DWGSee CAD
A lightweight CAD program with a classic interface and lifetime licenses
In contrast to DWGSee Viewer, DWGSee CAD offers expanded design and editing capabilities, making it a lightweight CAD solution.
DWGSee CAD is a lightweight software for opening and modifying DWG/DXF/DWF files. It includes CAD features to draft and edit drawings with lower system resource consumption, making it efficient for 2D drawing work.
Dimension Driven is a smart feature in DWGSee CAD that allows for brief component drafting with precise length measurement. This feature enhances efficiency and accuracy when creating 2D drawings.
DWGSee CAD enables easy collaboration and sharing of work by allowing users to markup and publish their drawings as PDF or JPG files. These files are compatible with all versions of DWG/DXF/DWF files, ensuring accurate viewing across platforms.
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What is the difference between DWGSee Viewer and DWGSee CAD?
DWGSee CAD is inspired by DWGSee DWG Viewer, which features classic interfaces with a command line, as well as rich editing and annotation menu buttons. See details
Can I install DWGSee CAD on mutilple computers?
With the purchased license DWGSee CAD software, you can install it on up to 2 computers or other devices. However, only the named user can use that software on a single computer at any given time.
How to convert the free trial version to full version?
After buying the license code, enter your email address and license code to register, no need to install the program again.
What do you mean by perpetual license?
The purchased license provides lifetime access to the DWGSee CAD software without monthly or yearly fees. The product activation key authorizes its owner to use a specific version of DWGSee CAD for as long as their PC and/or operating system supports it.
How to purchase DWGSee CAD Server license?
The Server license allows several PCs or workstations to get license authorization on line, the number of licensed users is restricted by the purchased of purchased floating licenses. This is automate processed on your own license server, which is connected to a TCP/IP network that can be accessed by any of the users’ machine. If you need server license, please contact us via info@autodwg.com
A lightweight CAD program with a classic interface and lifetime licenses
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DWGSee
DWG Viewer |
DWGSee Pro
Viewer & Editor |
DWGSee CAD
LightWeight CAD |
User Interface
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Classic interface
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Toolbar setting
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No
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No
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Yes
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Command line
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No
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No
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Yes
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Design center
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No
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No
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Yes
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Sheetset palette
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Properties palette
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Compatibility
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Compatible with R14- 2023 version dwg
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Compatible with dxf,dwt,dwf,dwfx
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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File Operation
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Open dwg/dxf/dwf
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Create new drawing
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Save drawing
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Print/Batch print
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Export as PDF/Image
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Save as dwf
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Save as different versions dwg/dxf
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Protect drawing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Smart copy to a new drawing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Etransmit
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Browser mode
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Viewer
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Pan
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Zoom
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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3D View
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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B/W mode
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Full screen
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Regen
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Background color
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Rotate drawing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Quick switch drawing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ViewPort
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No
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No
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Yes
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Markup
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Measure markup
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Callout markup
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Text box markup
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Free-form markup
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Markup manager
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Draw
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Line
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Circle
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Arc
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Polyline
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Special lines
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Multiline
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No
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No
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Yes
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Ellipse
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Rectangle
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Spline
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No
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No
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Yes
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Polygon
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Point
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No
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No
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Yes
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Donut
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No
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No
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Yes
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Cloud line
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No
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No
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Yes
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Text
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Mtext
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Text above line
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No
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No
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Yes
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Arc text
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No
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No
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Yes
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Hatch
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Gradient
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No
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No
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Yes
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Block
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No
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No
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Yes
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Table
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No
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No
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Yes
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Region
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No
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No
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Yes
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Wipeout
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No
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No
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Yes
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Solid
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No
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No
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Yes
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Modify
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Move
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Copy
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Rotate
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Mirror
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Scale
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Stretch
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Offset
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Array
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Match properties
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Erase
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Explode
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Modify objects(text/pline...)
