In my presentations this week here in Atlanta at IWF 08, I mentioned I would re-post a partial list of AutoCAD 2009 customer requested features we refer to as AutoCAD Fit and Finish or F3 and are not normally in the main marketing brochures.

• MTEXT in-place spell checking
• MTEXT runs from the ribbon bar
• eTransmit: Purge drawings before packing
• eTransmit: Option to save or not save drawing before packing
• Dynamically update Xclip frames
• Export layouts to model space
• Geographic location enabling
• Material mapping enhancements
• Find and replace text in blocks
• Find and replace text in xrefs
• Find and replace text using wildcards
• Pin most recently used (MRU) documents
• Sort MRU documents by type, date, or alphabetically
• Wblock enhancements
• Array now supports zoom and pan during preview
• Nonrectangular viewport support in Properties palette
• Missing plotters are now prefixed with “Missing”
• Purge now includes the shortcut key for Close
• DWFx format based on XML specification
• Enhanced tooltips
• Customizable dynamic help
• Show Me animations embedded in help file
• Enhanced task dialog boxes
• InfoCenter search bar searches knowledge base and forums
• Dynamic tooltips link directly to subject help
• Hover mouse over objects to list properties
• Windows Vista® logo certified
• Build 64- and 32-bit deployments from a single computer
• Customer Involvement Program enhancements
• Customer error reporting round-trip notification
• Performance enhancements
• Stability enhancements
• Prior version licensing support
• ShowMotion™ feature to create animated playback
• Improved 2D navigation tools
• DGN version 7 and 8 support
• DGN translation enhancements

And there is even more as all features begin with a customer request or research.

Cheers,
Shaan