BricsCAD versus AutoCAD® feature comparison.
Drawings |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Native DWG file format (thru AutoCAD 2021) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Password Protection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
eTransmit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Sheet Set Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Geographic Location |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Drawing Compare |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Cloud Collaboration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Interface |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Dark and Light Color Themes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Industry standard commands, aliases, and variables |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Command Line (Autocomplete, Midstring,
Clickable options)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Start tab |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
File (Drawing) tabs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Model and Layout tabs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Layout Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Menu bar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Toolbars |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Ribbon |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Tool Palettes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Contextual Right-click Menus |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Contextual Quad Menu |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Status Bar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Workspaces |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Searchable Settings (Variables) Dialog Box |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Lockable Interface |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Clean Screen Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Drawing Explorer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Customizable User Interface (CUI) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Structure Browser |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Selection, snap &
track |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Selection Filtering (QSELECT) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Add Selected |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Select Similar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Selection Cycling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Entity Snaps (Osnaps) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Polar Tracking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Zintersection 3D snap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Nearest Distance |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Adaptive Gridsnap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Real-time boundary detection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
2D Dynamic UCS |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
3D Dynamic UCS |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Drawing tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Line, Polyline, 3D Polyline, Spline, Ray, Xline |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Multiline and Multiline Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Circle, Arc, Ellipse, Elliptical Arc |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Polygon, Rectangle, Region, Donut, Point |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Helix |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
2D Parameters, Constraints |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
2D Autoconstrain |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
1 |
1 |
Annotation tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Dimensions, Dimension Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Multi-leaders, Multi-leader Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Single and Multi-line text, Text Styles, Text Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Hatches, Gradients, Hatch/Gradient Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Wipeouts |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Revision Clouds |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Attributes, Attribute Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Tables, Table Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Fields |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Data Extraction |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Data Linking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Annotation Scaling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Spell Check |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
AutoCAD Mechanical Compatibility: Read, Display, Edit (with
limitations) |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Editing tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Mirror, Align |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, Join |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Fillet, Chamfer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
CopyGuided |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
MoveGuided |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Grip Edit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Properties panel |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Manipulator (3D Gizmo) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Draworder |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Undo Per Entity (Property History) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Optimize |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Simplify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Reference tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Blocks, Block Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Dynamic Blocks |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
✓ |
✓ |
Block Face Camera |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Blockify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Associative Arrays |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Dwg (Xref) Attach, Clip, Bind, Edit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
PDF Attach, Clip |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Image Attach, Clip, Adjust, Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Point Clouds Colormap |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Visualization tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Layers, Layer States |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Visual Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
LookFrom (ViewCube™) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Match Perspective |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Lights |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Sun Properties |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Materials |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Render |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Animation Editor |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Walkthrough navigation |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
ANIPATH command |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Modeling tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
ACIS Modeling |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Solid and Surface Modeling |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Solid Primitives |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Mesh Primitives |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Polysolid |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interfere |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Thicken |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Twist |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Fillet, Chamfer |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Slice |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Multi-slice |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
T Connect, L Connect, Connect with Nearest |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Extract Edges |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Direct modeling |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Deformable (Freeform) Modeling |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Audit, Simplify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Stitch |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
3D Parameters, Constraints |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
3D Autoparametrize |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
3D Blockify and ParametricBlockify |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
3D Parametric Design Tables |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Section planes |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Drawing Views: Base, Projected, Section, Detail and Break Views |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
3D Threads |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud Align |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud Bubble Viewer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Civil tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
TIN Surface Modeling |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Civil Points |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
TIN Volume Surface |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Grading |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Alignments |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Profiles (Vertical Alignments) |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Corridors |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Civil 3D Object Enabler |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Boundary Trim |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Building tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
CAD-based BIM features |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Structural Modeling Toolset |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Project Database |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Library Database |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Site, Building and Stories |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Windows and Doors |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Fully Parametric BIM Component Creation |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
3D Spaces |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Quickdraw |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Quickbuilding |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud Floor Detection |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud Projection |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud Geometry Detection |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Point Cloud FitPlanar (geometry detection) |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Propagate |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Custom BIM Properties |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Drawing Customizations |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Analytical Model |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Python Scripts (Beta) |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
Manufacturing tools |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Mechanical Browser |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Parts Library |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Piping |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Assembly Modeling |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Exploded Views |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Kinematic Analysis |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Bill of Materials |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Balloons associated with BOM and Drawing Views |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Sheet Metal Design |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
3D Solids to Sheet Metal Parts Recognition and Conversion |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Corner Relief for Adjacent Edge Flanges |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Lofted Bends |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Other features: Junctions, Miters, Tabs, Form Features |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Coloring |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Diagnostic & Repair for Invalid Sheet Metal Features |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Batch Processing |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Import, export,
output |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Print/Plot |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Publish/Batch Plot |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
CTB & STB Table Files |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
PC3 Printer Configuration Files |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Named Page Setups |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
PDF Import, Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
DAE Import, Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
IFC Import, Export |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
3DM Import, Export |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
LandXML Import, Export |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Import Civil 3D |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
RFA Import |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
SKP Import |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
DGN Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
RVT Import |
- |
- |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
- |
- |
DWF Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
SVG Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
FBX Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
STL Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Point Cloud Export (see below the available formats) |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
las |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
pts |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
Point Cloud Import (see below the available formats) |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
las |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
laz |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
pts |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
ptx |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
e57 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
3 |
rcs |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
rcp |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Additional formats available with BricsCAD Communicator (see below)
|
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
+ / - |
CATIA V4 4.1.9 − 4.2.4 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
CATIA V5 V5R8 − V5−6 R2021 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
IGES up to 5.3 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Inventor V11 − V2022 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
JT 8.x, 9.x, 10, 10.2, JT 10.3, and JT 10.5 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
NX 1 − NX 195311 − NX 1953 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Parasolid 9.0.x − 33.0.x |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Pro/E / Creo 16 − Creo 8.0 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Solid Edge V18 − SE 2021 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
SolidWorks 2003 − 2021 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
STEP AP203, AP214, AP242 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
STL All (Graphical data only) |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
VDA−FS 1.0 − 2.0 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
XCGM R2012 − 2021 1.0 |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Programming |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
ActiveX |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Extended Entity Data Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Script Recorder |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Full LISP Support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
DCL engine |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
COM API |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
VBA Projects Support |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
.NET |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
BRX (ARX) |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
✓ |
TX (Teigha eXtensions) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Licensing |
|
BricsCAD |
AutoCAD® |
Lite |
Pro |
BIM |
Mechanical |
Ultimate |
LT |
Full |
Multi-platform Licenses |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Perpetual |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Perpetual + Maintenance |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Subscription |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Network Multi-user |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Volume (Perpetual) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
- |
Academic |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
(1) You can automatically apply geometric constraints but you cannot automatically
apply a combination of geometric and dimensional constraints.
(2) You can manipulate dynamic block insertions but you cannot create dynamic block
definitions.
(3) In the Autodesk® product suite, Recap is needed to import non-native point cloud
formats and convert to AutoCAD's native rcs/rcp. For las/laz/pts/ptx, Map 3D and/or Civil
3D may be sufficient.