OpenGL Shading |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
1 ambient and 7 user-definable light sources |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
1 sunlight source |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Shadow casting |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Superimpose scene over background photo |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Custom edge color, width, and overshoot |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
o2c Rendering and Animation |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
4 fixed light sources (3 ambient, and one shadow casting) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
7 user-definable light sources |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Raytraced shadow casting |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Superimpose scene over background photo |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Real-time walk-through |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Anti-aliased rendering |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Raytracing |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Dynamic 3D material preview |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Transparency |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Reflection |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Smoothing |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Self-illumination |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Texture mapping |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Texture masking |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Texture origin |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Material definitions by color |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Material definitions by layer |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Material definitions by entity |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Embedded Material Definitions |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Included Seamless Textures |
|
|
250 |
|
|
40 |
Included Material Definitions |
400 |
400 |
600+ |
400 |
400 |
400+ |
Included Backgrounds |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Import materials and textures from o2c |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Import materials and textures from SketchUp files |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
2D Production Drawing |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
Automated 2-line, 3-line, and 4-line walls |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Cleanup tools for L, T, and X wall intersections |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Automatic door and window insertion |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Complex user-defined line types |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Pen Styles |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Complex user-defined associative hatch patterns |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Associative dimensions (DIN and AS1100) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Polyline and related editing tools |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Object snap on-the-fly |
X |
X |
Imp.* |
X |
X |
Imp.* |
Virtual object snapping |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
GetSnap smart snapping |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
3D object snapping |
X |
X |
Imp.* |
X |
X |
Imp.* |
Dynamic Snap Indicator |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Direct distance input method |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Direction / Distance input mode |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Relative and absolute Cartesian input mode |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Relative and absolute polar input mode |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XREFs (External Reference Files) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
XClips (Reference File Clip Cubes) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
SClips (Symbol Clip Cubes) |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Fence Clips |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
HyperView linking |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Hyperlink to external file |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Hyperlink to Internet URL |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Command line alias |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Spell checker with international-language dictionaries |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Architectural text styles (Vector-based fonts) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Support for TrueType fonts |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Automatic boundary detection for hatching (Contour search) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Solid color fills |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Pattern fills |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Bitmap fills |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Layer manager with support for long layer names |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Multi-line Text (a.k.a. MText) |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Support for SHX fonts |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Entity Properties Editor |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
3D Modeling |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
3D geometric primitives modeler |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Vector-based hidden line removal |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Raster-based hidden line removal |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Digital Terrain Modeling (Drop Mesh) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
TIN (Triangular Irregular Network) Surface Modeler |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Ruled Surface Modeler |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
3D Knife |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
3D Sectioning Tool |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
o2c-based object viewer |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Convert TrueType fonts to 3D |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
3D Boolean Operations |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
3D Edit Planes |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Printing and Plotting |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
Support for any Windows-compatible printer or plotter |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
WYSIWYG Print Preview |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Multi-scale Plotting Layout |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Convert Multi-scale Layout to DWG |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Batch plotting direct and to .PRN and .PDF |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Print to PDF with layers |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Date, Time, and File Stamps |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Map 15 colors to 15 pens |
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
Map 255 colors to 15 pens |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Windows Compatibility |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
Windows Vista |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Windows 2000/XP |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Windows NT |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Windows 95/98/Me |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
Network Awareness |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Interface supports Windows XP themes |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
MDI (Multiple Document Interface) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Multi-view windows |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Standard toolbar |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
User-definable icon toolbars |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
View-sensitive icon toolbars |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
