BricsCAD V14 (Windows) |
BricsCAD V13.2 (Linux) |
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| Files |
| Native .dwg 2013 file format |
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| dwg for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2013 |
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| Password protection |
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| Xrefs in-place editing |
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| PDF underlays |
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| Export to PDF using style tables |
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| Export to DWF 2D & 3D |
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| Export to SVG |
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| User File Manager |
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| eTransmit |
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| WORKSETS command |
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| Sheet set manager |
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| Chapoo® (upload, share, view, annotate documents in the cloud) |
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| Communicator (extended import/export) (9) |
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| Interface |
| CUI menus and toolbars |
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| Visual menu customization |
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| Industry standard commands |
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| Command Line with auto completion |
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| Extended Drawing Explorer |
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| Searchable Settings Manager |
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| Quad cursor |
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| Extended Quad cursor 2D/3D |
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| Tool palettes |
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| Selection, Snap & Track |
| Selection preview |
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| Quick Select tool |
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| ADDSELECTED command |
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| SELECTSIMILAR command |
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| Cycling through entities or subentities during selection |
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| Hot grips for multiple grip points modification |
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| eSnap |
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| SnapTrack™ & Polar tracking |
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| 3D |
| 3D surfaces |
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| ACIS viewing |
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| Full ACIS modeling & editing |
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| Direct modeling |
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| SWEEP command |
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| Sheet metal design |
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| Hardware library (more than 30.000 standard parts) |
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| Geometric 3D constraints creation |
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| Geometric 3D constraints solving |
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| Design intent |
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| Section planes |
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| Generative drafting |
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| Powerful rendering engine |
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| Visual styles |
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| Walkthrough navigation |
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| HELIX command |
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| Mechanical |
| Mechanical browser |
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| Assembly modeling (hierarchical structures of mechanical components) |
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| Assembly viewing |
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| Assembly constraints |
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| Kinematic analysis |
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| Bill of materials |
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| Dimensions |
| Dynamic dimensions |
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| Quick dimension |
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| Associative dimensions |
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| Association of an existing dimension to an entity |
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| Dimension text in-place editing |
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| Dimensional 2D constraints |
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| Dimensional 2D constraints using expressions |
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| Text |
| Multi-language character set |
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| In-place WYSIWYG MTEXT editor |
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| MTEXT via internal or external editor |
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| QLEADER command (leader and leader annotations) |
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| MLEADER |
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| Annotative Styles |
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| Spelling |
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| Fields |
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| Hatch |
| Gradient hatches |
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| Custom patterns |
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| HATCHEDIT command |
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| Trim/extend of/to hatch pattern entities |
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| Raster images |
| Raster image support (clipping, transparency, ...) |
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| Support for ECW and JPEG2000 |
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| Support for MrSID |
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| Other |
| Real time pan & zoom |
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| Support for 3Dconnexion mouse |
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| Multithreaded display regeneration |
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| Non-rectangular viewports |
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| ALIGNSPACE command (aligns objects between modelspace and paperspace) |
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| CONVERTPOLY command |
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| MVSETUP command |
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| Preview filter |
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| Layer preview |
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| Layer States Manager |
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| Layer filters |
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| Multilines and multiline styles |
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| Array dialog |
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| Block insertion from drawing |
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| Block attribute definition manager |
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| Block attribute redefinition |
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| Dynamic blocks support (4) |
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| Dynamic input |
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| Dynamic UCS (temporarily switch to surface of 3D solid) |
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| Geometric 2D constraints |
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| Edit properties of multiple entities |
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| Tables & table styles |
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| SOLPROF command |
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| FLATSHOT command |
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| User Profile Manager |
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| Printing |
| CTB & STB table files |
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| PC3 printer configuration files |
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| Import & editing of page setups |
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| PUBLISH command |
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| Shade plot for paperspace and modelspace viewports |
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| Layout printing with combinations of viewports and different visual styles |
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| Printer calibration |
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| Programming |
| ActiveX, including in-place editing |
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| Entity data editor |
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| Script recorder |
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| Full LISP support with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support |
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| LISP encryption |
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| Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) |
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| DCL engine |
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| COM API |
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| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
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| VBA DVB projects support |
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| .NET |
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| BRX (BricsCAD Runtime eXtension) |
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| TX (Teigha eXtensions) |
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| CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions |
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| Legacy menu MNU and MNS file support |
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| API for toolbar and menu customization |
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| Licensing |
| Single |
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| All-In |
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| Network |
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| Volume |
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| Academic |
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