Release Comparison Matrix
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2D Design Tools |
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Point , Line, Construction Line, Multi-Line, Parallel Line, Perpendicular Line, Polygon, Polyline, Arcs, Spline, Circles, Ellipses, |
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Raster Image |
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Dimensions- Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Incremental, Leader, Radius, 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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Boolean Add, Subtract, Intersect profiles |
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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 |
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Symbol at line end point |
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Replacement of 2D groups – all at once |
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High resolution image copy and paste max. 4096x4096 pixels |
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Architectural Design Tools |
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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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Door/Window - external and / or internal frame |
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Curtain wall |
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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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Terrain – zone |
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| Terrain - Import from Google Earth |
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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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Structural |
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Quick balustrade |
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Section 2D/3D, seperate section view |
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Parking |
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Truss |
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Google 3D Warehouse support |
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Concept 3D - Building volume control |
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Curtain (based on 3D profile) |
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| Curtain (based on real physics) |
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| Tent Structure |
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3D Design Tools |
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Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere, Cone, Prism, Wedge, Cylinder, Polygonal Prism, Torus, Doughnut |
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Extrudes & Sweeps |
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3D Booleans, Drill |
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Group in 3D |
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Workspace |
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3D extension of line nature elements with thickness |
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Solar access survey |
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Interface / Compatibility |
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Import: 3DS - 3D Studio, DWG - AutoCAD Native Format,, DXF - Drawing Exchange, JPG – JPEG, BMP - Windows Bitmap, |
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Import: SKP – Google™ Sketchup version 7 |
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| Import: DAE – Collada |
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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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Export: DWG - AutoCAD 2007 Native Format, |
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| Export: ATL - ArtLantis |
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| Export: EPX - Epix |
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OpenGL Support |
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DirectX Support |
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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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Rendering - Sketch |
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| Render List |
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| Light source management |
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| Area and Linear lightsources |
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Animation fly-through, Shadow analysis, Virtual reality |
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Construction Animation |
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Walk and Fly |
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Team-work |
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Materials- Import bitmaps, pre-defined material libraries, edit and create own materials. |
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Context sensitive menus |
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Camera Views: Top, Bottom, Back, Right, Parallel, Perspective |
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Undo/redo |
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Construction Grid |
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Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Command Alias |
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Command Line with sensitive keywords |
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Property Manager |
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Set management |
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Layer groups |
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Context Sensitive Grips |
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Quick view toolbar |
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| Flexible property windows |
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| Dinamic preview in windows |
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| DirectX based interactive move, rotate and elevate commands |
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| NaviBar |
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Publishing |
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Publish in PDF |
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Plot Layout management |
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Plot Layout – editable details |
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Lineweights |
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Video Tutorial (Internet) |
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Operating System Support |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4) |
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Windows XP Home Edition |
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Windows XP Professional (SP2) Edition |
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Windows Vista Home Edition |
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Windows Vista Enterprise or more |
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| MAC (only on Intel based MACs with Parallels Desktop or BootCamp - please refer to System Requirements) |
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| Windows 7 |
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