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ZWCAD™ 2011 vs AutoCAD® 2011

Comparison Table

 Legend:

✓ – Feature Supported

x – Feature Not Supported

☆ – Feature Partial Supported

COMPATABILITY 
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DWG & DXF Support ✓ ✓ ✓
AutoCAD Command ✓ ✓ ✓
AutoCAD Menu and Alias

Support

 ✓ ✓ ✓
TIF & SHX Font Support ✓ ✓ ✓
Resource File Support (LIN,PAT,SLD,UNT) ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows® Operating System ✓ ✓ ✓

USER INTERFACE

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Graphical User Interface ✓ ✓ ✓
Ribbon x ✓ ✓
SteeringWheels® and ViewCube® x ✓ x
Initial Setup ✓ ✓ ✓
 DRAFTING & DETAILING
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmZWCAD™ 2011 mmAutoCAD®2011 mmAutoCAD® 2011LT
2D Geometric Entities ✓ ✓ ✓
Basic Editing Tools ✓ ✓ ✓
Hatch and Gradient ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimensioning ✓ ✓ ✓
Associated Dimension x ✓ ✓
Raster Images ✓ ✓ ✓
External References ✓ ✓ ✓
Pline and Spline Editing ✓ ✓ ✓
Multiline and Multiline Editing ✓ ✓ x
Multiple Grips Editing ✓ ✓ ✓
Blocks and Attributes ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Blocks x ✓ ✓
OLE Support ✓ ✓ ✓
In-Place Mtext Editor ✓ ✓ ✓
In-Place Reference and Attribute Editing ✓ ✓ ✓
Entity Snap and Tracking ✓ ✓ ✓
Layer Properties and Layer States ✓ ✓ ✓
Table ✓ ✓ ✓
Field ✓ ✓ ✓
Multileaders(MLeader) ✓ ✓ ✓
Parametric Drawings ✓ ✓ x
MODELING & SURFACING 
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3D Solid Modeling ✓ ✓ x
Solid Editing ☆ ✓ x
Sweeps and Lofts ✓ ✓ x
Extrudes and Revolves ✓ ✓ x
Surface Modeling ✓ ✓ x
Surface Editing ☆ ✓ x
Mesh Modeling ✓ ✓ x
Mesh Editing x ✓ x
Solid Profiling ✓ ✓ x
Point Cloud Support x ✓ x
MANAGEMENT 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmZWCAD™ 2011 mmAutoCAD®2011 mmAutoCAD®2011LT
Design Center ✓ ✓ ✓
Tool Palette ✓ ✓ ✓
Sheet Set Manager x ✓ x
Aerial View ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Prompt ✓ ☆ ☆
Multiple Redo and Undo Facility ✓ ✓ ✓
Multiple Documents ✓ ✓ ✓
Express Tools ✓ ✓ x
Quick Tools ✓ ✓ ✓
COMMUNICATION 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmZWCAD™ 2011 mmAutoCAD®2011 mmAutoCAD®2011LT
Plot with Plot Style and Plot Stamp ✓ ✓ ✓
Shade Plot x ✓ ✓
Layered PDF Plotting ✓ ✓ ✓
Integrated JPEG and PNG Plotter ✓ ✓ ✓
Publish and Export ✓ ✓ ✓
PDF/DWF/DGN Underlay x ✓ ✓
DGN Import and Export x ✓ ✓
eTransmit ✓ ✓ ✓
Materials ☆ ✓ x
Lights ✓ ✓ x
Photorealistic Rendering ✓ ✓ x
Visual Styles ✓ ✓ x
3D Printing x ✓ x
CUSTOMIZATION 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmZWCAD™ 2011 mmAutoCAD®2011 mmAutoCAD®2011LT
LISP ✓ ✓ x
Object ARX ZRX ✓ x
AutoCAD Development System(ADS) SDS ✓ x
VBA ✓ ✓ x
Interface Customization ✓ ✓ ✓
CUI x ✓ ✓

UNIQUE

nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmZWCAD™ 2011 mmAutoCAD®2011 mmAutoCAD®2011LT
Drawing Compare ✓ x x
Batch Plot (PLT Plot) ✓ x x
Block Extraction ✓ x x
Tab Environment ✓ x x
Image with TFW coordinate ✓ x x

 


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