File

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64-bit Support✓✓✓✓✓
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest✓✓✓✓✓
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc✓✓✓✓✓
Password Protection✓✓✓XX
File Recover and Audit✓✓✓✓✓
Purge✓✓✓✓✓
Etransmit✓✓✓✓✓
Sheet Set Manager✓✓✓✓✓
CAD Standard .dws✓✓✓✓✓
DWF Underlay✓✓✓✓✓
PDF Underlay✓✓✓✓✓
DGN Import and Underlay✓✓✓✓✓
DWG Convert✓✓✓✓✓
Import WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF✓✓✓P*P*
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT,
STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG
✓✓✓P*P*
Plot and Publish to PDF✓✓✓✓✓
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D✓✓✓✓✓
Collaboration✓365✓365✓365XX
IFC Import/Export and EditX✓✓✓✓
RVT Import and EditX✓✓XX
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool✓✓✓XX
Single-document Mode✓✓✓✓✓
Digital Signature✓✓✓✓✓
Batch Digital Signing Tool✓✓✓✓✓
Reset Settings to Default✓✓✓✓✓
STEP ImportX✓✓X✓
IGES ImportX✓✓XX
DWGUNITS✓✓✓XX
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*P = Partially. *D = Different.

Interface

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Quick Properties✓✓✓✓✓
Hidden Message Settings✓✓✓✓✓
WorkSpace command✓✓✓✓✓
Color SchemeM*M*M*L*L*
CUI Menus and Toolbars✓✓✓✓✓
CUI Import & Export✓✓✓XX
Drag and Drop Customization✓✓✓✓✓
Visual Menu Customization✓✓✓✓✓
Ribbon/Classic✓✓✓✓✓
Properties Palettes✓✓✓✓✓
Design Center/Tool Palette✓✓✓✓✓
Xref Palette✓✓✓✓✓
Command Line✓✓✓✓✓
Clean Screen✓✓✓✓✓
Menu bar✓✓✓✓✓
File Tab✓✓✓✓✓
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*M = More. *L = Less

Selection, Snap & Track

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3D Mouse Device Adaption✓✓✓✓✓
Lasso Selection✓✓✓✓✓
Navigation Cube✓✓✓XX
SELECTIONCYCLING✓✓✓✓✓
Right-Click + Drag Method✓✓✓✓✓
Selection Preview✓✓✓✓✓
Quick Select✓✓✓✓✓
Select Similar✓✓✓✓✓
Xtra Grips for Pline & hatch Objects✓✓✓✓✓
OSnap✓✓✓✓✓
Grid and Snap✓✓✓✓✓
Polar & OTrack✓✓✓✓✓
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments✓✓✓XX
Multifunctional Grips✓✓✓✓✓
Group✓✓✓D*D*
ADDSELECTED Command✓✓✓XX
Multiple command✓✓✓✓✓
Customizable Mouse Actions in CUI✓✓✓✓✓
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*D = Different Method

Dimensions

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DIMCENTER Command✓✓✓P*P*
Reassociate Dimension✓✓✓✓✓
DIMTOFFSET✓✓✓XX
Rapid Distance✓✓✓XX
Standard Dimensions✓✓✓✓✓
Associative Dimension✓✓✓✓✓
Quick Dimension✓✓✓✓✓
Qleader✓✓✓✓✓
Dimension Break✓✓✓✓✓
Multileaders✓✓✓✓✓
Dynamic Dimensions✓✓✓✓✓
Voice Annotation✓✓✓SV*SV*
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*P = Partially. *SV = Smart Voice

Parametric Constraints

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Coincident ConstraintXX✓XX
Perpendicular ConstraintXX✓XX
Parallel ConstraintXX✓XX
Tangent ConstraintXX✓XX
Horizontal ConstraintXX✓XX
Vertical ConstraintXX✓XX
Collinear ConstraintXX✓XX
Concentric ConstraintXX✓XX
Smooth ConstraintXX✓XX
Symmetric ConstraintXX✓XX
Equal ConstraintXX✓XX
Fix ConstraintXX✓XX
Constraint SettingsXX✓XX
Delete ConstraintXX✓XX
Show / Hide ConstraintXX✓XX
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Text

