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GstarCAD 2021 |
ACAD 2021 |
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File |
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32-bit / 64-bit Support |
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.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest |
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.pat,.shx,.lin and etc |
✓ |
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Password Protection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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File Recover and Audit |
✓ |
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Purge |
✓ |
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Etransmit |
✓ |
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Sheet Set Manager |
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CAD Standard .dws |
✓ |
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DWF Underlay |
✓ |
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PDF Underlay |
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DGN Import and Underlay |
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DWG Convert |
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Import to WMF, SAT, 3DS |
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Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP,EMF |
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Plot and Publish to PDF |
✓ |
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Publish to DWF 2D & 3D |
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Collaboration |
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IFC format |
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Interface |
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Quick Properties |
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Block Palette |
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✓ |
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Dark Theme |
✓ |
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Hidden Message Settings |
✓ |
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WorkSpace command |
✓ |
✓ |
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CUI Menus and Toolbars |
✓ |
✓ |
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CUI Import & Export |
✓ |
✓ |
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Drag and Drop Customization |
✓ |
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Visual Menu Customization |
✓ |
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Ribbon/Classic |
✓ |
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Properties Palettes |
✓ |
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Design Center/Tool Palette/Xref Palette |
✓ |
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Command Line |
✓ |
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Clean Screen |
✓ |
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Dynamic Input and Auto Complete |
✓ |
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Clickable Command Line Options |
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File Tab |
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Selection, Snap & Track |
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SELECTIONCYCLING |
✓ |
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Right-Click + Drag Method |
✓ |
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Selection Preview |
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Selection Effect Customization |
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Quick Select |
✓ |
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Select Similar |
✓ |
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Multifunctional Grips |
✓ |
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OSnap |
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Grid and Snap |
✓ |
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Polar & OTrack |
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Group |
✓ |
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Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments |
✓ |
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ADDSELECTED Professional mand |
✓ |
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Multiple command |
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Dimensions |
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Quick Measure by Hovering |
Rapid Distance |
Rapid Distance |
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Standard Dimensions |
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Associative Dimension |
✓ |
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Dimension Break |
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Quick Dimension |
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Qleader |
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Smart Dimensioning |
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✓ |
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Multileaders |
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Text |
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Mtext |
✓ |
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Text |
✓ |
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Multi-language Character Set |
✓ |
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In-place Text Editor |
✓ |
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Mtext Superscript and Subscripts |
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✓ |
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Support .shx and .ttf font |
✓ |
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Spelling |
✓ |
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Fields |
✓ |
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Text Align / Text Match |
✓ |
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Test Align |
Test Align |
Change Text |
✓ |
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Mtext Editor |
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Text Incremental Copy |
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Text on line |
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Statistics Summation |
✓ |
✓ |
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Check spelling in Mtext |
✓ |
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Revcloud |
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Wipeout |
✓ |
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Autobullets and Numbering |
✓ |
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Layers |
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Auto Layer |
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Change to ByLayer(SETBYLAYER) |
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Layer Properties Manager |
✓ |
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Layer States Manager |
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Layer Translator |
✓ |
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Layer Walk |
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Layer Previous |
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Layer Isolate |
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Layer Unisolate |
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Layer Lock |
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Layer Unlock |
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Lock Other Layers |
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Layer Freeze |
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Freeze Other Layer |
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Thaw All Layers |
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Layer Off |
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Off Other Layer |
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Turn All Layers On |
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Layer Merge |
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Layer Delete |
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Layer Match |
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Hatch |
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Hatch objects from Tool Palettes |
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Gradient Hatches |
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Custom Patterns |
✓ |
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Background and Color for Hatch Patterns |
✓ |
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Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities |
✓ |
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Superhatch |
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Raster Images |
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Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) |
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Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\...) |
ECW & JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
ECW & JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
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Express Tools |
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Area Table |
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Break Object |
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Block Break |
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Graphic Compare |
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Batpurge |
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Layout by Path |
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Array Path |
Array Path |
Line2pl |
✓ |
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Sptpl |
✓ |
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GstarCAD Tools |
✓ |
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Plot tools |
✓ |
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Drawing Compare |
✓ |
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DWG COMPARE |
DWG COMPARE |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) |
✓ |
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Drawing Lock |
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Other |
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Region |
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Areasum |
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Draw and Modify Commands |
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Outline Objects |
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Align Tool / Arrange Tool |
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Real Time Pan & Zoom |
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SteeringWheels |
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Magnifier |
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Redraw and Regeneration |
✓ |
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Layout and Paper Space |
✓ |
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Non-rectangular Viewports |
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Layout Viewport settings |
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Multilines and Multiline Styles |
✓ |
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Block create and insert |
✓ |
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Redefine Block |
✓ |
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Refedit |
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Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View |
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Block Attribute Definition |
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Barcode & QRcode |
✓ |
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Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT) |
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Partially |
✓ |
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Table Tools |
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Table |
✓ |
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AutoXLSTable |
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Make Shape |
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Import Layout as Sheet |
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Viewport Scale |
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Attribute Increment |
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Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace(M2LVPORT) |
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Security |
✓ |
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Free Scale |
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Hatch to Back |
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Reverse |
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Synchronize Attributes |
✓ |
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Clip |
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Array Options |
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Symmetric Draw |
✓ |
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Smart centerlines/center marks |
✓ |
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Invert Fillet |
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Offset Multiple |
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Helix |
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Cloud Storage |
✓ |
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Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) |
✓ |
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Match Properties Across Drawings |
✓ |
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Hyperlink |
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Digitizer Integration |
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Scale List |
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Pline Boolean |
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Xref path repair |
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Undo/Redo Preview |
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3D |
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POLYSOLID |
✓ |
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PLANESURF |
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SURFOFFSET |
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CONVTOMESH |
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CONVTOSOLID |
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CONVTOSURFACE |
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CONVTONURBS |
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Point Cloud |
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3D Edition Grips |
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Section Plane |
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Flatshot |
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Solid editing |
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3D Surfaces |
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ACIS Modeling & Editing |
✓ |
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Camera |
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3D Orbit options |
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Render |
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Visual Styles Manager |
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Solprof / Solview / Soldraw |
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Printing |
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CTB & STB Plot Style Files |
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Built-in Print Driver |
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Import & Editing of Page Setups |
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Publish |
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Hide and Shade Plot |
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Batch Print |
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Arrange Frame |
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Plot Styles Table Editor |
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Viewport Max |
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3D Print Studio |
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Programming |
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LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax |
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LISP Encryption |
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Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) |
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DCL / DCL engine / Professional API |
✓ |
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Visual Basic for Applications |
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VBA VBI projects support |
✓ |
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DVB |
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.Net Framework |
✓ |
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GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) |
✓ |
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ARX |
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CUI |
✓ |
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Diesel Expressions |
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MNU and MNS File Support |
✓ |
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API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) |
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Entity Data Editor |
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Action Recording and Action Macros |
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Licensing |
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Subscription |
✓ |
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Pepetual License |
✓ |
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Stand-alone USB dongle |
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Network USB dongle |
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