autocad vs. turbocad vs. doublecad
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AutoCAD vs. TurboCAD vs. DoubleCADTRANSCRIPT
AutoCAD 2011 vs. TurboCAD Pro/Pro Platinum v17; DoubleCAD XT Pro v2 vs. AutoCAD LT 2010mayorgroup.com
AutoCAD 2011 TurboCAD Professional v17 AutoCAD LT 2011 DoubleCAD XT Pro v2Input Command Line Input Yes No Yes Yes Dynamic Input for coordinate values and dimension Yes No Yes Yes Dynamic Input Prompts Yes No Yes Yes Inspector Bar No Yes No Yes
Coordinate Systems Absolute Yes Yes Yes Yes Extents Yes Yes Yes Yes Orthographic Yes Yes Yes Yes Polar Yes Yes Yes Yes Relative Yes Yes Yes Yes User Definable Yes Yes Yes Yes World Yes Yes Yes Yes
UI Customization/Preferences Command List Filter Yes No Yes No Context Sensitive Tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Coordinate System screen position Yes Yes Yes Yes Cursor Shape 2 - highly customizable 3 2 - highly customizable 3 Customizable User Interface, including Toolbars an Yes Yes Yes Yes
Design Director
No
(Design Director) for Cameras, Categories, Graphic, Layers, Lights,
Views, and Work planes No
(Design Director) for Cameras, Categories, Graphic, Layers,
Lights, Views, and Work planes
Design CenterYes - Blocks, DimStyles, Layer, Layouts, Linetypes, Tablestyles,
Textstyles, Xrefs No
Yes - Blocks, DimStyles, Layer, Layouts, Linetypes,
Tablestyles, Textstyles, Xrefs No Grid Yes Yes Yes Yes Lock Toolbars Yes No Yes No Lock Palettes Yes Yes Yes Yes Movable, Dockable Toolbars Yes Yes Yes Yes Scale List Manager Yes No Yes No Rulers Yes Yes Yes Yes Scrollbars Yes Yes Yes Yes Shortcut keys Yes Yes Yes Yes Status Bar Yes Yes Yes Yes Toolbars Yes Yes Yes Yes Variable aperture size for cursor Yes Yes Yes Yes Visibility States for Blocks Yes No Yes No
Views, Cameras, Viewing
Pre-defined Views Yes (view cube)12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW),
Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW)No
12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW,
NE, NW) By Workplane Yes Yes No Yes By World Yes Yes No Yes
Camera Movements Yes10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
No10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
Camera Object Views Yes10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
No10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left
Cursor Move Yes 3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points Yes 3 - Normal to View, Parallel to
View, By 2 Points Pan Yes 2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan Yes 2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan Perspective Yes Yes Yes Yes Previous Yes Yes Yes Yes QuickTime Movie Creation No Yes - Object and Panoramic No Yes - Object and Panoramic Orthographic Yes Yes No Yes Origin Yes Yes No Yes
Walkthrough Yes, (steering wheel) Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide, Walk No Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide
Walk
Zooms Discrete levels and smooth zoom transitions
Discrete levels and including smoothinfinite zoom
Discrete levels and smooth zoom transitions
Discrete levels and including smooth infinite zoom
Workplane Settings Auto Workplane Yes (dynamic UCS) Yes No Yes By 3 Points Yes Yes No Yes By Entity/Object Yes Yes No Yes By Facet Yes Yes No Yes By View Yes Yes No Yes By World Yes Yes No Yes By Z Axis Yes Yes No Yes Named Yes Yes No Yes Origin Yes Yes No Yes Orthographic Yes Yes No Yes Previous Yes Yes No Yes Show/Hide Yes Yes No Yes
General Editing Tools, Other
Align Yes Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line. Yes
Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle,
Along Line.
Batch File Converter No Yes No Yes
Copy
Yes, 6 types - Array, Linear, Mirror, Offset (including to specific layers), Rotated, Scaled. Also can paste to
Link and paste to Block
Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Array Fit, Linear Fit, Radial Fit,
Mirror, Offset, Vector.
