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TurboCAD Professional v17 |
AutoCAD LT 2011 |
DoubleCAD XT Pro v2 |
TurboCAD Deluxe v17
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| Input |
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| Command Line Input |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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| Dynamic Input for coordinate values and dimension lengths |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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| Dynamic Input Prompts |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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| Inspector Bar |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Coordinate Systems |
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| Absolute |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Extents |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Orthographic |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Polar |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Relative |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| User Definable |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| World |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| UI Customization/Preferences |
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| Command List Filter |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Context Sensitive Tools |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Coordinate System screen position |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Cursor Shape |
3
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2 - highly customizable
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3
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3
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| Customizable User Interface, including Toolbars and Menus |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Design Director |
(Design Director) for Cameras, Categories, Graphic, Layers, Lights, Views, and Work planes
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No
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(Design Director) for Cameras, Categories, Graphic, Layers, Lights, Views, and Work planes
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(Design Director) for Cameras, Categories, Graphic, Layers, Lights, Views, and Work planes
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| Design Center |
No
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Yes - Blocks, DimStyles, Layer, Layouts, Linetypes, Tablestyles, Textstyles, Xrefs
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No
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No
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| Grid |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Lock Toolbars |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Lock Palettes |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Movable, Dockable Toolbars |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Scale List Manager |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Redway Redsdk Wireframe Drawing speed-up |
Yes
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No
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No
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No
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| Rulers |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Scrollbars |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Shortcut keys |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Status Bar |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Toolbars |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Variable aperture size for cursor |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Visibility States for Blocks |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Views, Cameras, Viewing |
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| Pre-defined Views |
12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW)
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No
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12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW)
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12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW)
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| By Workplane |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By World |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Camera Movements |
10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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No
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10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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| Camera Object Views |
10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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No
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10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
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| Cursor Move |
3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points
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Yes
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3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points
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3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points
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| Pan |
2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan
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Yes
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2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan
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2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan
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| Perspective |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Previous |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| QuickTime Movie Creation |
Yes - Object and Panoramic
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No
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Yes - Object and Panoramic
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Yes - Object and Panoramic
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| Orthographic |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Origin |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Walkthrough |
Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide, Walk
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No
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Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide, Walk
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Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide, Walk
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| Zooms |
Discrete levels and including smooth infinite zoom
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Discrete levels and smooth zoom transitions
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Discrete levels and including smooth infinite zoom
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Discrete levels and including smooth infinite zoom
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| Workplane Settings |
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| Auto Workplane |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By 3 Points |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By Entity/Object |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By Facet |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By View |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By World |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| By Z Axis |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Named |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Origin |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Orthographic |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Previous |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Show/Hide |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| General Editing Tools, Other |
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| Align |
Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line.
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Yes
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Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line.
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Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line.
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| Batch File Converter |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Copy |
Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Array Fit, Linear Fit, Radial Fit, Mirror, Offset, Vector.
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Yes, 6 types - Array, Linear, Mirror, Offset (including to specific layers), Rotated, Scaled. Also can paste to Link and paste to Block
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Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Array Fit, Linear Fit, Radial Fit, Mirror, Offset, Vector.
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Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Array Fit, Linear Fit, Radial Fit, Mirror, Offset, Vector.
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| Database Connectivity Manager/Palette |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Distribute |
Yes, 8 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Distance, Space
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No
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Yes, 8 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Distance, Space
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Yes, 8 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Distance, Space
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| Drawing Compare Utility |
Yes - Platinum ver.
