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 |
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Compatibility | |||
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Native DWG & DXF Support |
2.5~2009 |
2.5~2009 |
2.5~2009 |
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AutoCAD® Command |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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AutoCAD® Menu(.mnu)& Alias Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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TTF & SHX Font Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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AutoCAD® 3D Surface |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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ACIS 3D Solid |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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AutoLisp ( including DCL) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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AutoCAD® Development System（ADS） |
SDS (similar to ADS) |
Yes |
No |
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VBA Included |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Object ARX |
- |
Yes |
No |
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Advanced Features | |||
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Publish |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Entity Snap Tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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True Color System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Tool Palettes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Quick Calculator |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hatch-clip |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Gradient Hatch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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CTB and STB Plot Style |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Explorer（Layers, Blocks, Linetypes） |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Unlimited Undo/Redo |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Right-click Customization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Menu, Toolbar & Alias Customization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Polygonal Viewports in Layouts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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ActiveX In-place Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External Reference |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Xref, In-place Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Quick Select |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Quick Dimension |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Raster Image |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Multilines & Multiline Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Filter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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eTransmit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Unique Features | |||
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Batch Plot（pltplot） |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Block Extraction |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Image with TFW coordinate file |
Yes |
No |
No |
