Features |
ZWCAD 2020 |
DraftSight 2019 |
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Std |
Pro |
Std |
Pro |
Premium/Enterprise plus |
Files support |
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DWG R14/2000/2004/2007/2010/2013 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
DXF R12/2000/2004/2007/2010/2013 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
DWG/DXF 2018 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
DWT support |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
DGN import |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
User interaction |
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Multi-thread CPU speed up |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Classic menu and toolbar |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Ribbon interfaces |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Customize User interface (CUI) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Partial CUI |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Tool Palettes |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Design Center |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Properties Palette |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Command auto complete |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Drawing tab switching |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Adaptive Grid |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Dynamic UCS |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Dynamic Input |
+ |
+ |
+ (Qinput) |
+ (Qinput) |
+ (Qinput) |
2D drawing and annotation |
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Leader & Mleader |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Associative dimensions |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Text and Mtext |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Revcloud |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Text in-place editing |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Hatch/Gradient Hatch |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Super Hatch |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Table & Table styles |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Field |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Annotative Scale |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Pline and Hatch Boundary Grips |
+ |
+ |
* |
* |
* |
Enhanced grip editing menu |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Layers |
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Layer Properties Manager (classic) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Layer Properties Manager (Panel) |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Layer States Manager |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
layer filter |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Layer Walk |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Layer Merge |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Layer Browser |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Xref,Block and Attribute |
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Dynamic Block |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Block editor |
(1) |
(1) |
– |
– |
– |
OLE |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Rater Images |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Xrefs |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Multiple block inserting |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Attribute |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Reference Manager |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Block replace |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
PDF underlay |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
PDF import |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
DGN underlay |
– |
– |
+ |
+ |
+ |
DWFx underlay |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
DWF underlay |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Print |
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CTB & STB plot styles |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Plotting |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Export |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Publish PDF |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Publish DWF/DWFx |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Mvsetup |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Plot to SVG |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
3D modeling and visualization |
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ACIS viewing |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Visual styles (Hide & Shade) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
3D Orbit |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Full ACIS modeling & editing |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
Solprof |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Z axis tracking |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Rendering |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
(2) |
Tools |
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Match properties (cross drawings) |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Digital signature |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Data extraction |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Group |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Quick select |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Quick Calculator |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Express tools |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
+ |
Region |
– |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Multiple Undo/Redo |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Undo/Redo Preview |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
File Compare |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Lockup & Unlock |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Etransmit |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Smart mouse |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
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Smart voice |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Smart select |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
DGN Purge |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
PDF Coverter |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Application Programming Interfaces |
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ActiveX, including in-place editing |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Full LISP with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support |
+ |
+ |
– |
(3) |
(3) |
LISP Debugger |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
DCL engine |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA 32/64-bit) |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Runtime extension (ZRX/ARX) |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
.NET |
– |
+ |
– |
+ |
+ |
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(1) ZWCAD’s Block Editor is able to modify non-dynamic blocks only currently; |
(2)Draftsight supports only the basic animated rendering, not a high-quality level rendering. |
(3)Draftsight only supports loading the basic lisp (.lsp) program |
* DraftSight does not support hatch grip edit. |