Yes, 6 types - Array, Linear, Mirror, Offset (including to specific layers), Rotated,
Scaled. Also can paste to Link and paste to Block
Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Array Fit, Linear Fit,
Radial Fit, Mirror, Offset, Vector.
Database Connectivity Manager/Palette No Yes No Yes
Distribute No Yes, 8 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Distance, Space
No Yes, 8 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle,
Distance, Space Drawing Compare Utility No Yes - Platinum ver. No Yes
Draw Order Yes Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One Yes Yes - Bring to Front, Send to
Back, Forward One, Back One
Drawing Recovery Manager Yes No Yes No
Geometric Aids Yes Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions Yes Yes - Extended Orthogonal,
Apparent Extensions Explode Yes Yes Yes Yes Group Yes Yes Yes Yes Hidden Line Settings Yes Yes Yes Yes Integrated Calculator Yes Yes Yes Yes Line Width Scaling Yes Yes Yes Yes Macro Recorder Yes Yes Yes Yes Multiple UNDO/REDO Yes Yes Yes Yes MultiText Yes Yes Yes Yes
Org Chart Wizard No Yes No Yes Page Setup Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Plotting/ Plot Style Manager Yes - comprehensive options Limited Yes - comprehensive options Limited Pre-defined Drawing Templates 22, four of which are tutorials 17 22, four of which are tutorials 17 Print Style Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Raster to Vector Tracings (integrated) No Yes No Yes Sheet Sets, Sheet Set Manager Yes No Yes No
Spell Checker Yes - entire drawing Yes - selected text or entire drawing Yes - entire drawing Yes - selected text or entire
drawing Symbols/Block Editors Yes Yes Yes Yes Table Styles Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table Style Manager Yes, including editor for Dynamic Blocks No Yes, including editor for
Dynamic Blocks No
Tables Yes Yes Yes Yes Simple Text Yes Yes Yes Yes Multi Text Yes Yes Yes Yes Text Along a Curve Yes (Express tool) Yes Yes (Express tool) Yes Transforms Yes - 4 Yes - 4 Yes - 4 Yes - 4 Transform Recorder No Yes No Yes
Layers Create Custom Layer Sets Yes Yes Yes Yes Fading Locking Layers Yes No Yes No Freeze/Unfreeze Yes No Yes No Layer Filters Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer Properties Yes 8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock,
Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible
Yes 8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print
Style, Visible Layer Properties Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Lock/Unlock Yes Yes Yes Yes Plotstyle Yes Yes Yes Yes Layer Order No Yes No Yes Set Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Name Yes Yes Yes Yes
Workspace Settings 4 pre-defined also, unlimited number of user-defined custom Workspaces
Not pre-defined; however can be customized
3 pre-defined also, unlimited number of user-defined custom
Workspaces
Not pre-defined; however can becustomized
2D Drawing Tools
Arcs 1 arc tool with multiple ways of creating arcs 13 tools 1 arc tool with multiple ways of
creating arcs 13 tools
Bezier curve No Yes No Yes Circles 6 types 8 types 6 types 8 types Construction Lines Yes Yes Yes Yes Donut Yes No Yes No Double Lines No, but multilines can simulate Yes - 8 tools Yes Yes - 8 tools Ellipses 2, plus elliptical arcs 3 tools 2, plus elliptical arcs 3 tools Gear Contour generator No Yes No Yes Irregular Polygon No Yes No Yes Lines ? 5 tools ? 5 tools Multilines Yes Yes - 8 tools Yes Yes - 8 tools Parallel Lines No Yes No Yes Perpendicular Lines No Yes No Yes Points 20 styles 6 styles 20 styles 6 styles Regular Polygon (equal length sides) Yes Yes Yes Yes Polyline Yes Yes Yes Yes Ray Yes No Yes No Region Yes Yes Yes Yes Revision Cloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Spline curve Yes Yes Yes Yes
2D Editing/Modifying Array copy Yes Yes Yes Yes Arc Compliment No Yes No Yes Boolean Add, Subtract and Intersect Yes Yes Yes Yes Break Yes Yes Yes Yes Chain/Join polyline Yes Yes Yes Yes Chamfer Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Convert to Curve Yes Yes No Yes Drafting Palette - create associative 2D X-sec. from 3D models No Yes No Yes