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Mtext supports Numbering, Superscript, Subscript…✓✓✓✓✓
Text Align / Text Match✓✓✓XX
Change Text✓✓✓XX
Mtext✓✓✓✓✓
Text✓✓✓✓✓
Multi-language Character Set✓✓✓✓✓
In-place Text Editor✓✓✓✓✓
Mtext Editor✓✓✓✓✓
Support .shx and .ttf font✓✓✓✓✓
Spelling✓✓✓✓✓
Check spelling in Mtext✓✓✓✓✓
Field✓✓✓✓✓
Revcloud✓✓✓✓✓
Wipeout Circle Option✓✓✓✓✓
Rtext / Arc Text✓✓✓AT*AT*
Text Incremental Copy✓✓✓XX
Text on line✓✓✓XX
Statistics Summation✓✓✓XX
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*AT = ArcText.

Layers

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Auto Layer✓✓✓XX
Change to ByLayer(SETBYLAYER)✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Properties Manager✓✓✓✓✓
Layer States Manager✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Translator✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Walk✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Previous✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Isolate✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Unisolate✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Lock✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Unlock✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Unlock All✓✓✓XX
Lock Other Layers✓✓✓XX
Layer Freeze✓✓✓✓✓
Freeze Other Layer✓✓✓XX
Thaw All Layers✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Off✓✓✓✓✓
Off Other Layer✓✓✓XX
Turn All Layers On✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Merge✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Delete✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Match✓✓✓✓✓
Viewport Layer✓✓✓✓✓
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Hatch

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Hatch objects from Tool Palettes✓✓✓✓✓
Gradient Hatches✓✓✓✓✓
Custom Patterns✓✓✓✓✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns✓✓✓✓✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities✓✓✓✓✓
Superhatch✓✓✓✓✓
Transparency for Hatch✓✓✓✓✓
Trim/Extend/Hatch preview✓✓✓XX
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Raster images

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Raster Image Support (Clipping,
Transparency, …)
✓✓✓✓✓
Support Kinds of Image Files
(bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw\…)
✓✓✓✓✓
Raster to Vector ConversionXXXX✓
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Express Tools

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Lockup (with password)✓✓✓✓✓
Layout Merge✓✓✓XX
Synchronize Viewports✓✓✓XX
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE)✓✓✓✓✓
Fast Select (FASTSEL)✓✓✓XX
Change Base✓✓✓✓✓
Layer Draw Order✓✓✓XX
Area Table✓✓✓✓✓
Break Object✓✓✓XX
Graphic Compare✓✓✓XX
Text Align / Text Match✓✓✓AT*AT*
Batpurge✓✓✓XX
Layout by Path✓✓✓XX
Line2pl✓✓✓XX
Sptpl✓✓✓XX
GstarCAD Tools✓✓✓XX
Plot tools✓✓✓XX
Drawing Compare✓✓✓FC*FC*
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)✓✓✓✓✓
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*AT = Align Text. *FC = File Compare

