R14 New Features

Type	FEATURE	BENEFIT
New	Directory structure under drive:\sm14\	The new directory structure keeps your AutoCAD directories clean. Allows moving and reinstallation of AutoCAD.
New	SM Preferences Dialog	Gives you easy dialog access to all Super menu settings including SM automatic layers (color and linetype), access to menu and alias (PGP) editing.
New	SM AutoLayer Toolbar Button	Now there is immediate on-screen access to Super Menu AutoLayers that can change layer, color and linetype with a single click. Using a new "pop-n-go" technique, a single button in the properties tool bar displays the layer tool bar. When you click a layer, the tool bar disappears keeping your screen clear of clutter. This is faster than the layer pull down or the layer command dialog.
New	Double click = DDmodify	Button 3 on digitizer or Ctrl+shift+button2 on mouse will on "single click" CANCEL (including grips) or on "double click" over an object will use DDMODIFY to view the object's properties.
New	SM Slide Library Manager	Super Slide Library Manager uses a dialog interface to make the management of slides and slide libraries easy - intuitively add, delete and extract. Super Slide Library Manager is available now as a standalone ARX application. Click Here for details and downloadable Demo ....
Enhanced	SM LIST	Sm-lst.lsp (LI), the SUPER MENU equivalent of LIST, now has measures the length of an MLINE. The linearTotals option has been enhanced with a dialog interface and will now totalize Mlines, Splines and LightWeight polylines. The layer filter is now in a pick list and there is an option for selection objects: either global (all) or by user selection. The "Countentities" option will now count all new entities like MTEXT, SPLINES, TOLERANCES, 3DSOLIDS, REGIONS, etc...
New	SM UCS Flip	Not only a quick way of flipping the UCS with out having to think about the axis of rotation but it is a complete interface to the UCS command, UCSICON and DDUCS.
Enhanced	SM INI - No Switch	In the layer, color, linetype definitions in the SM14-INI.LSP file, the ablitiy to turn off autoswitch has been added for commands like dimensions and hatching.
New	Hide Line	If you have a continuous line crossing a circle and the portion in the middle needs to be a hidden or dashed line, this routine does it in 3 clicks.
Enhanced	SM Text Utilities	Now sports a button interface, inclusion of AutoCAD's bonus routines upgraded by SM for MTEXT (like find and replace).
New	SuperAppload	SuperAppload replaces AutoCAD's Apploader. The SM version works from a single directory so you maintain the same choices no matter in what directory you are working. It adds grouped lists too. For instance you can group Electrical routines together and Utilities separately. It's a perfect way to organize shareware. It's Apploader on steriods SuperAppload is available as a standalone routine: Click Here for details and download ....
New	SM Loads only once	Taking advantage of the new persistent AutoLisp feature, SM reloads faster between drawings because SM AutoLisp is bypassed if already loaded.
Enhanced	SM Mk-Vports	Mk-vports has a dialog interface with 15 preset vport configurations. You can even select if you want to automatically configure for the viewports for TOP, SIDE, FRONT and ISO.
Enhanced	SM Delete All	DELALL and DAD now does a deeper purge, switches to layer 0
Enhanced	SM Construction Lines	SM Construction lines now combines into one easy command: SM construction lines, bisections, perpendiculars from an object, tangents to an object, Xlines and Rays. The operation of SM Construction lines are now faster allowing you to bypass the setup options - just start clicking points. Routine allows both normal lines and Xlines, even in Isometric mode. "Perpendicularfrom" and "Tangentfrom" use single picks to define Xlines even on arcs, circles, and text.
New	Tool bar commands	Easy digitizer and pull down access to SM and AutoCAD bonus toolbars and pull down menus.
Enhanced	AutoLine	AutoLine has been combined with the point list maintenance routine
Enhanced	SM Digitizer Overlay	Updated for new R4 commands and includes a more logical organization of entity draw area which includes: SM-Triangle, improved construction lines, SUPER LINE, AutoLINE, Etc..
Enhanced	SM Zoom	SM speeds up zooms when grid is on by momentarily turning it off. During Zoom Extents, the limits area is recalculated as well so the grid fills the viewing area.
New	SM Image Edit	SM-IMEDIT puts all image edit commands, insertion commands and variables in one command allowing you to execute/re-execute them until you arecontent with the image saving many operations. Image Edit: Image/Tranparency/Clip/Frame/Brightness/Quality/Reselect/eXit <C>:
Enhanced	SM Center Snap	SM CSNAP combines 2 commands to find the center of a polygon even if exploded and to find a 3D midpoint (HF).
New	Views to Commands	"Views to Command" will convert named views into commands for fast zooming, ie, if a view called KIT (kitchen) was found, a command called KIT would be created. It will prompt if there is a conflict with an existing function name.
Enhanced	SM Rectangles	Super Menu's RECTROT now incorporates the R14 RECTANG command features allowing you to specify Chamfer, Elevation, Fillet, Thickness, Width while retaining the ability to easily specify the edge lengths, create a square and then rotate the rectangle.
New	Group Selection	SM now allows the selection of a group from a pick list. (short cut: 'GS=groupselect)
New	Light Weight Polylines	New R14 Light Weight Polylines are supported throughout SUPER MENU. For instance, SM-LLEN (line length), an enhanced version of AutoCAD's LENGTHEN, will detect the line type and if a polyline or light weight polyline will now allow you to convert it to the other type along with lengthen, move and add vertex.
Enhanced	Multi-line Edit	SM's MNL now detects POLYLINE, LWPOLYLINE, MLINE, LINE, ARC, 3DFACE or SPLINE and execute an appropriate editing command.
New	SM Pline Variables and C onversion	SM-PLVAR.LSP makes changing polyline and spline variables easy in a simple self-documenting dialog. The integrated Convert button offers access to the CONVERTPOLY command.
Enhanced	SM Setvars	Setvar and the new dialog based bonus routine have been merge into SM-STVAR.LSP for the best of both worlds using the following prompt: Set-inspect system variables: Dialog/Setvar/?/* <D>: Note this dialog based bonus routine takes the place of SM-PREF.LSP.
New	WipeOut	Wipeout has been rewritten to include eraseall and draw options. With the draw option you create a polyline which is automatically closed and converted to a wipeout. The shortcut is WI.
Enhanced	Special Line Types	The Clouds option of BLINE now offers access to the REVCLOUD routine from the bonus routines in R14, however SM's Draw option offers more control and a better looking cloud. The draw option no allows the immediate use of a point and will close automatically. The routine now handles lwpolylines.
Enhanced	Join and Preset Fillets	Shortcuts J, F1-F8, now save and restore the previous fillet radius for use with the native fillet command.
New	Chamfer Presets	Shortcuts CF0-CF8, are chamfer presets in 1/8 of an.
Enhanced	SM Matchprop	SM added select Environment for Matchprop as an alternate option for source object.
Enhanced	SM Block Make	SM-BMAK replaces SM-BLOCK and is based on AutoCAD's Bmake.Lsp. SM adds the ability to "block in place", and to optionally follow the blocking process with WBLOCK and multiple insert.
Enhanced	SM-WBLK	The Wblock part of SM-WBLK.LSP has been improved to make best use of dialog boxes and to allow you to select existing block names from a dialog list.
Enhanced	Hatching	Hatching now switches to the hatching layer and return you to the the previous layer. You can control hatching layer via SM14-INI.
New	Hatch Patterns	There are a few new hatch patterns: Carbon Fiber 6K Tow Material, Random rock or stone wall, Floor: Octagon and square, Floor:Whitney 3D tile, Chain link fencing, and Super Menu. All SM supplied hatch patterns are integrated with BHATCH
Enhanced	Make Object Properties Current	This is the left most button on the Properties toolbar. Will now ask if you want to inherit all of the properties of an object, not just its layer.
New	New Short Cuts	MP=Match Prop, LNE=LineEdit, CF0-8=Chamfer presets, MRC=MoveCopyRotate, SLI=SM Slide Library Manager, SK=Sketch, EI=Edit Image, RGT=Regen Entity, RGA=ReGenAll RLM=ReLoad Menu, CT=CircleTangent, TX=plain TEXT, GT=Geometric Tolerance, TO=sm-adTOl (add/modify/remove tolerances)
New	Hidden Line	New command in SM base will break a line and convert a portion of it to a hidden or dashed line.
Enhanced	Combine Line	Combine line will not join two lines but will combine 2 arcs that were cut from the same circle and it will restore an arc to a circle.
Enhanced	Respace	Respace will now re-align text that is other than Left justified. It still works on blocks.
New	DR: DimRestor plus SD	DR is a powerful new keyboard shortcut that allows you select an exiting dimension, activate it's dimension style (even overrides) and then enter the Super Menu dimension command, SD. Saves lots of clicks!
Enhanced	Dimension break	SM-DMBRK will reblock a dimension with lines erased or breaks in the lines. Two new options use the dimension overrides, DIMSE1 and DIMSE2, to turn of the extension line that you are closest to your pick point.
New	Point Labeler	SUPER MENU's point labeler is similar to a dimensioning command. Its shortcut is PTL. It creates a leader with text on a unique layer. The text lists the point either in the current UCS or world and it assigns a sequential number to the point. After you have identified points in the drawing, you can draw with them using the shortcut 'PW and entering the point number. PWD erase the point list.

