BricsCAD v17 AutoCAD
* = New feature Pro Classic 2017
Files
Native .dwg 2013 file format ✓ ✓ ✓
dwg for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2017 ✓ ✓ ×
Password protection ✓ ✓ ✓
Lock files ✓ ✓ ✓
Xrefs in-place editing ✓ ✓ ✓
PDF underlays ✓ ✓ ✓
Export to PDF using style tables ✓ ✓ ✓
Export to DWF 2D & 3D ✓ ✓ ✓
Export to SVG ✓ ✓ ×
DAE import/export (XML 3D data) ✓ ✓ ×
eTransmit ✓ ✓ ✓
Sheet set manager ✓ ✓ ✓
Communicator (extended import/export) (9) ✓ × ×
Interface
Get Started dialog * * ✓
Documents tabs ✓ ✓ ✓
CUI menus and toolbars ✓ ✓ ✓
Ribbon ✓ ✓ ✓
Workspaces ✓ ✓ ✓
Visual menu customization ✓ ✓ ✓
Extended Quad cursor 2D/3D ✓ ✓ ×
LookFrom widget (view orientation) ✓ ✓ ✓
Tool palettes ✓ ✓ ✓
Industry standard commands ✓ ✓ ✓
Command Line with auto completion ✓ ✓ ✓
Extended Drawing Explorer ✓ ✓ ✓
Searchable Settings Manager ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
SnapTrack™ & Polar tracking ✓ ✓ ✓
ZINTERSECTION 3D snap * * ×
3D
Full ACIS modeling & editing ✓ × ✓
Direct 3D modeling ✓ × ✓
Polysolids (walls, slabs, ...) ✓ × ×
Hardware library (more than 30.000 standard parts) ✓ × ×
Geometric 3D constraints creation × × ×
Geometric 3D constraints solving ✓ × ×
Design intent × × ×
Visual styles ✓ -8 ✓
Section planes ✓ × ✓
Generated views ✓ × ✓
Surface entity creation ✓ × ×
Deformable Modeling × × ×
3D Comparison tool × × ×
Lofting ✓ × ×
Geometry Healing ✓ × ×
Support for Photometric Lighting ✓ × ×
Powerful rendering engine ✓ × ✓
600 high-definition render materials ✓ × ✓
MATERIALMAP command * × ✓
Walkthrough navigation ✓ ✓ ✓
ANIPATH command * × ✓
Dimensions
Dynamic dimensions ✓ ✓ ✓
Association of an existing dimension to an entity ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimensional 2D constraints ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimensional 2D constraints using expressions ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimension Style families * * ✓
Dimension Style comparison * * ×
Dimension sub units * * ✓
AIDIMFLIPARROW command * * ✓
Text
In-place WYSIWYG MTEXT editor ✓ ✓ ✓
Multi-column text ✓ ✓ ✓
Stacked text ✓ ✓ ✓
MLEADER ✓ ✓ ✓
Annotative Styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Spelling ✓ ✓ ✓
Fields ✓ ✓ ✓
Hatch
HATCHEDIT command ✓ ✓ ✓
Hatch grip edit ✓ ✓ ✓
Raster images
Raster image support (clipping, transparency, ...) ✓ ✓ ✓
Support for ECW and JPEG2000 ✓ ✓ ✓
Support for MrSID ✓ ✓ ✓
Other
Support for 3Dconnexion mouse ✓ ✓ ✓
Multithreaded display regeneration ✓ ✓ ✓
Preview filter ✓ ✓ ✓
Layer preview ✓ ✓ ×
Transparency ✓ ✓ ✓
Layer States Manager ✓ ✓ ✓
Layer filters ✓ ✓ ✓
Multilines and multiline styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Arrays ✓ ✓ ✓
Data extraction wizard ✓ ✓ ✓
Block attribute definition manager ✓ ✓ ✓
Block attribute redefinition ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic blocks support (4) ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic blocks grip editing ✓ ✓ ✓
RESETBLOCK command * * ✓
Dynamic input ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic UCS (temporarily switch to surface of 3D solid) ✓ ✓ ✓
Real time boundary detection ✓ ✓ ×
Edit properties of multiple entities ✓ ✓ ✓
Tables & table styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Formulas in table cells ✓ ✓ ✓
XEDGES command * * ✓
SOLPROF command ✓ × ✓
FLATSHOT command ✓ × ✓
Geometric 2D constraints ✓ ✓ ✓
Web map service ✓ × ✓
Printing
CTB & STB table files ✓ ✓ ✓
PC3 printer configuration files ✓ ✓ ✓
Import & editing of page setups ✓ ✓ ✓
PUBLISH command ✓ ✓ ✓
Shade plot for paperspace and modelspace viewports ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout printing with combinations of viewports and visual styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout export ✓ ✓ ×
Publish to PDF ✓ ✓ ✓
Export to STL (3D printing) ✓ ✓ ✓
Printer calibration (scale only) ✓ ✓ ✓
Programming
ActiveX, including in-place editing ✓ ✓ ✓
Entity data editor ✓ ✓ ×
Script recorder ✓ ✓ ×
Full LISP support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax) ✓ ✓ ✓
LISP encryption ✓ ✓ ✓
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) ✓ ✓ ✓
DCL engine ✓ ✓ ✓
COM API ✓ ✓ ✓
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) * (2) × ✓
VBA DVB projects support -2 × ✓
.NET ✓ × ✓
BRX (BricsCAD Runtime eXtension) ✓ × ARX
TX (Teigha eXtensions) ✓ ✓ ×
CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions ✓ ✓ ✓
Legacy menu MNU and MNS file support ✓ ✓ ✓
API for toolbar and menu customization ✓ ✓ ✓
