OLD Release Comparision Matrix 2006-2008
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| 2D Design Tools | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Point , Line, Construction Line, Multi-Line, Parallel Line, Perpendicular Line, Polygon, Polyline, Arcs, Spline, Circles, Ellipses | |
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| Insert Raster Image | |
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| Dimensions - Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Incremental, Leader, Radius, Diameter, Half-Diameter, Parallel, Quick, Rotated, Elevation, Arc-Length, Wall, Door, Window Dimensions, Aligned 3D, Length 3D, Area, Associative, Non-Associative | |
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| Text, Multiline text | |
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| Hatch | |
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| Group | |
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| Offset | |
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| Chamfer, Fillet, Align | |
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| Object Trim, Extend, Split, Break, Stretch | |
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| Transform: Move, Duplicate, Rotate, Scale, Mirroring, Array Copy | |
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| Hatch profiles: Boolean Add, Subtract, Intersect | |
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| 2D Measurements - Angle, Area, Coordinates, Distance, Object | |
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| Snaps - Center, Extremum Point, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Tangent Snap, Vertex, Orthogonal, Workplane | |
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| Layer management up to 1024 layers | |
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| Linetype, lineweight support | |
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| Raster Image Calibration | |
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| Draw Order | |
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| Hand sketch drawing | |
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| Detailed view | |
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| Xref Manager | |
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| OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) | |
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| Revision Cloud | |
| Architectural Design Tools | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Floorplan management | |
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| Separate Building management | |
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| Wall, Oblique walls | |
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| Door/Window | |
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| Roof | |
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| Roof Structure | |
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| Balustrade | |
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| Stair | |
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| Terrain | |
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| Column,Beam, Plinth | |
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| Slab, Sloped slab, foundation | |
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| Object | |
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| Room book | |
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| Survey | |
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| Quantity Take-Off | |
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| Architectural scale | |
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| Drawing Comparison | |
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| Tiling | |
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| Insert 3D model in photographic background | |
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| Survey - Photogrammetry, Perspective image -> Frontal image | |
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| Find edges - raster to vector | |
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| Section 2D/3D, linked section view | |
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| Terrain - zone | |
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| Volume sketch on terrain | |
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| Curtain Wall | |
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| Door/Window - external and / or internal frame | |
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| Quick balustrade | |
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| Stair with customized balustrade | |
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| Structural design tools | |
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| Structural design - XML output | |
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| Parking tools | |
| 3D Design Tools | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere, Cone, Prism, Wedge, Cylinder, Polygonal Prism, Torus | |
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| Extrudes & Sweeps | |
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| 3D Booleans, Drill | |
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| Group in 3D | |
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| Workplane | |
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| Dynamic section in 3D OpenGL | |
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| Interface | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Import: 3DS - 3D Studio, DWG - AutoCAD™ Native Format, DXF - Drawing Exchange, JPG - JPEG, BMP - Windows Bitmap | |
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| Export: 3DS - 3D Studio, DWG - AutoCAD™ Native Format, DXF - Drawing Exchange, DWF - AutoDesk® Drawing Web Format, EMF - Windows Metafile, WRL - VRML Worlds | |
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| Materials - Import bitmaps, pre-defined material libraries, edit and create own materials | |
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| Rendering physically accurate materials such as glass, mirrors, and polished or reflective surfaces with ray tracing, RPC support | |
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| Animation fly-through, Shadow analysis, Virtual reality | |
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| Intuitive menus and context sensitive tools | |
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| Camera Views: Top, Bottom, Back, Right, Parallel, Perspective | |
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| Interactive Help F1 | |
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| Undo/redo | |
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| Set Manager | |
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| Command Line with sensitive keywords | |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts | |
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| OpenGL Support | |
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| Color table manager - AutoCAD™, Ral™, Sikkens™ or Pantone™ color tables | |
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| Construction Animation | |
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| Team-work | |
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| Toolbox | |
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| Construction Grid | |
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| Command Alias | |
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| Export: DWG - AutoCAD™ 2007 Format | |
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| Property Manager | |
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| Rendering - Sketch output | |
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| Import: SKP - Google™ Sketchup | |
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| Export: ATL - Artlantis Studio™ | |
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| XML : Drawing database export - importable by MS ACCESS, etc. | |
| Publishing | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Publish in PDF | |
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| Plot Layout management | |
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| Lineweights | |
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| Video Tutorial (Internet) | |
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| Operating System Support | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Windows XP Home Edition | |
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| Windows XP Professional (SP2) Edition | |
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| Windows Vista Home Edition or higher | |