| BricsCAD V14 (Windows) | BricsCAD V14 (Linux) | AutoCAD | ||||||
| ✸ = New feature | Platinum | Pro | Classic | Platinum | Pro | Classic | 2014 | LT |
| Files | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
