| DataCAD Versions Comparison Chart |
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Drafting |
| 'Smart' parametric walls |
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| 'Smart' parametric doors and windows |
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| 'Smart' parametric arrows |
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| 'Smart' view-dependent symbols |
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| Automatic wall intersection cleanup |
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| User-selectable wall intersection cleanup |
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| Complex user-defined line types |
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| Pen Styles |
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| Complex user-defined associative hatch
patterns |
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| Associative dimensions (DIN and AS1100) |
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| Polyline and related editing tools |
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| Object snap on-the-fly |
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| Virtual object snapping |
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| GetSnap smart snapping |
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| 3D object snapping |
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| Dynamic Snap Indicator |
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| Direct distance input method |
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| Direction / Distance input mode |
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| Relative and absolute Cartesian input
mode |
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| Relative and absolute polar input mode |
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| XREFs (External Reference Files) |
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| Self-XREFs (Internal Reference File) |
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| SketchUp XREFs |
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| Bind XREFs to Symbols |
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| XClips (Reference File Clip Cubes) |
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| SClips (Symbol Clip Cubes) |
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| Fence Clips |
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| Merge Clipping Boundaries |
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| HyperView linking |
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| Hyperlink to external file |
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| Hyperlink to Internet URL |
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| Command line alias |
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| Spell checker with international-language
dictionaries |
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| Architectural text styles (Vector-based
fonts) |
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| Support for TrueType fonts |
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| DataCAD TrueType Font |
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| Automatic boundary detection for hatching
(Contour search) |
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| Knockout fills |
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| Solid color fills |
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| Pattern fills |
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| Bitmap fills |
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| Layer manager with support for long layer
names |
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| Persistent (a.k.a. Modeless) Layer Manager |
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| Multi-line Text (a.k.a. MText) |
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| Scale-independent Text (Lock Size) |
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| Scale-independent Dimensions (Lock Size) |
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| Scale-independent Hatching (Lock Size) |
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| Scale-independent Symbols (Lock Size) |
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| Lock Text Angle |
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| Support for SHX fonts |
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| Entity Properties Editor |
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Modeling |
| 3D geometric primitives modeler |
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| 3D Polylines |
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| Vector-based hidden line removal |
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| Raster-based hidden line removal |
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| Digital Terrain Modeling (Drop Mesh) |
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| TIN (Triangular Irregular Network) Surface
Modeler |
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| Ruled Surface Modeler |
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| 3D Knife |
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| 3D Sectioning Tool |
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| o2c-based Object Viewer |
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| Sun Shader |
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| Convert TrueType fonts to 3D |
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| 3D Boolean Operations |
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| 3D Edit Planes |
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| B-Spline and Bézier curves with extrusion |
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| Polygon Normal Options |
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Shading |
| Real-time walk-through |
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| 7 user-definable light sources (variable
color) |
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| 1 sunlight source |
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| Sun shadow casting (variable color) |
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| Superimpose scene over background photo |
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| Custom edge color, width, and overshoot |
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| Anti-aliased shading |
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| Texture mapping |
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| Material definitions by color |
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| Material definitions by layer |
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| Material definitions by entity |
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Rendering |
| Real-time walk-through |
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| 3 fixed ambient light sources |
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| 1 sunlight source |
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| User-definable light sources (variable
intensity) |
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| User-definable light sources (variable
color) |
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| Raytraced shadow casting |
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| Superimpose scene over background photo |
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| Anti-aliased rendering |
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| Raytracing |
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| Dynamic 3D material preview |
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| Transparency |
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| Reflection |
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| Smoothing |
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| Self-illumination |
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| Texture mapping |
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| Texture masking |
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| Texture origin |
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| Material definitions by color |
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| Material definitions by layer |
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| Material definitions by entity |
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| Embedded Material Definitions |
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| Included Seamless Textures |
250 |
250 |
250 |
| Included Material Definitions |
600+ |
600+ |
600+ |
| Included Backgrounds |
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| Import materials and textures from o2c
objects |
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| Import materials and textures from SketchUp
files |
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Printing |
| Support for any Windows-compatible printer |
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| WYSIWYG Print Preview |
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| Multi-scale Printing Layout |
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| Convert Multi-scale Layout to DWG |
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| Batch printing direct and to .PRN and
.PDF |
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| Print to PDF with layers |
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| Date, Time, and File Stamps |
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| Map 15 colors to 15 pens |
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| Map 255 colors to 15 pens |
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Windows Compatibility |
| Windows XP/Vista/7 |
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| Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 |
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| Network Awareness |
