Bangalore, India
Key for table interpretation:
(✸) New feature
(1) To be implemented.
(2) Windows 32 bits only.
(3) Partial.
(4) Defining dynamic blocks is not possible yet.
(5) View only. Edit under development.
(6) Without MFC classes.
(7) View/edit only. Not create.
(8) Limited (no rendering).
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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 drawings and documents) |
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Interface |
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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 |
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Selection preview |
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Quick Select tool |
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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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X-Solids |
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X-Hardware |
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Geometric 3D constraints |
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Design intent |
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Section planes |
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Powerful rendering engine |
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Visual styles |
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Walkthrough navigation |
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Mechanical |
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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 |
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Dynamic dimensions |
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Associative dimensions |
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Association of an existing dimension to an entity |
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Dimensional 2D constraints |
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Dimensional 2D constraints using expressions |
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Text |
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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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Spelling |
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Fields |
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Hatch |
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Gradient hatches |
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Custom patterns |
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Trim/extend of/to hatch pattern entities |
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Raster images |
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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 |
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Real time pan & zoom |
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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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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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QLEADER command (leader and leader annotations) |
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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 |
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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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Programming |
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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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ARX |
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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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Volume |
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