BricsCAD V14 (Windows) |
BricsCAD V13.2 (Linux) |
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Native .dwg 2013 file format |
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dwg for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2013 |
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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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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 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 |
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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 |
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Network |
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