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Draw Order |
Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One
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Yes
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Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One
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Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One
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| Drawing Recovery Manager |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Geometric Aids |
Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions
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Yes
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Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions
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Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions
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| Explode |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Group |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Hidden Line Settings |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Integrated Calculator |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Line Width Scaling |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Macro Recorder |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Multiple UNDO/REDO |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| MultiText |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Org Chart Wizard |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Page Setup Manager |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Plotting/ Plot Style Manager |
Limited
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Yes - comprehensive options
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Limited
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Limited
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| Pre-defined Drawing Templates |
17
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22, four of which are tutorials
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17
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17
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| Print Style Manager |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Raster to Vector Tracings (integrated) |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Sheet Sets, Sheet Set Manager |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Spell Checker |
Yes - selected text or entire drawing
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Yes - entire drawing
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Yes - selected text or entire drawing
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Yes - selected text or entire drawing
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| Symbols/Block Editors |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Table Styles |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Table Style Manager |
No
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Yes, including editor for Dynamic Blocks
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No
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No
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| Tables |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Simple Text |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Multi Text |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Text Along a Curve |
Yes
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Yes (Express tool)
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Yes
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Yes
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| Transforms |
Yes - 4
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Yes - 4
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Yes - 4
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Yes - 4
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| Transform Recorder |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Layers |
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| Create Custom Layer Sets |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Fading Locking Layers |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Freeze/Unfreeze |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Layer Filters |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Layer Properties |
8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible
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Yes
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8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible
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8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible
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| Layer Properties Manager |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Lock/Unlock |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Plotstyle |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Layer Order |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Set Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Name |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Workspace Settings |
Not pre-defined; however can be customized
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3 pre-defined also, unlimited number of user-defined custom Workspaces
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Not pre-defined; however can be customized
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Not pre-defined; however can be customized
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| 2D Drawing Tools |
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| Arcs |
13 tools
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1 arc tool with multiple ways of creating arcs
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13 tools
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13 tools
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| Bezier curve |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Circles |
8 types
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6 types
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8 types
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8 types
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| Construction Lines |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Donut |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Double Lines |
Yes - 8 tools
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Yes
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Yes - 8 tools
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Yes - 8 tools
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| Ellipses |
3 tools
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2, plus elliptical arcs
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3 tools
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3 tools
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| Gear Contour generator |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Irregular Polygon |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Lines |
5 tools
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?
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5 tools
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5 tools
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| Multilines |
Yes - 8 tools
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Yes
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Yes - 8 tools
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Yes - 8 tools
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| Parallel Lines |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Perpendicular Lines |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Points |
6 styles
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20 styles
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6 styles
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6 styles
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| Regular Polygon (equal length sides) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Polyline |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Ray |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Region |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Revision Cloud |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Spline curve |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| 2D Editing/Modifying |
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| Array copy |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Arc Compliment |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Boolean Add, Subtract and Intersect |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Break |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Chain/Join polyline |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Chamfer |
Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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| Convert to Curve |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Drafting Palette - create associative 2D X-sec.from 3D models |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Extend |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Extend Objects to Boundary |
Yes - only for lines
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Yes
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Yes - only for lines
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Yes - only for lines
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| Fillet |
Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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Yes - multiple options
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| Format Painter |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| In-Place Text Editing |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Insert Bullets, Numbering, Alphabetic list into multitext |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Insert +/- tolerancing symbols into multi-text |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Intersect 2 Double Lines |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Join |
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls
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Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs
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Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls
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Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls
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| Line Length |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Meet 2 Double Lines |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Meet 2 Lines |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Move Curve points |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Multiple Object Trim and Extend |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Object Trim |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Offset |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Profile Along a Path |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Scale |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Section Detail |
Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| Selection Fence |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Shrink/Extend tool |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Split |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Stretch objects |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Trim |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Vector copy - distance and angle |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Viewport Explode - Flatten 3D models to 2D Geometries |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| X Meet Double Lines |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| 2D and 3D Measurements |
|
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| Angle |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Area |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Calculate Hatch Areas |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Center of Gravity |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Coordinates of the Point |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Curve Length |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Distance |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Extra Data from Objects (Including Blocks and Attributes) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Geometric Analysis |
Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus, Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative to Axis
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Base Moments of Inertia only
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Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus, Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative to Axis
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No
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| Insert Formulas into a Table |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Link Table data to Excel spreadsheet and vice versa |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Mass |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Mid-point between two points |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Surface Area and Volume of 3D Surfaces |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Volume |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Blocks, Symbols and Parametric Parts |
|
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| 2D and 3D Symbols |
Thousands
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Thousands, via Design Center Online
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Thousands
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Hundreds
