March 15, 2005 - AutoCAD 2006 and its family of products was announced by Autodesk
March 15, 2005, Autodesk announced that it is releasing AutoCAD 2006 and 2006 based family of products. This new release promises many new enhancements in the areas of drafting, standards and file management. Learn about the new features in AutoCAD 2006 by visiting the new What's New in AutoCAD 2006 section of the web site. The section is dedicated to showing many of the new features of AutoCAD 2006.

References updated for AutoCAD 2006:
AutoCAD Quick Guide Reference (PDF)
Command Quick Guide Reference

Related AutoCAD 2006 web sites:
Ellen Finkelstein (Author AutoCAD Bible) - AutoCAD 2006
JTB World - AutoCAD 2006 Preview
Lynn Allen's Blog
AutoCAD 2006 Product Page - Autodesk.com
Ten Links - Autodesk 2006 Section
Chris Yanchar's Blog - Between the Walls by (ADT 2006)
Shaan Hurley's Blog - Between the Lines

Background Mask command for Mtext
I have just finished a program that allows you to use all the functionality of the Background Mask for Mtext without the need to go through the Mtext editor. Click here to go to the AutoLISP Downloads page.