ZWCAD 2009 vs. AutoCAD® 2009
The core engine of ZWCAD is based on latest IntelliCAD (www.intellicad.org) technology, a powerful CAD platform that hosts many design applications. ZWCAD uses DWG as its native drawing format, and offers you reliable compatibility with AutoCAD® content, from version 2.5 to 2009.
The following table compares the major features between ZWCAD and AutoCAD ®.
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ZWCAD 2009 |
AutoCAD®2009 |
AutoCAD®2009 LT |
Compatibility |
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Native DWG & DXF Support |
2.5~2009 |
2.5~2009 |
2.5~2009 |
AutoCAD® Command |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
AutoCAD® Menu(.mnu)& Alias Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
TTF & SHX Font Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
AutoCAD® 3D Surface |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
ACIS 3D Solid |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
AutoLisp ( including DCL) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
AutoCAD® Development System(ADS) |
SDS (similar to ADS) |
Yes |
No |
VBA Included |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Object ARX |
DRX(similar to ARX) |
Yes |
No |
Advanced Features |
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Publish |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Entity Snap Tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
True Color System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Tool Palettes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Quick Calculator |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hatch-clip |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Gradient Hatch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CTB and STB Plot Style |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Explorer(Layers, Blocks, Linetypes) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unlimited Undo/Redo |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Right-click Customization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Menu, Toolbar & Alias Customization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Polygonal Viewports in Layouts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
ActiveX In-place Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
External Reference |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Xref, In-place Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Quick Select |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Quick Dimension |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Raster Image |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Multilines & Multiline Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Filter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
eTransmit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unique Features |
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Batch Plot(pltplot) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Block Extraction |
Yes |
No |
No |
Image with TFW coordinate file |
Yes |
No |
No |