Extend Yes Yes Yes Yes Extend Objects to Boundary Yes Yes - only for lines Yes Yes - only for lines Fillet Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Yes - multiple options Format Painter Yes Yes Yes Yes In-Place Text Editing Yes Yes Yes Yes Insert Bullets, Numbering, Alphabetic list into multite Yes No Yes No Insert +/- tolerancing symbols into multi-text Yes Yes Yes Yes Intersect 2 Double Lines Yes Yes Yes Yes
Join Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs
Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls
Line Length Yes Yes Yes Yes Meet 2 Double Lines Yes Yes Yes Yes Meet 2 Lines Yes Yes Yes Yes Move Curve points Yes Yes Yes Yes Multiple Object Trim and Extend Yes Yes Yes Yes Object Trim Yes Yes Yes Yes Offset Yes Yes Yes Yes Profile Along a Path Yes Yes Yes Yes Scale Yes Yes Yes Yes Section Detail Yes - Copy Clip Yes Yes No Selection Fence Yes Yes Yes Yes Shrink/Extend tool Yes Yes Yes Yes Split Yes Yes Yes Yes Stretch objects Yes Yes Yes Yes Trim Yes Yes Yes Yes Vector copy - distance and angle Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewport Explode - Flatten 3D models to 2D Geome No Yes No Yes X Meet Double Lines No Yes No Yes
2D and 3D Measurements Angle Yes Yes No Yes Area Yes Yes Yes Yes Calculate Hatch Areas Yes Yes Yes Yes Center of Gravity Yes Yes Yes Yes Coordinates of the Point Yes Yes Yes Yes Curve Length Yes Yes Yes Yes Distance Yes Yes Yes Yes Extra Data from Objects (Including Blocks and Attri Yes Yes Yes Yes
Geometric Analysis Base Moments of Inertia only
Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus,
Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section
Modulus relative to Axis
Base Moments of Inertia only
Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus,
Center of Gravity, Radius of Gyration, Main Axis, Area,
Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative
to Axis
Insert Formulas into a Table Yes No Yes No Link Table data to Excel spreadsheet and vice versa Yes No Yes No Mass Yes No Yes No Mid-point between two points Yes No Yes No Surface Area and Volume of 3D Surfaces Yes Yes No Yes Volume Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blocks, Symbols and Parametric Parts 2D and 3D Symbols Thousands, via Design Center Online Thousands Thousands, via Design Center Onl Thousands Block Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Compound Profiles, Constraints in Blocks Yes Yes No Yes Dynamic Blocks Yes No Yes No In-place Editing of Blocks and Groups Yes Yes Yes Yes Parametric Part Libraries Yes, as Dynamic Blocks) Yes No Yes Parametric Parts Manager and Scripting Language No Yes No Yes Pre-defined Blocks 472 in Design Center 0 472 in Design Center 0 Relocate Block Reference Point Yes Yes Yes Yes Specify Block Insertion Point, Rotation and Scaling Yes Yes Yes Yes Surface Roughness Symbol No Yes No Yes Visibility Control Yes No Yes No Weld Symbol (parametric) No Yes No Yes Xclip support Yes Yes Yes No XREFs Yes Yes Yes Yes XREF Binding Yes Yes Yes Yes XREF Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constraints and Tolerances Automatic Dimensions No Yes No Yes Driving Dimensions Yes Yes No Yes Dimensional Constraints Yes Yes No Yes Geometric Constraints Yes - 13 different types Yes -16 different types No Yes -16 different types Geometric Tolerances Yes Yes Yes Yes Tolerance symbols 14 1 14 1
Dimensions
Types
16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc Length, Angular, Baseline, Continuous,
Diameter, Inspection, Jogged Linear, Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear,
Ordinate, Quick, Radius, Rotated
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum,
Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor
Linear (new)
16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc Length, Angular, Baseline,
Continuous, Diameter, Inspection, Jogged Linear,
Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear, Ordinate, Quick, Radius,
Rotated
16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Distance,
Incremental, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick,
Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Linear (new)
Associative Yes Yes - plus editable driving dimensions Yes Yes - plus editable driving
dimensions
Automatic Yes - through Qdim command Yes Yes - through Qdim command Yes