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| Interface supports Windows XP themes |
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| MDI (Multiple Document Interface) |
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| Multi-view windows |
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| Standard toolbar |
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| User-definable icon toolbars |
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| View-sensitive icon toolbars |
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| User-definable context-sensitive icon
toolbars |
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| Global, unlimited undo/redo |
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| Cut, Copy, and Paste to/from Windows applications |
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| Dynamic Zoom with Mouse Wheel |
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| Dynamic Panning with Mouse |
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| "Select All" via [Ctrl] + [A] |
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Estimating and Take-offs |
| Automated 3D framing with take-offs |
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File Compatibility (Open, Import, or Paste) |
| .DWG |
AutoCAD R2010 - 2011 drawing file |
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| .DWG |
AutoCAD R12 - R2009 drawing file |
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| .DXF |
Data Exchange Format file |
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| .AEC |
DataCAD drawing file (double-precision) |
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| .DC5 |
DataCAD drawing file |
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| .DLF |
DataCAD layer file (double-precision) |
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| .LYR |
DataCAD layer file |
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| .DSF |
DataCAD symbol file (double-precision w/layers) |
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| .SM3 |
DataCAD symbol file |
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| .DC+ |
DataCAD Plus drawing file |
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| .LY+ |
DataCAD Plus layer file |
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| .SM+ |
DataCAD Plus symbol file |
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| .TXT |
ASCII text file |
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| .WMF |
Windows Metafile |
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| .EMF |
Enhanced Windows Metafile |
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| .O2C |
Objects to See file |
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| .ACO |
ArCon file |
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| .3DS |
3D Studio |
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| .STL |
Stereo Lithography |
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| .BMP |
Windows bitmap |
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| .JPG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file |
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| .GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
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| .TIF |
Tagged Image Format File |
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| .TGA |
Truevision Targa Graphic |
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| .PNG |
Portable (Public) Network Graphic |
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| .PCX |
PC Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic |
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| .PCD |
Kodak Photo-CD Image |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 6 |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 7 |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 8 |
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| .XLS |
Excel Spreadsheet |
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| .PAK |
DataCAD Pak-N-Go Archive |
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| .DMF |
DataCAD Material File |
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File Compatibility (SaveAs, Export, or Copy) |
| .DWG |
AutoCAD R2010 - 2011 drawing file |
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| .DWG |
AutoCAD R2004 - 2009 drawing file |
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| .DWG |
AutoCAD R2000 - R2002 drawing file |
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| .DWG |
AutoCAD R12, R13, and R14 drawing file |
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| .DXF |
Data Exchange Format file |
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| .DWF |
WHIP! (Design Web Format) |
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| .AEC |
DataCAD drawing file (double-precision) |
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| .DLF |
DataCAD layer file (double-precision) |
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| .DSF |
DataCAD symbol file (double-precision w/layers) |
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| .TXT |
ASCII text file |
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| .WMF |
Windows Metafile |
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| .EMF |
Enhanced Windows Metafile |
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| .O2C |
Objects to See file |
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| .ACO |
ArCon file |
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| .3DS |
3D Studio |
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| .STL |
Stereo Lithography |
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| .BMP |
Windows bitmap |
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| .JPG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file |
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| .TIF |
Tagged Image Format File |
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| .TGA |
Truevision Targa Graphic |
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| .PNG |
Portable (Public) Network Graphic |
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| .PCX |
PC Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic |
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| .EPS |
Encapsulated PostScript |
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| .PCD |
Kodak Photo-CD Image |
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| .PRN |
Windows printer file |
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| .PDF |
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document
file |
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| .WRL |
Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) file |
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| .RAY |
DC Render file |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 6 |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 7 |
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| .SKP |
SketchUp 8 |
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| .PAK |
DataCAD Pak-N-Go Archive |
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| .DMF |
DataCAD Material File |
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Miscellaneous |
| 64-Bit Double-precision database |
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| 64-Bit Double-precision Display List |
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| Maximum drawing file size |
1,024MB |
1,024MB |
1,024MB |
| Automatic purge of unused data |
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| Drawing file compression |
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| Drawing Session Backups |
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| Automatic Drawing Backup and Recovery |
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| Symbol Browser |
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| Included 2D/3D Symbol Library |
3,200+ |
3,200+ |
3,200+ |
| Symbol (a.k.a. "Block") Text
Attributes |
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| Maximum number of line types per drawing |
256 |
256 |
256 |
| Embedded line types |
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| Line type manager |
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| Line type creator |
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| Maximum number of hatch patterns per drawing |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Embedded hatch patterns |
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| Hatch pattern manager |
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| Maximum number of layers |
32,768 |
32,768 |
32,768 |
| Maximum number of icons per toolbar |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Maximum number of characters per layer
name |
256 |
256 |
256 |
| B-Spline, maximum number of control points |
8 |
20 |
20 |
| Bézier, maximum number of control points |
8 |
20 |
20 |
| 3D Slabs and Polygons maximum number of
nodes |
36 |
36 |
256 |
| 3D Quadrics (Shpheres, Cones, etc.) max.
divisions |
26 |
36 |
128 |
| DCAL (DataCAD Applications Language) Included |
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| DCAL for Delphi Included |
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| DCAL for C++ Included |
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| Selection Sets |
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| Text Scale |
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| Customizable keyboard macros |
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| Hard-coded keyboard macros |
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| Identify, Set All |
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| User-definable default drawings |
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| Customizable scales, angles, and distances |
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| Architectural scale fractions 1/64, 1/128,
1/256 |
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