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Clip(image/xref/viewport)
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No
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No
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Yes
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Trim
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Extend
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Fillet
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Chamfer
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Break
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No
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No
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Yes
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Join
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No
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No
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Yes
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Lengther
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No
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No
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Yes
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Corner
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No
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No
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Yes
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Detail view
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No
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No
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Yes
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Annotation
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Super dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Quick dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Dimension merge
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Linear dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Aligned dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Angular dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Radius dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Jogged dimension
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No
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No
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Yes
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Diametric dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Continue dimension
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No
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No
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Yes
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Leader
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Mleader
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Dim arc length
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Dimension alignment
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Geometric tolerance
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Serial ballon
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No
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No
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Yes
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Ordinate dimension
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Oblique dimension
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No
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No
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Yes
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Dimension Driven
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No
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No
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Yes
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Dim Symmetrical Driven
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert
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Insert dwg file
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Insert block from current drawing
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Insert block from other drawings
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert styles from other drawings
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert dwg xref
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Insert raster image xref
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert ole object
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert block from design center
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No
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No
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Yes
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Insert bind object from design center
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No
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No
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Yes
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Tools
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Compare two drawings
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Find text in current drawing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Find text in drawing folder
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Replace text
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Filter entities
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Copy and paste
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No
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No
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Yes
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Extract text
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No
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No
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Yes
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Count objects
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Measure
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Measure box
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No
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No
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Yes
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Measure polyline
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Sum line length
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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List polyline data
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No
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No
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Yes
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Measure area
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Sum areas
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Copy to word
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Magnify
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Hawk-eye
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Extract table
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Purge
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Layout detector
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No
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No
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Yes
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Settings
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Xref Manager
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Text style