Break and Space Yes No Yes No Center Mark tool Yes Yes - if center snap enabled Yes Yes - if center snap enabled Dimension Style Manager/Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Exploded Yes No Yes No Flip Dimension Arrow Yes No Yes No Inspector Yes No Yes No Fractional Yes Yes Yes Yes Multileader Yes Yes Yes Yes Non-associative Yes Yes Yes Yes Set Tolerances to Dimensions Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hatching and Fills Associative Yes Yes Yes Yes Calculate Hatch Areas Yes Yes Yes Yes Edit Hatch boundaries Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gradient fills Yes - 18 types Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation Yes - 18 types Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited
custom creation
Hatch Patterns Comes with 68, additional can be created
Comes with 76, additional can be created
Comes with 68, additional can be created
Comes with 76, additional can be created
Hatch Pattern editor (user definable) Yes Yes Yes Yes Imperial Hatch Patterns Yes No Yes No Island detection Yes Yes Yes Yes ISO Hatch Patterns Yes No Yes No Path Yes Yes Yes Yes Pick point Yes Yes Yes Yes
Printing and Paper Space Lay-out Annotative Objects and Properties Yes No Yes No Automatically Scale Annotative Properties Yes No Yes No Create Named Viewports, Insert into Paper Space Yes Yes Yes Yes CTB Print Style Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Drawing Status Bar Yes No Yes No Overlay Layer Properties by Viewport Yes No Yes No
Snaps
23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, End Point, Extension, From,
Intersection, Insert, Mid-point on line, Mid-point between two points,
Nearest Point, Node, Orthogonal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Point filters (6 different), Quadrant, Tangent ,
Temp. Track Point
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid,
Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic,
Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane
Intersection
23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, End Point, Extension, From, Intersection, Insert, Mid-point on line, Mid-point between
two points, Nearest Point, Node, Orthogonal, Parallel,
Perpendicular, Point filters (6 different), Quadrant, Tangent ,
Temp. Track Point
14 - Center, Center of Extents, Divide point, Geometric, Grid,
Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Workplane
Intersection
3D Drawing and Editing Overall Complete - see below Complete - see below No Complete - see below Align Yes Yes No No
Assemble Yes - through Align toolYes, 6 tools - By Axis, by 3 Points, by Edge and Point, by Facet, by Tangents, Set Assembly Axis
No No
Automatic Workplane by Face Yes Yes No No Bend tool No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Blending, with preview Yes Yes No No Boolean Add (Union), Subtract, Intersect Yes Yes No No Boolean Slice Yes Yes No No Branched Lofting No Yes No No Compound Profiles No Yes No No Create Solid from Face Yes Yes No No Create Solid from Surface Yes Yes No No Create Surface from Face No Yes No No Create Surface from Profile Yes Yes No No Create Surface from Solid Yes Yes No No Extrude Yes Yes No No Extrude to Face Yes Yes No No Face-to-face Lofting No Yes No No Facet editing Yes Yes No No Facet offset Yes Yes - Platinum ver. No No Filleting Yes Yes No No Flange No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Geometric Tolerance tool No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Helix tool Yes Yes No No Hole tool Yes Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver. No No Imprint Yes Yes - Platinum ver. No No Intersect and Slice Yes Yes No No Lofting Yes Yes No No Offset Yes Yes No No Part Tree with Editor No Yes No No
Patterns No Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver. No No Piping (convert from 3D fillet) No Yes No No Polylines Yes Yes No No Press/Pull Yes No No No Primitives - solid and surface Yes Yes No No Revolve Yes Yes No No Section Yes Yes No No Shell solid Yes Yes No No Splines Yes Yes No No Surfaces from 2D profiles Yes Yes No No Sweeps Yes Yes No No Thread tool No Yes No No Tube Bend No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Tube Flange No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Twisted Extrude Yes Yes - Platinum ver. No No Unbend Sheet No Yes - Platinum ver. No No Unfold Face No Yes - Platinum ver. No No
