Users could lock toolbars in place, preventing accidental dragging or closing of critical interface elements.

: Dimensions, angles, and prompts appeared right next to the cursor.

If you currently use AutoCAD 2025 but inherited a 2006 workflow, here is what you need to know about migrating:

However, it is now nearly two decades old. Unless you are maintaining an old drawing archive or learning CAD history, you should use a modern version (or a free alternative like DraftSight or LibreCAD). For its time, it was excellent. For today, it is a museum piece—a very good museum piece.

: To use the older multiline editor instead of the 2006 version, you can set this variable to OLDEDITOR .

: Users could perform basic arithmetic (sums, averages, and counts) within AutoCAD tables, similar to a spreadsheet. The TABLEEXPORT command also allowed exporting these tables to CSV files for use in Excel.