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BricsCAD vs. AutoCAD Feature Comparison |
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| BricsCAD | AutoCAD | ||||||
| Lite | Pro | BIM | Mechanical | Ultimate | LT | Full | |
| Drawings | |||||||
| Native DWG file format (thru AutoCAD 2021) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Password Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| eTransmit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geographic Location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interface | |||||||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ribbon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contextual Right-click Menus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contextual Quad Menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Status Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workspaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Searchable Settings (Variables) Dialog Box | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Lockable Interface | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean Screen Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Explorer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Customizable User Interface (CUI) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structure Browser | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Selection, Snap & Track | |||||||
| Selection Filtering (QSELECT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add Selected | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Cycling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Entity Snaps (Osnaps) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar Tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zintersection 3D snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Nearest Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Adaptive Gridsnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Real-time boundary detection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| 2D Dynamic UCS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| 3D Dynamic UCS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Drawing Tools | |||||||
| Line, Polyline, 3D Polyline, Spline, Ray, Xline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiline and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Circle, Arc, Ellipse, Eliptical Arc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polygon, Rectangle, Region, Donut, Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 2D Parameters, Constraints | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Annotation Tools | |||||||
| Text, Multi-line Text, Text Styles, Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimensions, Dimension Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-leaders, Mult-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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Date Extraction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Data Linking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annotation Scaling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spell Check | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editing Tools | |||||||
| Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Mirror, Align | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, Join | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fillet, Chamfer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CopyGuided | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Grip Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Properties Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manipulator (3D Gizmo) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Draworder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reference Tools | |||||||
| Blocks, Block Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Blocks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Face Camera | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Blockify | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Associative Arrays | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dwg (Xref) Attach, Clip, Bind, Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF Attach, Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image Attach, Clip, Adjust, Transparency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Point Cloud Preprocess, Attach, Crop, Colormap | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Visualization Tools | |||||||
| Layers, Layer States | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visual Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| LookFrom (ViewCube™) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Match Perspective | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Lights | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Sun Properties | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Materials | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Render | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Animation Editor | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Walkthrough navigation | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| ANIPATH command | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Modeling Tools | |||||||
| ACIS Modeling | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Solid and Surface Modeling | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Solid Primitives | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Mesh Primitives | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Polysolid | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interfere | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Thicken | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Twist | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Fillet, Chamfer | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Slice | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Multi-slice | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| T Connect, L Connect, Connect with Nearest | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Extract Edges | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Direct modeling | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Deformable (Freeform) Modeling | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Audit, Simplify | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Stitch | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 3D Parameters, Constraints | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 3D Autoparametrize | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 3D Parametric Design Tables | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Section planes | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Drawing Views | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Civil Tools | |||||||
| TIN Surface Modeling | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| TIN Volume Surface | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Grading | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Alignments | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Civil 3D Object Enabler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Architectural Desktop Object Enabler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| CADWorx Object Enabler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Architectural Tools | |||||||
| BIM features | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Structural Modeling Toolset | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Project Database | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Library Database | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Site, Building and Stories | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Windows and Doors | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Fully Parametric Window Creation | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | o |
| Rooms (Spaces) | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 3D Rooms | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Quickdraw | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | o |
| Propagate | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | o |
| Mechanical Tools | |||||||
| Mechanical Browser | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Parts Library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 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 | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| SMEXTRUDE Command | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| SMRIBCREATE Command | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| 3D Solids Conversion to Unfoldable Sheet Metal Parts | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Corner Relief for Adjacent Edge Flanges | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Lofted Bends | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Coloring | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Diagnostic for Invalid Sheet Metal Features | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Batch Processing | o | o | o | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Import, Export, Output | |||||||
| Print/Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish/Batch Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CTB & STB Table Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PC3 Printer Configuration Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF Import, Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DAE Import, Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| IFC Import, Export | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| 3DM Import, Export | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| LandXML Import, Export | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| RFA Import | o | o | ✓ | o | ✓ | o | o |
| SKP Import | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| DGN Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DWF Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| FBX Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| STL Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Additional formats available with BricsCAD Communicator |
o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Programming | |||||||
| ActiveX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| Entity data editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| 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 | ✓ |
| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| VBA DVB projects support | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| .NET | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| BRX (ARX) | o | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | ✓ |
| TX (Teigha eXtensions) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Licensing | |||||||
| Multi-platform Licenses | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Perpetual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Perpetual + Maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network Multi-user | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Volume (Perpetual) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | o | o |
| Academic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| (1) You can manipulate dynamic block insertions but you cannot create dynamic block definitions. | |||||||
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