User-definable context-sensitive icon toolbars |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Global, unlimited undo/redo |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Cut, Copy, and Paste to/from Windows applications |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Dynamic Zoom with Mouse Wheel |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Dynamic Panning with Mouse |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Estimating and Take-offs |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
Estimator link for material take-offs |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
Automated 3D framing with take-offs |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
File Compatibility (Open, Import, or Paste) |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
AutoCAD R2007 -R2008 drawing file (.DWG) |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
AutoCAD R2004 through R2006 drawing file (.DWG) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
AutoCAD R2.5 through R2002 drawing file (.DWG) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Data Exchange Format file (.DXF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD drawing file (double-precision) (.AEC) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
DataCAD drawing file (.DC5) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD layer file (double-precision) (.DLF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
DataCAD layer file (.LYR) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD symbol file (double-precision w/layers) (.DSF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
DataCAD symbol file (.SM3) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD Plus drawing file (.DC+) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD Plus layer file (.LY+) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
DataCAD Plus symbol file (.SM+) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
ASCII text file (.TXT) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Windows Metafile (.WMF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Enhanced Windows Metafile (.EMF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Objects to See file (.O2C) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
ArCon file (.ACO) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
3D Studio (.3DS) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Stereo Lithography (.STL) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Windows Bitmap (.BMP) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file (.JPG) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Graphic Interchange Format (.GIF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Tagged Image Format File (.TIF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Truevision Targa Graphic (.TGA) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Portable (Public) Network Graphic (.PNG) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
PC Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic (.PCX) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Kodak Photo-CD Image (.PCD) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
SketchUp (.SKP) |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Excel Spreadsheet (.XLS) |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
File Compatibility (SaveAs, Export, or Copy) |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
AutoCAD R2002 drawing file (.DWG) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
AutoCAD R2000 drawing file (.DWG) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
AutoCAD R12, R13, and R14 drawing file (.DWG) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Data Exchange Format File (.DXF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
WHIP! (Design Web Format) (.DWF) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
DataCAD drawing file (double-precision) (.AEC) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
DataCAD drawing file (.DC5) |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
DataCAD layer file (double-precision) (.DLF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
DataCAD layer file (.LYR) |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
DataCAD symbol file (double-precision w/layers) (.DSF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
DataCAD symbol file (.SM3) |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
ASCII text file (.TXT) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Windows Metafile (.WMF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Enhanced Windows Metafile (.EMF) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Objects to See file (.O2C) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
ArCon file (.ACO) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Stereo Lithography (.STL) |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Windows Bitmap (.BMP) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file (.JPG) |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Tagged Image Format File (.TIF) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Truevision Targa Graphic (.TGA) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Portable (Public) Network Graphic (.PNG) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
PC Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic (.PCX) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Encapsulated PostScript (.EPS) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Kodak Photo-CD Image (.PCD) |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Windows printer file (.PRN) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document file (.PDF) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) file (.WRL) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
DC Render file (.RAY) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous |
DC10 |
DC11 |
DC12 |
LT10 |
LT11 |
LT12 |
32-Bit Single-precision database |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
64-Bit Double-precision database |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
64-Bit Double-precision Display List |
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Maximum drawing file size |
128MB |
1024MB |
1024MB |
4MB |
15MB |
15MB |
Automatic purge of unused data |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Drawing file compression |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Drawing Session Backups |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Automatic Drawing Backup and Recovery |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Symbol Browser |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Included 2D/3D Symbol Library |
3000+ |
3000+ |
3200+ |
300+ |
1700+ |
1900+ |
Symbol (a.k.a. "Block") Text Attributes |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Maximum number of user-defined line types per drawing |
175 |
256 |
256 |
25 |
256 |
256 |
Embedded line types |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Line type manager |
|
X |
X |
|
|
X |
Line type creator |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Maximum number of user-defined hatch patterns |
256 |
Unlim. |
Unlim. |
50 |
Unlim. |
Unlim. |
Embedded hatch patterns |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Hatch pattern manager |
|
X |
X |
|
|
X |
Maximum number of layers |
1000 |
32768 |
32768 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
Maximum number of icons per toolbar |
100 |
Unlim. |
Unlim. |
50 |
Unlim. |
Unlim. |
Maximum number of characters per layer name |
88 |
256 |
256 |
88 |
256 |
256 |
DCAL (DataCAD Applications Language) Included |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
DCAL for Delphi Included |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Selection Sets |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Text Scale |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Customizable keyboard macros |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Hard-coded keyboard macros |
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
Identify, Set All |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
User-definable default drawings |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Customizable scales, angles, and distances |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Architectural scale fractions 1/64, 1/128, 1/256 |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|