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| Block Editor |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Compound Profiles, Constraints in Blocks |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Dynamic Blocks |
No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| In-place Editing of Blocks and Groups |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Parametric Part Libraries |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Parametric Parts Manager and Scripting Language |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Pre-defined Blocks |
0
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472 in Design Center
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0
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Yes
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| Relocate Block Reference Point |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Specify Block Insertion Point, Rotation and Scaling |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Surface Roughness Symbol |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Visibility Control |
No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| Weld Symbol (parametric) |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Xclip support |
Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| XREFs |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| XREF Binding |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| XREF Manager |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Constraints and Tolerances |
|
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| Automatic Dimensions |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Driving Dimensions |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Dimensional Constraints |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Geometric Constraints |
Yes -16 different types
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No
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Yes -16 different types
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No
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| Geometric Tolerances |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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| Tolerance symbols |
1
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14
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1
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No
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| Dimensions |
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| Types |
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new)
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16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc Length, Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Diameter, Inspection, Jogged Linear, Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear, Ordinate, Quick, Radius, Rotated
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16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new)
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16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new)
|
| Associative |
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions
|
Yes
|
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions
|
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions
|
| Automatic |
Yes
|
Yes - through Qdim command
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Break and Space |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Center Mark tool |
Yes - if center snap enabled
|
Yes
|
Yes - if center snap enabled
|
Yes - if center snap enabled
|
| Dimension Style Manager/Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Exploded |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Flip Dimension Arrow |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Inspector |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Fractional |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multileader |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Non-associative |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Set Tolerances to Dimensions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Hatching and Fills |
|
|
|
|
| Associative |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calculate Hatch Areas |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Edit Hatch boundaries |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Gradient fills |
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation
|
Yes - 18 types
|
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation
|
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation
|
| Hatch Patterns |
Comes with 76, additional can be created
|
Comes with 68, additional can be created
|
Comes with 76, additional can be created
|
Comes with 76, additional can be created
|
| Hatch Pattern editor (user definable) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Imperial Hatch Patterns |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Island detection |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ISO Hatch Patterns |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Path |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Pick point |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Printing and Paper Space Lay-out |
|
|
|
|
| Annotative Objects and Properties |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Automatically Scale Annotative Properties |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Named Viewports, Insert into Paper Space |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CTB Print Style Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Drawing Status Bar |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Overlay Layer Properties by Viewport |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Snaps |
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection
|
23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, End Point, Extension, From, Intersection, Insert, Mid-point on line, Mid-point between two points, Nearest Point, Node, Orthogonal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Point filters (6 different), Quadrant, Tangent , Temp. Track Point
|
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection
|
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection
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| |
|
|
|
|
| 3D Drawing and Editing |
|
|
|
|
| Overall |
Complete - see below
|
No
|
Complete - see below
|
Limited
|
| Align |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Assemble |
Yes, 6 tools - By Axis, by 3 Points, by Edge and Point, by Facet, by Tangents, Set Assembly Axis
|
No
|
No
|
Yes, 3 tools - By 3 Points, by Edge and Point, by Facet
|
| Automatic Workplane by Face |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Bend tool |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blending, with preview |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Boolean Add (Union), Subtract, Intersect |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Boolean Slice |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Branched Lofting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Compound Profiles |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Solid from Face |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Solid from Surface |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Surface from Face |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Surface from Profile |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Create Surface from Solid |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Extrude |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Extrude to Face |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Face-to-face Lofting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Facet editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Facet offset |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Filleting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Flange |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Geometric Tolerance tool |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Helix tool |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Hole tool |
Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Imprint |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Intersect and Slice |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Lofting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Offset |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Part Tree with Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Patterns |
Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Piping (convert from 3D fillet) |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Polylines |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Press/Pull (Quick Pull) |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Primitives - solid and surface |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
TC Surfaces only
|
| Revolve |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Section |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Shell solid |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Splines |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Surfaces from 2D profiles |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Sweeps |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Thread tool |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Tube Bend |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Tube Flange |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Twisted Extrude |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Unbend Sheet |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Unfold Face |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| 3D Modeling |
|
|
|
|
| Solid Modeler |
Yes - ACIS® v20
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Deformable Modeling |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Rendering and Visualization |
|
|
|
|
| 256-color Shading |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Alpha Channel support on PNG and GIF file exports |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Apply different materials to different facets of the same object |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Advanced Render Styles, including Sketch Rendering |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Ambient Lights |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Camera position |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Color Palettes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Color Transparency |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Director/Editor/Palette for managing environments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Environment/Reflection Maps |
Yes - including Environments Editor
|
No
|
No
|
Yes - including Environments Editor
|
| Index Color Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Landscape Library |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Lighting Controls - Time of Year, Time of Day |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Lighting Variables |
Dozens including: Angle, Color, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only)
|
No
|
Minimal
|
Dozens including: Angle, Color, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only)
|
| LightWorks Archive support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Luminance of Objects |
Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager
|
No
|
No
|
Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager
|
| Lighting , Luminance Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Material Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Material Types for rendered objects* |
Over 700 Materials
|
No
|
No
|
Over 700 Materials
|
| Material mapping to surface type |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Motion Path Animation |
No - requires Animation Lab plug-in
|
No
|
No
|
No - requires Animation Lab plug-in
|
| Open GL rendering |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photometric Lighting settings |
Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen
|
No
|
No
|
Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen
|
| Photorealistic Rendering |
Yes - LightWorks® v7.5
|
No
|
No
|
Yes - LightWorks® v7.5
|
| Photo Ray trace Rendering |
Yes - LightWorks®
|
No
|
No
|
Yes - LightWorks®
|
| Procedural Maps for Materials |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quick Time VR Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ray tracing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Render Styles |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Set Shadow Casting, Receiving by Object |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| True Color Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Architectural, Civil Tools |
|
|
|
|
| Convert double polyline to wall |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Doors - Parametric** |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Edit Profile for Doors and Walls |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Import of DWG files with AutoCAD Architecture/ADT Extensions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Integrated Building Materials Scheduler (1st Pricing) |
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks
|
No
|
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks
|
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks
|
| Markers |
Yes - 4 styles
|
No
|
Yes - 4 styles
|
Yes - 4 styles
|
| Multi-Component Walls |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Muntins |
Yes - for Doors and Windows, Platinum ver.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Rail tool |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Roof tool |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Schedule |
Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver.
