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BIM |
Mechanical |
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Drawings |
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Native DWG file format (thru AutoCAD 2021) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Password Protection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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eTransmit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Sheet Set Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Geographic Location |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Drawing Compare |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Cloud Collaboration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Interface |
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Dark and Light Color Themes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Industry standard commands, aliases, and variables |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Command Line (Autocomplete, Midstring, |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Start tab |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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File (Drawing) tabs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Model and Layout tabs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layout Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Menu bar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Toolbars |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Ribbon |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Tool Palettes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Contextual Right-click Menus |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Contextual Quad Menu |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Status Bar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Workspaces |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Searchable Settings (Variables) Dialog Box |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Lockable Interface |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Clean Screen Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Drawing Explorer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Customizable User Interface (CUI) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Structure Browser |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Selection, Snap & Track |
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Selection Filtering (QSELECT) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Add Selected |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Select Similar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Selection Cycling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Entity Snaps (Osnaps) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Polar Tracking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Zintersection 3D snap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Nearest Distance |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Adaptive Gridsnap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Real-time boundary detection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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2D Dynamic UCS |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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3D Dynamic UCS |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Drawing Tools |
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Line, Polyline, 3D Polyline, Spline, Ray, Xline |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multiline and Multiline Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Circle, Arc, Ellipse, Elliptical Arc |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Polygon, Rectangle, Region, Donut, Point |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Helix |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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2D Parameters, Constraints |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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2D Autoconstrain |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
2 |
2 |
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Annotation Tools |
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Dimensions, Dimension Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multi-leaders, Multi-leader Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Single and Multi-line text, Text Styles, Text Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hatches, Gradients, Hatch/Gradient Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Wipeouts |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Revision Clouds |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Attributes, Attribute Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Tables, Table Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Fields |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Data Extraction |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Data Linking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Annotation Scaling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Spell Check |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Editing Tools |
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Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Mirror, Align |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, Join |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Fillet, Chamfer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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CopyGuided |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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MoveGuided |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Grip Edit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Properties Panel |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Manipulator (3D Gizmo) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Draworder |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Undo Per Entity (Property History) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Optimize |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Simplify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Reference Tools |
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Blocks, Block Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dynamic Blocks |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✓ |
✓ |
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Block Face Camera |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Blockify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Associative Arrays |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dwg (Xref) Attach, Clip, Bind, Edit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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PDF Attach, Clip |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Image Attach, Clip, Adjust, Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Point Clouds Colormap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Visualization Tools |
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Layers, Layer States |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Visual Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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LookFrom (ViewCube™) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Match Perspective |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Lights |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Sun Properties |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Materials |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Render |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Animation Editor |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Walkthrough navigation |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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ANIPATH command |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Modeling Tools |
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ACIS Modeling |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Solid and Surface Modeling |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Solid Primitives |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Mesh Primitives |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Polysolid |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interfere |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Thicken |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Twist |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Fillet, Chamfer |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Slice |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Multi-slice |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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T Connect, L Connect, Connect with Nearest |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Extract Edges |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Direct modeling |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Deformable (Freeform) Modeling |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Audit, Simplify |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Stitch |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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3D Parameters, Constraints |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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3D Autoparametrize |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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3D Blockify and ParametricBlockify |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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3D Parametric Design Tables |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Section planes |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Drawing Views |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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3D Threads |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud Align |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud Bubble Viewer |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Civil Tools |
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TIN Surface Modeling |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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TIN Volume Surface |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Grading |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Alignments |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Corridors |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Civil 3D Object Enabler |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Architectural Desktop Object Enabler |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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CADWorx Object Enabler |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Architectural Tools |
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BIM features |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Structural Modeling Toolset |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Project Database |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Library Database |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Site, Building and Stories |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Windows and Doors |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Fully Parametric BIM Component Creation |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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3D Spaces |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Quickdraw |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Quickbuilding |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud Floor Detection |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud Projection |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud Geometry Detection |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Point Cloud FitPlanar (geometry detection) |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Propagate |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Custom BIM Properties |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Drawing Customizations |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Analytical Model |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Python Scripts (Beta) |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Mechanical Tools |
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Mechanical Browser |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Parts Library |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Piping |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Assembly Modeling |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Exploded Views |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Kinematic Analysis |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Bill of Materials |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Sheet Metal Design |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
3D Solids to Sheet Metal Parts Conversion |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Corner Relief for Adjacent Edge Flanges |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Lofted Bends |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Coloring |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Diagnostic for Invalid Sheet Metal Features |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Batch Processing |
o |
o |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Import, Export, Output |
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Print/Plot |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Publish/Batch Plot |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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CTB & STB Table Files |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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PC3 Printer Configuration Files |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Named Page Setups |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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PDF Import, Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DAE Import, Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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IFC Import, Export |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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3DM Import, Export |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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LandXML Import, Export |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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RFA Import |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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SKP Import |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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DGN Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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RVT Import |
o |
o |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
o |
o |
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DWF Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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SVG Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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FBX Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
STL Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
Point Cloud Export |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Additional formats available with |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Programming |
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ActiveX |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Entity data editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Script Recorder |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
Full LISP Support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
DCL engine |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
COM API |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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VBA DVB projects support |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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.NET |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
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BRX (ARX) |
o |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
✓ |
|
TX (Teigha eXtensions) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Licensing |
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Multi-platform Licenses |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Perpetual |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Perpetual + Maintenance |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
|
Subscription |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Network Multi-user |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Volume (Perpetual) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
o |
o |
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Academic |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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(1) You can manipulate dynamic block insertions but you cannot create dynamic block definitions. (2) You can automatically apply geometric constraints but you cannot automatically apply a combination of geometric and dimensional constraints. |
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