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Dimension style
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Point style
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No
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No
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Yes
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Linetype
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No
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No
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Yes
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Layer manager
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Multiline style
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No
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No
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Yes
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Polar setting
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No
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No
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Yes
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Snap
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Grid
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No
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No
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Yes
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Lineweight
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Ortho
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Font path setting
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Markup settings
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Auto-save
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No
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No
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Yes
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Auto layer
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No
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No
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Yes
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Language setting
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No
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No
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Yes
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License
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Subscription license
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Yes
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Coming soon
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Coming soon
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Single user license
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Floating user license
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Site license
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Features | DWGSee CAD 2025 | ACAD 2025 |
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Support R14-2025 version DWG format | Yes | Yes |
Support R14-2025 version DXF format | Yes | Yes |
Support DWF/DWFX format | Yes | Yes |
Support opening image files, including BMP,JPG,PNG,GIF,TIF | Yes | No |
New drawing from template | Yes | Yes |
Protect drawing with password | Yes | No |
Drawing etransmit | Yes | Yes |
Sheetset | Yes | Yes |
Markup | Yes | No |
Export as image | Yes | Yes |
Export to pdf | Yes | Yes |
Save as dwf | Yes | Yes |
Save as different versions of dwg/dxf | Yes | Yes |
Compare drawings | Yes | Yes |
Save template drawing | Yes | Yes |
Save the current layout to a new drawing | Yes | Yes |
Smart copy parts of drawing to new drawings | Yes | No |
Yes | Yes | |
Print preview | Yes | Yes |
Batch print | Yes | Yes |
View | ||
Pan | Yes | Yes |
3D view | Yes | Yes |
Viewport | Yes | Yes |
Full screen | Yes | Yes |
B/W mode | Yes | Yes |
Backgroud color | Yes | Yes |
Rotate drawing | Yes | No |
Quick switch drawing | Yes | No |
Interface customization | Yes | Yes |
Browser view mode | Yes | No |
Update thumbnails | Yes | No |
Markup | ||
Linear markup | Yes | No |
Align linear markup | Yes | No |
Angle markup | Yes | No |
Radius markup | Yes | No |
Redline markup | Yes | Yes |
Polyline markup | Yes | No |
Polyline markup with arrow | Yes | No |
Rectangle markup | Yes | Yes |
Text box markup | Yes | No |
Rectangle box markup | Yes | Yes |
Round rectangle markup | Yes | No |
Ellipse markup | Yes | No |
Cloud markup | Yes | Yes |
Markup manager | Yes | No |
Draw | ||
Line | Yes | Yes |
Tangent line | Yes | Yes |
Parallel line | Yes | Yes |
Vertical line | Yes | Yes |
Angular line | Yes | Yes |
Bisector | Yes | Yes |
Center line | Yes | Yes |
Extend line | Yes | Yes |
Circle | Yes | Yes |
Arc | Yes | Yes |
Ellipse | Yes | Yes |
Polyline | Yes | Yes |
Rectangle | Yes | Yes |
Spline | Yes | Yes |
Polygon | Yes | Yes |
Point | Yes | Yes |
Donut | Yes | Yes |
Text | Yes | Yes |
Mtext | Yes | Yes |
Text above line | Yes | No |
Arc text | Yes | No |
Hatch | Yes | Yes |
Make Block | Yes | Yes |
Wblock | Yes | Yes |
Attribute definition | Yes | Yes |
Table | Yes | Yes |
Region | Yes | Yes |
Modify | ||
Move | Yes | Yes |
Copy | Yes | Yes |
Rotate | Yes | Yes |
Mirror | Yes | Yes |
Scale | Yes | Yes |
Stretch | Yes | Yes |
Offset | Yes | Yes |
Array | Yes | Yes |
Match properties | Yes | |
Erase | Yes | Yes |
Explode | Yes | Yes |
Trim | Yes | Yes |
Extend | Yes | Yes |
Fillet | Yes | Yes |
Chamfer | Yes | Yes |
Break | Yes | Yes |
Join | Yes | Yes |
Lengthen | Yes | Yes |
Corner | Yes | Yes |
Detail view | Yes | No |
Annotate | ||
Super dimension | Yes | Yes |
Quick dimension | Yes | Yes |
Merge dimensions | Yes | Yes |
Quick dimension with baseline | Yes | Yes |
Align linear dimension | Yes | Yes |
Linear dimension | Yes | Yes |
Angular dimension | Yes | Yes |
Radius dimension | Yes | Yes |
Diameter dimension | Yes | Yes |
Leader | Yes | Yes |
Multileader | Yes | Yes |
Arc length dimension | Yes | Yes |
Ordinate dimension | Yes | Yes |
XY Ordinate dimension | Yes | Yes |
Dimension alignment | Yes | Yes |
Geometric Tolerance | Yes | Yes |
Serial balloon | Yes | No |
Insert BOM/Part list | Yes | No |
Dimension driven | Yes | No |
Dimension Symmetric driven | Yes | No |
Insert | ||
Insert dwg | Yes | Yes |
Insert block | Yes | Yes |
Insert raster image | Yes | Yes |
Insert ole | Yes | Yes |
Insert from design center | Yes | Yes |
Insert bind entity | Yes | No |
Tools | ||
DWG Compare | Yes | Yes |
Find text in current drawing | Yes | Yes |
Find drawings by keyword from a folder | Yes | No |
Find object by entitly type | Yes | No |
Replace text | Yes | Yes |
Export text | Yes | No |
Count | Yes | Yes |
Measure length | Yes | Yes |
Measure polyline length | Yes | Yes |
Sum the total length of the specified lines | Yes | No |
Measure Area | Yes | Yes |
Sum areas | Yes | No |
Snap | Yes | Yes |
Copy to word | Yes | No |
Extract table | Yes | No |
Magnifier | Yes | No |
Map mode | Yes | No |
Purge | Yes | Yes |
Settings | ||
Xref manager | Yes | Yes |
Text style | Yes | Yes |
Dimension style | Yes | Yes |
Point style | Yes | Yes |
Line type | Yes | Yes |
Layer manager | Yes | Yes |
Snap setting | Yes | Yes |
Grid | Yes | Yes |
Font/xref path | Yes | Yes |
Replace font | Yes | Yes |
Open with zoom extents | Yes | Yes |
Hyperlink | Yes | Yes |
Markup dimension | Yes | No |
Linewidth | Yes | Yes |
Full screen crosshairs | Yes | Yes |
Bigger toolbar for 4K only | Yes | Yes |
Automatic save | Yes | Yes |
Start page dialog | Yes | Yes |
License | Yes | Yes |
Single user license | Yes | Yes |
Floating user license | Yes | Yes |