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	V17 (Windows)			V17 (Mac)			V17 (Linux)			AutoCAD
* = New feature	Platinum	Pro	Classic	Platinum	Pro	Classic	Platinum	Pro	Classic	2017	LT	Mac
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Chapoo® (upload, share, view, annotate documents in the cloud)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×
Communicator (extended import/export) (9)	✓	✓	×	(1)	(1)	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
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	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	✓	(3)	(3)
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)	✓	✓	(8)	✓	✓	(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	*	*	×	*	*	×	*	*	×	✓	×	×
Mechanical
Mechanical browser	✓	(3)	×	✓	(3)	×	✓	(3)	×	×	×	×
Assemblies import (10)	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Assembly modeling (hierarchical component organization)	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Assembly viewing	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
Assembly constraints	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Kinematic analysis	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Bill of materials	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Sheet Metal (9)
Sheet metal design	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Form features	*	×	×	*	×	×	*	×	×	×	×	×
3D solids conversion to unfoldable sheet metal parts	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Corner relief for adjacent edge flanges	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Lofted Bends	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Coloring	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Diagnostic for invalid sheet metal features	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Batch Processing	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Building Information Modeling (BIM) (9)
BIM features	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Project database	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Library database	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Site, Building and Stories	*	×	×	*	×	×	*	×	×	×	×	×
Windows and doors	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Rooms	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
IFC import	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
SketchUp import (version 15 and earlier)	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
IFC export	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
Dimensions
Dynamic dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Association of an existing dimension to an entity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimensional 2D constraints	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	(7)	(7)
Dimensional 2D constraints using expressions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	(7)	(7)
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	(7)	(7)
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	(7)	(7)
Web map service	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	✓	✓	×	✓	×	✓
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 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)	* (2)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	×
VBA DVB projects support	(2)	(2)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	×
.NET	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	×
BRX (BricsCAD Runtime eXtension)	✓	✓	×	(6)	(6)	×	(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
Multi-platform licenses	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×
Single	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
All-In	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×
Volume	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×
Academic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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