BricsCAD

	V16 (Windows)			V16 (Mac)			V16 (Linux)			AutoCAD
= New feature	Platinum	Pro	Classic	Platinum	Pro	Classic	Platinum	Pro	Classic	2015	LT	Mac
Files
Native .dwg 2013 file format
dwg for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2015										-	-	-
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)										-	-	-
User File Manager
eTransmit
WORKSETS command
Sheet set manager
Chapoo® (upload, share, view, annotate documents in the cloud)										-	-	-
Communicator (extended import/export) (9)			-			-	(1)	(1)	-	-	-	-
Interface
Documents tabs												-
CUI menus and toolbars
Ribbon												-
Workspaces												-
Visual menu customization
Extended Quad cursor 2D/3D										-	-	-
Entity creation with Quad										-	-	-
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
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		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Lofting			-			-			-	-	-	-
Geometry Healing			-			-			-	-	-	-
Support for Photometric Lighting			-			-			-	-	-	-
Powerful rendering engine			-			-			-		-	-
600 high-definition render materials			-			-			-	-	-	-
Walkthrough navigation											-	-
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		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
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)
BIM features		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Project database		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Library database		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Windows and doors		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Rooms		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
IFC import		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
SketchUp import		-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-	-
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)
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
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
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

(1) To be implemented.
(2) BricsCAD 32-bit (Windows) only.
(3) Partial.
(4) Defining dynamic blocks is not possible yet.
(5) View only. Edit under development.
(6) Without MFC classes.
(7) View/edit only. Not create.
(8) Limited (no rendering).
(9) Optional module.
(10) Requires BricsCAD Communicator. In BricsCAD Pro, only for geometry (no structure).