Enhanced	Entities Grouped	SUPER MENU's Weld symbols, parts lists, hole charts, and item balloons elements have been group so that they can be select with one click yet the individual pieces can still be edited.
Enhanced	Auto-Ord Dimensions	The Auto-Ord command has been enhanced to allow the display of positive and negative dimensions from 0,0. Since AutoCAD doesn't support negative ordinate dimensions, with this option, the dimension don't update.
Enhanced	Flanges	The flange routine has been completely rewritten with a dialog interface with more user options. All entities are grouped. If 3D is selected and the thickness is 0.0, then the entites will become a region, otherwise a 3D solid.
Enhanced Major!	Grooves	The groove routine has been completely rewritten with a dialog interface with more user options and the ability to select groove dimensions from snap-ring, O-ring and keyway datafiles. Once the groove is created, the elements are joined together in a single polyline.
Enhanced	Snap-Rings	The snap-ring data is organized in several DAT files. The routine to access the file you want now includes a dialog interface.
New	O-Rings	The o-ring data is organized in several DAT files. The routine to access these files is the same as the snap-ring routine with a dialog interface. There is a lot of this data, so we have only populated a small amount as a start for you to add the commonly used sizes in your organization.
Enhanced	Add Tolerance	This dialog based command can add, modify or remove tolerances from dimensions. It now can change the dimension precision for the dimension and the tolerance independently. And you can change between units type like Decimal or Architectural. It can even change the current default setting. It has become so handy, we added a short cut for it - TO. While we were at it, we made GT=tolerance (geometric). So, if you don't care about maintaining dimension styles, you can use four simple shortcuts for your dimension work: SD=Super Dimension, DR=Dimension restore w/SD, TO and GT.
Enhanced	Bending	The bending analysis routine will now allows you to also delete and move forces without exiting. This allows a much faster "what if" cycle.

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