3D Modeling Solid Modeler Yes - Proprietary Yes - ACIS® v20 No No Deformable Modeling No Yes No No
Rendering and Visualization 256-color Shading Yes Yes Yes Yes Alpha Channel support on PNG and GIF file export Yes Yes No No Apply different materials to different facets of the sa Yes Yes No No Ambient Lights Yes Yes No No Camera position Yes Yes No No
Color Palettes Yes - 24-bit True Color, Pantone, DIC, RAL No Yes No
Color Transparency Yes - opacity settings Yes Yes Yes
Director/Editor for managing environments Ability to define Environment Maps and Profiles Yes No No
Environment/Reflection Maps Yes Yes - including Environments Editor No No
Index Color Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Landscape Library Yes - 10 with ability to import others No No No Lighting Controls - Time of Year, Time of Day Yes No No No
Lighting Variables Intensity factor, Status, Photometry, Shadow, Attenuation, Filter Color
Dozens including: Angle, Color, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight
only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only)
No Minimal
LightWorks Archive support No Yes No No
Luminance of Objects Yes Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager No No
Lighting , Luminance Editor Yes Yes No No Material Editor Yes Yes No No Material Types for rendered objects* 427 Materials in 14 Categories Over 700 Materials No No Material mapping to surface type Yes No No No
Motion Path Animation Yes No - requires Animation Lab plug-in No No
Open GL rendering Yes Yes No Yes
Photometric Lighting settings Yes, 3 types - Candela, Lumen or Lux
Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen No No
Photorealistic Rendering Yes Yes - LightWorks® v7.5 No No Photo Ray trace Rendering Yes Yes - LightWorks® No No Procedural Maps for Materials Yes Yes No No Quick Time VR Support No Yes No No Ray tracing Yes Yes No No Render Styles Yes Yes No No Set Shadow Casting, Receiving by Object Yes No No No True Color Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Architectural, Civil Tools Convert double polyline to wall No Yes No Yes Doors - Parametric** No Yes No Yes Edit Profile for Doors and Walls No Yes No Yes Import of DWG files with AutoCAD Architecture/ADT No Yes No Yes Integrated Building Materials Scheduler (1st Pricing) No Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass No Yes - for Doors, Windows and Markers No Yes - 4 styles No Yes - 4 styles Multi-Component Walls No Yes - Platinum ver. No Yes Muntins No Yes - for Doors and Windows, No No Rail tool No Yes - Platinum ver. No Yes Roof tool No Yes No Yes
Schedule No Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver. No Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls
and Slabs - Plat ver. Slab Tool No Yes - Platinum ver. No Yes Sections and Elevations Tool No Yes No Yes Stairs - Parametric** No Yes No Yes Style Manager Palette No Yes No Yes Terrain tool No Yes No Yes Walls - Curved and Straight No Yes No Yes Wall Bottom and Top Modifier tools No Yes No Yes Wall Dimension tool No Yes No Yes Wall Linking No Yes No Yes Windows - Parametric** No Yes No Yes Woodworking Layout Wizard and tool No Yes No Yes Join/Split/Modify/Dimension Walls No Yes No YesInteroperability File Open, Insert or attach Bitmap 25 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table File Save as or Export 18 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table HTML Publishing Formats JPG, DWF, PNG JPG, DWF, PNG JPG, DWF, PNG JPG, DWF, PNG Proxy Object Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Programmability API, AutoLISP, VBA, VisualLISP support Yes No Yes No Included SDK Yes Yes Yes Yes
Documentation, Online Help, Tutorials, and Support Context-sensitive Help Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Email and Web-based support Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Telephone Support No Yes No Yes Integrated Tutorials Yes No Yes No PDF Reference Manual Yes Yes Yes Yes Printed Getting Started Guide No Yes No No Searchable, Indexed Online Help Yes Yes Yes Yes
* See Material Libraries Tab for full listing** See Stairs, Windows and Doors tab for full listing
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