BricsCAD V14 (Windows) | BricsCAD V14 (Linux) | AutoCAD | ||||||
✸ = New feature | Platinum | Pro | Classic | Platinum | Pro | Classic | 2014 | LT |
Files | ||||||||
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Native .dwg 2013 file format | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
dwg for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2013 | • | • | • | • | • | • | - | - |
Password protection | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | • |
Xrefs in-place editing | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
PDF underlays | • | • | • | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Export to PDF using style tables | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Export to DWF 2D & 3D | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | • |
Export to SVG | • | • | • | • | • | • | - | - |
User File Manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
eTransmit | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
WORKSETS command | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Sheet set manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Chapoo® (upload, share, view, annotate documents in the cloud) | • | • | • | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | - | - |
Communicator (extended import/export) (9) | ✸ | ✸ | - | (1) | (1) | (1) | - | - |
Interface | ||||||||
CUI menus and toolbars | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Visual menu customization | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Industry standard commands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Command Line with auto completion | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Extended Drawing Explorer | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Searchable Settings Manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Quad cursor | - | - | - | • | • | - | - | - |
Extended Quad cursor 2D/3D | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | - | - |
Tool palettes | • | • | • | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Selection, Snap & Track | ||||||||
Selection preview | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Quick Select tool | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
ADDSELECTED command | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
SELECTSIMILAR command | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Cycling through entities or subentities during selection | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Hot grips for multiple grip points modification | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
eSnap | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
SnapTrack™ & Polar tracking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
3D | ||||||||
3D surfaces | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
ACIS viewing | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Full ACIS modeling & editing | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | (3) |
Direct modeling | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | - |
SWEEP command | ✸ | ✸ | - | ✸ | ✸ | - | • | - |
Sheet metal design | ✸ | - | - | ✸ | - | - | - | - |
Hardware library (more than 30.000 standard parts) | ✸ | ✸ | - | ✸ | ✸ | - | - | - |
Geometric 3D constraints creation | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Geometric 3D constraints solving | • | • | - | • | • | - | - | - |
Design intent | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Section planes | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | - |
Generative drafting | ✸ | ✸ | - | ✸ | ✸ | - | • | - |
Powerful rendering engine | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | - |
Visual styles | • | • | (8) | • | • | (8) | • | - |
Walkthrough navigation | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | - |
HELIX command | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Mechanical | ||||||||
Mechanical browser | • | (3) | - | • | (3) | - | - | - |
Organize hierarchically your mechanical components in 3D models. | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Assembly viewing | • | • | - | • | • | - | - | - |
Assembly constraints | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Kinematic analysis | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Bill of materials | • | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
Dimensions | ||||||||
Dynamic dimensions | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Associative dimensions | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Association of an existing dimension to an entity | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Dimension text in-place editing | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Dimensional 2D constraints | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | (7) |
Dimensional 2D constraints using expressions | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | (7) |
Text | ||||||||
Multi-language character set | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
In-place WYSIWYG MTEXT editor | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
MTEXT via internal or external editor | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
QLEADER command (leader and leader annotations) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
MLEADER | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Annotative Styles | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Spelling | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Fields | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Hatch | ||||||||
Gradient hatches | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Custom patterns | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
HATCHEDIT command | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Trim/extend of/to hatch pattern entities | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Raster images | ||||||||
Raster image support (clipping, transparency, ...) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Support for ECW and JPEG2000 | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | • |
Support for MrSID | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | • |
Other | ||||||||
Real time pan & zoom | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Support for 3Dconnexion mouse | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | - | - | - | • | • |
Multithreaded display regeneration | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | • |
Non-rectangular viewports | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
ALIGNSPACE command (aligns objects between modelspace and paperspace) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
CONVERTPOLY command | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | - |
MVSETUP command | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
Preview filter | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Layer preview | • | • | • | - | - | - | - | - |
Layer States Manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Layer filters | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Multilines and multiline styles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | (7) |
Array dialog | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Block insertion from drawing | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Block attribute definition manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Block attribute redefinition | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Dynamic blocks support (4) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Dynamic input | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Dynamic UCS (temporarily switch to surface of 3D solid) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
Geometric 2D constraints | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | (7) |
Edit properties of multiple entities | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
Tables & table styles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
SOLPROF command | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | - |
FLATSHOT command | • | • | - | • | • | - | • | - |
User Profile Manager | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Printing | ||||||||
CTB & STB table files | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
PC3 printer configuration files | • | • | • | (3) | (3) | (3) | • | • |
Import & editing of page setups | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
PUBLISH command | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Shade plot for paperspace and modelspace viewports | • | • | • | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Layout printing with combinations of viewports and different visual styles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Printer calibration | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | ✸ | • | • |
Programming | ||||||||
ActiveX, including in-place editing | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | - |
Entity data editor | • | • | • | • | • | • | - | - |
Script recorder | • | • | • | • | • | • | - | - |
Full LISP support with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
LISP encryption | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | - |
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
DCL engine | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | - |
COM API | • | • | • | - | - | - | • | - |
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | (2) | (2) | - | - | - | - | • | - |
VBA DVB projects support | • | • | - | - | - | - | • | - |
.NET | • | • | - | - | - | - | • | - |
BRX (BricsCAD Runtime eXtension) | • | • | - | (6) | (6) | - | ARX | - |
TX (Teigha eXtensions) | • | • | • | - | - | - | - | - |
CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Legacy menu MNU and MNS file support | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
API for toolbar and menu customization | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Licensing | ||||||||
Single | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
All-In | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Volume | • | • | • | • | • | • | - | - |
Academic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
(1) To be implemented.
(2) BricsCAD 32-bit (Windows) 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).
(9) Optional module.