|
No
|
Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver.
|
Yes
|
| Slab Tool |
Yes - Platinum ver.
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Sections and Elevations Tool |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Stairs - Parametric** |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Style Manager Palette |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
| Terrain tool |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Walls - Curved and Straight |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wall Bottom and Top Modifier tools |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Wall Dimension tool |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Wall Linking |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Windows - Parametric** |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Woodworking Layout Wizard and tool |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Join/Split/Modify/Dimension Walls |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability |
|
|
|
|
| File Open, Insert or attach Bitmap |
31 formats, see separate table
|
|
31 formats, see separate table
|
17 formats, see separate table
|
| File Save as or Export |
31 formats, see separate table
|
|
31 formats, see separate table
|
19 formats, see separate table
|
| HTML Publishing Formats |
JPG, DWF, PNG
|
JPG, DWF, PNG
|
JPG, DWF, PNG
|
JPG, DWF, PNG
|
| Proxy Object Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Programmability |
|
|
|
|
| API, AutoLISP, VBA, VisualLISP support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Included SDK |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Macro Recorder |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Documentation, Online Help, Tutorials, and Support |
|
|
|
|
| Context-sensitive Help |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Free Email and Web-based support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Free Telephone Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Integrated Tutorials |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Reference Manual |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Printed Getting Started Guide |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Searchable, Indexed Online Help |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| * See Material Libraries Tab for full listing |
|
|
|
|
| ** See Stairs, Windows and Doors tab for full listing |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| 2D Drawing Tools |
|
|
|
|
|
| Arcs |
13 tools |
|
1 arc tool with multiple ways of creating arcs |
13 tools |
13 tools |
| Bezier curve |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Circles |
8 types |
|
6 types |
8 types |
8 types |
| Construction Lines |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Donut |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Double Lines |
Yes - 8 tools |
|
Yes |
Yes - 8 tools |
Yes - 8 tools |
| Ellipses |
3 tools |
|
2, plus elliptical arcs |
3 tools |
3 tools |
| Gear Contour generator |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Irregular Polygon |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Lines |
5 tools |
|
? |
5 tools |
5 tools |
| Multilines |
Yes - 8 tools |
|
Yes |
Yes - 8 tools |
Yes - 8 tools |
| Parallel Lines |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Perpendicular Lines |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Points |
6 styles |
|
20 styles |
6 styles |
6 styles |
| Regular Polygon (equal length sides) |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polyline |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ray |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Region |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Revision Cloud |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spline curve |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2D Editing/Modifying |
|
|
|
|
|
| Array copy |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Arc Compliment |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Boolean Add, Subtract and Intersect |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Break |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Chain/Join polyline |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Chamfer |
Yes - multiple options |
|
Yes - multiple options |
Yes - multiple options |
Yes - multiple options |
| Convert to Curve |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drafting Palette - create associative 2D X-sec.from 3D models |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Extend |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extend Objects to Boundary |
Yes - only for lines |
|
Yes |
Yes - only for lines |
Yes - only for lines |
| Fillet |
Yes - multiple options |
|
Yes - multiple options |
Yes - multiple options |
Yes - multiple options |
| Format Painter |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| In-Place Text Editing |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Insert Bullets, Numbering, Alphabetic list into multitext |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Insert +/- tolerancing symbols into multi-text |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Intersect 2 Double Lines |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Join |
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls |
|
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs |
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls |
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls |
| Line Length |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Meet 2 Double Lines |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Meet 2 Lines |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Move Curve points |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Object Trim and Extend |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Object Trim |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Offset |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Profile Along a Path |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scale |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Section Detail |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Selection Fence |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shrink/Extend tool |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Stretch objects |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trim |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Vector copy - distance and angle |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Viewport Explode - Flatten 3D models to 2D Geometries |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| X Meet Double Lines |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2D and 3D Measurements |
|
|
|
|
|
| Angle |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Area |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calculate Hatch Areas |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Center of Gravity |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Coordinates of the Point |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Curve Length |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Distance |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extra Data from Objects (Including Blocks and Attributes) |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Geometric Analysis |
Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus, Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative to Axis |
|
Base Moments of Inertia only |
Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus, Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative to Axis |
No |
| Insert Formulas into a Table |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Link Table data to Excel spreadsheet and vice versa |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Mass |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-point between two points |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Surface Area and Volume of 3D Surfaces |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Volume |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Blocks, Symbols and Parametric Parts |
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| 2D and 3D Symbols |
Thousands |
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Thousands, via Design Center Online |
Thousands |
Hundreds |
