Bricscad V10 is well on its way to become the standard alternative CAD software for users and application developers. In this comparison chart you get an overview.
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| AutoCAD 2009 native file support |
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| Native DWG 2007 file format |
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| DWG for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2009 |
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| Support for DWGCODEPAGE |
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| Support for DWT files (Drawing templates) |
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| Drawing recovery |
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| Password protection |
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| Xrefs in-place editing |
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| Export to PDF using style tables |
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| Export to DWF 2D & 3D |
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| User File Manager |
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| eTransmit |
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| eBridge to Vondle |
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| Commands | |||||
| Industry standard AutoCAD commands |
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| AutoCAD command Line |
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| AutoCAD 3D surface commands |
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| Interface | |||||
| Dockable Properties toolbar |
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| Edit multiple drawings (MDI) |
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| Extended Drawing Explorer |
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| New Drawing wizard |
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| Object Properties toolbar |
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| Searchable Settings Manager |
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| Context menu |
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| Customization | |||||
| AutoCAD CUI menus and toolbars |
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| Visual menu customization |
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| Customizable Status bar |
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| ACIS viewing |
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| Full ACIS modeling & editing |
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| Multiple paper spaces |
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| Lock layout viewports |
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| Selection, Snap & Track | |||||
| 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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| Snap- and eSnap- from |
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| Snap to user-defined offset from user-selected point |
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| SnapTrack™ |
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| Polar tracking |
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| Apparent & extended intersection snap |
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| Alignment paths parallel to Z-axis |
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| Text | |||||
| Multi-language character set |
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| TrueType fonts |
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| Spelling |
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| Find & replace |
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| In-place WYSIWYG MTEXT editor |
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| MTEXT via internal or external editor |
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| Fields (wide range of variables that can be used in Mtexts) |
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| Text exploding (TXTEXP command) |
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| Raster images | |||||
| Image menu |
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| Image clipping |
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| Raster image support |
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| Support for ECW and JPEG2000 |
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| Support for MrSID |
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| Transparency support |
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| Other functionalities | |||||
| Real time pan & zoom |
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| Non-rectangular viewports |
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| Preview filter |
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| Layers toolbar |
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| Layer States Manager |
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| Rectangle creation with support for area and dimension |
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| Block units for insertion in different units |
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| Hatch editing |
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| Gradient hatches |
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| Trim/extend to hatch pattern lines |
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| Associative dimensions with support for several snap point types |
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| Arc length dimensions |
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| Edit properties of multiple entities |
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| PASTEORIG command to paste entities at their original location |
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| Lineweights (display and print) |
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| Wipe out |
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| Table support | (1) | (1) |
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| True colors |
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| User Profiles Manager |
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| Printing | |||||
| CTB color table files |
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| STB style table files |
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| PC3 printer configuration files |
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| PLOT command |
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| Programming | |||||
| ActiveX, including in-place editing |
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| Entity data interface |
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| Script recorder |
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| New AutoLISP engine |
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| LISP 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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| New DCL engine |
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| New COM API (AutoCAD COM) |
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| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
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| VBA DVB projects support |
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| BRX (Bricscad Runtime eXtension) |
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| DRX (DwgDirect) support |
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| CUI menu files support |
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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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| Menu Diesel expressions |
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| Visual Studio 2005 (VC8) compatible |
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| Unicode C/C++ interface |
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| Licensing | |||||
| Single |
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| All-In |
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| eBridge |
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| Network |
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| Volume |
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| Academic |
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(1) View only
(2) Partial