Other

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Hardware Acceleration✓✓✓✓✓
Break at Point✓✓✓✓✓
CLIPIT Command✓✓✓XX
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text✓✓✓XX
System Variable Monitor✓✓✓XX
RegionX✓✓X✓
Dataextraction✓✓✓✓✓
Datalink✓✓✓✓✓
Make Shape✓✓✓XX
Import Layout as Sheet in Layout Context Menu✓✓✓XX
Viewport Scale✓✓✓XX
VPMAX/VPMIN✓✓✓✓✓
Attribute Increment (ATTINC)✓✓✓XX
Define Layout Viewport from
ModelSpace(M2LVPORT)
✓✓✓XX
Security✓✓✓XX
Free Scale✓✓✓XX
Hatch to Back✓✓✓✓✓
Reverse✓✓✓XX
Synchronize Attributes (ATTSYN)✓✓✓✓✓
Clip✓✓✓✓✓
ARRAY (Dynamic)✓✓✓✓✓
Align Tool / Arrange Tool✓✓✓XX
Areasum✓✓✓✓✓
Table✓✓✓✓✓
Symmetric Draw✓✓✓XX
Outline Objects✓✓✓XX
Invert Fillet✓✓✓XX
Draw and Modify Commands✓✓✓✓✓
Offset Multiple✓✓✓✓✓
Helix✓✓✓✓✓
Real Time Pan & Zoom✓✓✓✓✓
Annotative Objects✓✓✓✓✓
Redraw and Regeneration✓✓✓✓✓
Layout and Paper Space✓✓✓✓✓
Layout Viewport settings (Visual Styles)✓✓✓XX
MagnifierX✓✓XX
Barcode & QRcode✓✓✓✓✓
Non-rectangular Viewports✓✓✓✓✓
Shortcut Customization(CUSTACC)✓✓✓XX
Match Properties Across Drawings✓✓✓✓✓
Multilines and Multiline Styles✓✓✓✓✓
Block create and insert✓✓✓✓✓
Block Attribute Definition✓✓✓✓✓
Redefine Block✓✓✓✓✓
Refedit✓✓✓✓✓
Hyperlink✓✓✓✓✓
Scale List✓✓✓✓✓
Dynamic Block Create/ Insert/ View/ EditP*✓✓✓✓
Table Tools✓✓✓XX
AutoXLSTable✓✓✓XX
Pline Boolean✓✓✓XX
SmartMouseXXX✓✓
Undo/Redo Preview✓✓✓✓✓
Invert Xclip✓✓✓✓✓
Table Formula✓✓✓✓✓
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*P = Partially

3D

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POLYSOLIDX✓✓XX
PLANESURFX✓✓X✓
SURFOFFSETX✓✓XX
CONVTOMESHX✓✓X✓
CONVTOSOLIDX✓✓XX
CONVTOSURFACEX✓✓XX
CONVTONURBSX✓✓XX
Point Cloud✓✓✓X✓
3D Edition GripsX✓✓X✓
Section PlaneX✓✓X✓
FlatshotX✓✓✓✓
3D Surfaces✓✓✓✓✓
ACIS Modeling & EditingX✓✓X✓
3D Orbit options✓✓✓P*P*
RenderX✓✓X✓
Visual Styles ManagerX✓✓X✓
Solid editingX✓✓XP*
Solprof / Solview / SoldrawX✓✓XSP*
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*P = Partially. *SP = Only Solprof

Printing

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CTB & STB Plot Style Files✓✓✓✓✓
Plot Styles Table Editor✓✓✓✓✓
Built-in Print Driver✓✓✓P*P*
Import & Editing of Page Setups✓✓✓✓✓
Publish✓✓✓✓✓
Hide and Shade Plot✓✓✓P*P*
Batch Print✓✓✓✓✓
Arrange Frame✓✓✓XX
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*P = Partially

Programming

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LISP Debugger✓✓✓✓✓
LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax✓✓✓✓✓
LISP Encryption✓✓✓✓✓
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS)✓✓✓✓✓
DCL / DCL engine / COM API✓✓✓✓✓
Visual Basic for Applications✓✓✓X✓
VBA VBI projects support✓✓✓✓✓
.Net Framework✓✓✓X✓
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension)✓✓✓XZRX
CUI Menu Support and Diesel Expressions✓✓✓XX
MNU and MNS File Support✓✓✓✓✓
API for Toolbar & Menu Customization✓✓✓✓✓
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Licensing

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Subscription✓✓✓XX
Stand-alone USB dongle✓✓✓✓✓
Network USB dongle✓✓✓XX
Stand-alone License (Flexnet)✓✓✓✓✓
Network License (Flexnet)✓✓✓✓✓
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Actualizada en Junio 21, 2024