| Block Editor |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Compound Profiles, Constraints in Blocks |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Dynamic Blocks |
No |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
| In-place Editing of Blocks and Groups |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Parametric Part Libraries |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Parametric Parts Manager and Scripting Language |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-defined Blocks |
0 |
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472 in Design Center |
0 |
Yes |
| Relocate Block Reference Point |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Specify Block Insertion Point, Rotation and Scaling |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Surface Roughness Symbol |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Visibility Control |
No |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Weld Symbol (parametric) |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Xclip support |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
| XREFs |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XREF Binding |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XREF Manager |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Constraints and Tolerances |
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| Automatic Dimensions |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Driving Dimensions |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Dimensional Constraints |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
No |
| Geometric Constraints |
Yes -16 different types |
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No |
Yes -16 different types |
No |
| Geometric Tolerances |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Tolerance symbols |
1 |
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14 |
1 |
No |
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| Dimensions |
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| Types |
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new) |
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16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc Length, Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Diameter, Inspection, Jogged Linear, Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear, Ordinate, Quick, Radius, Rotated |
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new) |
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new) |
| Associative |
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions |
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Yes |
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions |
Yes - plus editable driving dimensions |
| Automatic |
Yes |
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Yes - through Qdim command |
Yes |
Yes |
| Break and Space |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Center Mark tool |
Yes - if center snap enabled |
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Yes |
Yes - if center snap enabled |
Yes - if center snap enabled |
| Dimension Style Manager/Editor |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Exploded |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Flip Dimension Arrow |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Inspector |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Fractional |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multileader |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Non-associative |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Set Tolerances to Dimensions |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Hatching and Fills |
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| Associative |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calculate Hatch Areas |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Edit Hatch boundaries |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Gradient fills |
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation |
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Yes - 18 types |
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation |
Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation |
| Hatch Patterns |
Comes with 76, additional can be created |
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Comes with 68, additional can be created |
Comes with 76, additional can be created |
Comes with 76, additional can be created |
| Hatch Pattern editor (user definable) |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Imperial Hatch Patterns |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Island detection |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO Hatch Patterns |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Path |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pick point |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Printing and Paper Space Lay-out |
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| Annotative Objects and Properties |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatically Scale Annotative Properties |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Create Named Viewports, Insert into Paper Space |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CTB Print Style Support |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drawing Status Bar |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Overlay Layer Properties by Viewport |
No |
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Yes |
No |
No |
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| Snaps |
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection |
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23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, End Point, Extension, From, Intersection, Insert, Mid-point on line, Mid-point between two points, Nearest Point, Node, Orthogonal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Point filters (6 different), Quadrant, Tangent , Temp. Track Point |
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection |
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane Intersection |
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| 3D Drawing and Editing |
|
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| Overall |
Complete - see below |
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No |
Complete - see below |
Limited |
| Align |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Assemble |
Yes, 6 tools - By Axis, by 3 Points, by Edge and Point, by Facet, by Tangents, Set Assembly Axis |
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No |
No |
Yes, 3 tools - By 3 Points, by Edge and Point, by Facet |
| Automatic Workplane by Face |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Bend tool |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Blending, with preview |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Boolean Add (Union), Subtract, Intersect |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boolean Slice |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Branched Lofting |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Compound Profiles |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Create Solid from Face |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Create Solid from Surface |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Create Surface from Face |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Create Surface from Profile |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Create Surface from Solid |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Extrude |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Extrude to Face |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Face-to-face Lofting |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Facet editing |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Facet offset |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Filleting |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Flange |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Geometric Tolerance tool |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Helix tool |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Hole tool |
Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Imprint |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Intersect and Slice |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Lofting |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Offset |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Part Tree with Editor |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Patterns |
Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Piping (convert from 3D fillet) |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Polylines |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Press/Pull (Quick Pull) |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Primitives - solid and surface |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
TC Surfaces only |
| Revolve |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Section |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Shell solid |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Splines |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Surfaces from 2D profiles |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Sweeps |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Thread tool |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Tube Bend |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Tube Flange |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Twisted Extrude |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Unbend Sheet |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Unfold Face |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
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| 3D Modeling |
|
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| Solid Modeler |
Yes - ACIS® v20 |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Deformable Modeling |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
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| |
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| Rendering and Visualization |
|
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| 256-color Shading |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Alpha Channel support on PNG and GIF file exports |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Apply different materials to different facets of the same object |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Advanced Render Styles, including Sketch Rendering |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Ambient Lights |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Camera position |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Color Palettes |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Color Transparency |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Director/Editor/Palette for managing environments |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Environment/Reflection Maps |
Yes - including Environments Editor |
|
No |
No |
Yes - including Environments Editor |
| Index Color Support |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Landscape Library |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Lighting Controls - Time of Year, Time of Day |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Lighting Variables |
Dozens including: Angle, Color, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only) |
|
No |
Minimal |
Dozens including: Angle, Color, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only) |
| LightWorks Archive support |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Luminance of Objects |
Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager |
|
No |
No |
Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager |
| Lighting , Luminance Editor |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Material Editor |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Material Types for rendered objects* |
Over 700 Materials |
|
No |
No |
Over 700 Materials |
| Material mapping to surface type |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Motion Path Animation |
No - requires Animation Lab plug-in |
|
No |
No |
No - requires Animation Lab plug-in |
| Open GL rendering |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photometric Lighting settings |
Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen |
|
No |
No |
Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen |
| Photorealistic Rendering |
Yes - LightWorks® v7.5 |
|
No |
No |
Yes - LightWorks® v7.5 |
| Photo Ray trace Rendering |
Yes - LightWorks® |
|
No |
No |
Yes - LightWorks® |
| Procedural Maps for Materials |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Quick Time VR Support |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Ray tracing |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Render Styles |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Set Shadow Casting, Receiving by Object |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
| True Color Support |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Architectural, Civil Tools |
|
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| Convert double polyline to wall |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Doors - Parametric** |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Edit Profile for Doors and Walls |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Import of DWG files with AutoCAD Architecture/ADT Extensions |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated Building Materials Scheduler (1st Pricing) |
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks |
|
No |
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks |
Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Blocks |
| Markers |
Yes - 4 styles |
|
No |
Yes - 4 styles |
Yes - 4 styles |
| Multi-Component Walls |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Muntins |
Yes - for Doors and Windows, Platinum ver. |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Rail tool |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Roof tool |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Schedule |
Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver. |
|
No |
Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver. |
Yes |
| Slab Tool |
Yes - Platinum ver. |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Sections and Elevations Tool |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Stairs - Parametric** |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Style Manager Palette |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Limited |
| Terrain tool |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Walls - Curved and Straight |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wall Bottom and Top Modifier tools |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Wall Dimension tool |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Wall Linking |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Windows - Parametric** |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Woodworking Layout Wizard and tool |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Join/Split/Modify/Dimension Walls |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Interoperability |
|
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| File Open, Insert or attach Bitmap |
31 formats, see separate table |
|
|
31 formats, see separate table |
17 formats, see separate table |
| File Save as or Export |
31 formats, see separate table |
|
|
31 formats, see separate table |
19 formats, see separate table |
| HTML Publishing Formats |
JPG, DWF, PNG |
|
JPG, DWF, PNG |
JPG, DWF, PNG |
JPG, DWF, PNG |
| Proxy Object Support |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Programmability |
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| API, AutoLISP, VBA, VisualLISP support |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Included SDK |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Macro Recorder |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
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| Documentation, Online Help, Tutorials, and Support |
|
|
|
|
|
| Context-sensitive Help |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Free Email and Web-based support |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Free Telephone Support |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated Tutorials |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| PDF Reference Manual |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printed Getting Started Guide |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Searchable, Indexed Online Help |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
