multiple drawings
Bearing Label angle correction	expanded precision control
Component Background Blot Out Function	make foreground object stand out
Component Place preview	view before placement
Custom 2 letter commands added to MA	add macros to your own toolbar
Custom 2 letter command "do it yourself" Toolbar	make your own toolbar
Differential Scale Arc and Circle Options	2 ways to scale circular arcs
Dimension Change Preview in Dialog	view before placement
Drop Down Menus Updated	expanded menus
Font Edit Preview and Symbol Insertion Feature	easy insertion of degree symbols
Font Selection Preview	view before placement
Gravity Line GV command	easy align text function
Hatch, Text, Component BO Blot Out Background	make foreground object stand out
Job Files - reload and print multiple drawings	reload multiple file jobs
KO Paste OLE Object	Paste Word or Excel Object
Layer Move Data and context menu YH & YD	move data to/from/among layers
Layout TAB Merge Warning	data loss protection
Line Type Added to TE	expanded txt functionality
Load GeoTIFF Image Directly GF command import Georegistered images	Load satellite images and place correctly in real world units
Macro Section of Manual Updated	more macro language help
Matrix Move Command	expanded move functionality
ME,P now allows an 'L' (last option)	expanded measure functionality
Migrate GCP3/4 to GCP5	easy upgrade for previous version
OB around center point	expanded break functionality
OI Information Expanded	more object information text
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding	Insert Word or Excel file into GCP
Paste text into Command Line	paste in text on command prompt
RZ Rescales Bitmap or Geometry	expanded scaling functionality
Save All button	save multiple drawings at one time
Spacebar repeats last MA, VM, and LB macro	helpful utility
Span, Start and End added to OI for Arcs	more object information text
Symbolic Linetypes	Linetypes that contain text and cmps
TAB Windows Summary	expanded info using TAB Windows
Text Blot Out Function	make foreground object stand out
Text Edit font select preview	view before placement
TS shows Spacing settings in parenthesis	feedback on prompt line
View ports and Layout TAB	multiple drawing views feature
Xrefs External Drawing Reference	reference external drawings

The above list is taken from the What's New in GCP 5.1 page in the GCP 5.1 Help Manual. Download the help manual for more details. Click Here

12,272 Free Symbols Architectural, Electrical and Mechanical on downloads page

Support for ACAD XRefs and multi-tabbed Layouts ACAD 2004 - 2006 file format compatibility
LO,A automatically creates tabbed drawings. Our Xbox will replicate XRef functionality.

VCD CAD file input support, VCS symbol input support

YP Layer Protect command

Export bitmap with background color setting option

DL Multiple Drawings at one time in tabbed interface

VT Multiple views of the same drawing in tabbed interface.

Tabbed Multi Document Interface NT command
NT starts a new drawing (untitled) in a new tab. Right click on tab displays a menu to close the tab. RClick on a Tab or in prompt area to get a popup Tab menu.

Magnify command (ZG/Z1/Z2)
Opens a dialog (zoom birdseye) with a magnified view with the drawing cursor at the center. Ctrl + Scroll to zoom in/out on the magnified view. Z1 will set the drawing view = magnified view. Z2 toggles modes.

Windows XP Style File Selector
Functions in Win XP only

HATCH file changes
GCP4 now saves hatch patterns in individual files

AQ command – All settings dialog

EA command – Elliptical Arc

OX on ellipse breaks into arc segments

Group Selection Command (GP)

VS command - Vector sort
Selection options added to WO vector sort command

File locking option for network users (in QT list)
Load file with this on will mark it Read-only. Will warn if DL a read-only file.

Seed Area command IA
Same interface as seed fill. After seed area is found a dialog with options.

Window Option added to Seed Fill IF

Send File (GXD/DWG/DXF/JPG/GIF/TIF)
Commands are in Menu>File>Send. Saves the current drawing and attaches to an email. PDF is missing.

Component Change command MG
Change properties of a component, similar to Hatch Change interface. Change name, scale, rotation, color (yes, color).

Save to Original Folder (in QT list)
Drawing remembers it’s original path and saves to it. DS will ignore the drawing path
and save back to the original path.

LN command - Set Length command - works on Lines, Arcs, and Circles
Set the length of an existing line or arc and radius of circle

S1 command - (Selection > Action prompt)
Regular SE command but on exit an additional prompt to > Print Plot Save Batch clipboard: Cut Copy < This will allow us to do away with explicit Selection Print/Save/Batch

Snap Quadrant Command (SQ)

WC - Hold Down Ctrl and Scroll the Mouse for Multiple Copies

DP = Print only

PL = Plot only
PL brings up the DP interface and will not allow you to go to Print.

deg°min'sec added to Numeric Format command and dim dialog
Another format option for labels, dimensions, statusbar display

Direct distance/regular number entry supports metric suffix (mm, cm, m)
Examples:
LI,0,0,1mm,1mm;
TZ, 5cm;

Match feature added to Text and Dimension dialogs
Allows you to sent the dialogs properties by matching an object. The dialog hides while you are clicking on an object (like BQ).

Macro Enhancement
$OUTPUTFILE -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\General CADD Application\GCP4\Environment\App\OutputFile

LB,$OUTPUTFILE; will look inside Registry and dig out a filename. The registry can be set by an external application like ASC2GXM. Sample macro: /WAITEXE,ASC2GXM,!,LB,$OUTPUTFILE;

Complete Development Details Click Here

Full viewing access to all GXD drawings in Demo Mode
ACAD 2004 File Format Support
Spell Checker SK
Multi Break command UB
Ortho Stop Command OS
Bearing commands for surveyors BD, BL, BG, BQ
Fence Selection and stretch commands
User customizable toolbars
Curve Editing BE, VE, JV
Offset command OT
Text Justify TJ
Load ASCII Text File edit bypass LA
3 point rectangle R3
Change grab point command
Hatch selection HA
persistent commands
expanded extend - trims to any object including components
expanded snaps to any object
expanded object breaks of all objects
Multicopy (MC) - change reference point on the fly
auto pan with middle mouse button AP
retain print settings and improved print options
Fill Selection FL
Group Text GT
Advanced Seed Fill/Hatch commands IF IH
Dimension Arrow Flip AW
Version Control VC
expanded macro commands and features