AutoCAD vs. TurboCAD vs. DoubleCAD

AutoCAD 2011 vs. TurboCAD Pro/Pro Platinum v17; DoubleCAD XT Pro v2 vs. AutoCAD LT 2010 mayorgroup.com AutoCAD 2011

TurboCAD Professional v17

AutoCAD LT 2011

DoubleCAD XT Pro v2

Yes Yes Yes No

No No No Yes

Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes 2 - highly customizable Yes

No Yes Yes 3 Yes

Yes Yes Yes 2 - highly customizable Yes

No Yes Yes 3 Yes

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

Input Command Line Input Dynamic Input for coordinate values and dimension Dynamic Input Prompts Inspector Bar

Coordinate Systems Absolute Extents Orthographic Polar Relative User Definable World

UI Customization/Preferences Command List Filter Context Sensitive Tools Coordinate System screen position Cursor Shape Customizable User Interface, including Toolbars an Design Director

Design Center Grid Lock Toolbars Lock Palettes Movable, Dockable Toolbars Scale List Manager Rulers Scrollbars Shortcut keys Status Bar Toolbars Variable aperture size for cursor Visibility States for Blocks

Yes - Blocks, DimStyles, Layer, Layouts, Linetypes, Tablestyles, Textstyles, Xrefs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes - Blocks, DimStyles, Layer, Layouts, Linetypes, Tablestyles, Textstyles, Xrefs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Views, Cameras, Viewing 12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW) Yes Yes

12 - Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, Back, Isometric (SE,SW, NE, NW), Diametric (SE, SW, NE, NW)

No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No No

Camera Movements

Yes

10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left

No

10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left

Camera Object Views

Yes

10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left

No

10 - Left, Right, Up, Down, Turn Right, Turn Left, Turn Up, Turn Down, Rotate Right, Rotate Left

Pre-defined Views

By Workplane

By World

Cursor Move Pan Perspective Previous QuickTime Movie Creation Orthographic Origin Walkthrough Zooms

Yes (view cube)

3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points 2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan Yes Yes Yes - Object and Panoramic Yes Yes Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide, Yes, (steering wheel) Walk Discrete levels and smooth zoom Discrete levels and including smooth transitions infinite zoom

Discrete levels and smooth zoom transitions

3 - Normal to View, Parallel to View, By 2 Points 2- Pan to Point, Vector Pan Yes Yes Yes - Object and Panoramic Yes Yes Yes - Examine, Roll, Turn, Slide Walk Discrete levels and including smooth infinite zoom

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No No No No

Workplane Settings Auto Workplane By 3 Points

By Entity/Object

By Facet

By View

By World

By Z Axis Named Origin Orthographic Previous Show/Hide

Yes (dynamic UCS) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes

Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line.

Yes

Yes, 7 types - Bottom, Top, Center, Left, Right, Middle, Along Line.

No

Yes

General Editing Tools, Other

Align

Batch File Converter

Copy

Yes, 6 types - Array, Linear, Mirror, Yes, 9 types - Array, Linear, Radial, Offset (including to specific layers), Array Fit, Linear Fit, Radial Fit, Rotated, Scaled. Also can paste to Mirror, Offset, Vector.

Link and paste to Block

No

Yes

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 Yes

Drawing Compare Utility

No

Yes - Platinum ver.

No

Draw Order

Yes

Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One

Yes

Drawing Recovery Manager

Yes

Geometric Aids

Yes

Explode Group Hidden Line Settings Integrated Calculator Line Width Scaling Macro Recorder Multiple UNDO/REDO MultiText

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes - Bring to Front, Send to Back, Forward One, Back One No Yes - Extended Orthogonal, Apparent Extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Org Chart Wizard Page Setup Manager Plotting/ Plot Style Manager Pre-defined Drawing Templates Print Style Manager Raster to Vector Tracings (integrated) Sheet Sets, Sheet Set Manager

No Yes Yes - comprehensive options 22, four of which are tutorials Yes No Yes

Spell Checker

Yes - entire drawing

Symbols/Block Editors Table Styles

Yes Yes Yes, including editor for Dynamic Blocks Yes Yes Yes Yes (Express tool) Yes - 4 No

Table Style Manager Tables Simple Text Multi Text Text Along a Curve Transforms Transform Recorder

Yes Yes Limited 17 Yes Yes No Yes - selected text or entire drawing Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 4 Yes

No Yes Yes - comprehensive options 22, four of which are tutorials Yes No Yes Yes - entire drawing Yes Yes Yes, including editor for Dynamic Blocks Yes Yes Yes Yes (Express tool) Yes - 4 No

Yes Yes Limited 17 Yes Yes No Yes - selected text or entire drawing Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 4 Yes

Layers Create Custom Layer Sets Fading Locking Layers Freeze/Unfreeze Layer Filters

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Layer Properties

Yes

Layer Properties Manager Lock/Unlock Plotstyle Layer Order Set Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Name

Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Workspace Settings

Yes No No Yes 8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

4 pre-defined also, unlimited number Not pre-defined; however can be of user-defined custom Workspaces customized

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No Yes 8 - Active, Color, Line Style, Lock, Pen Width, Order, Print Style, Visible Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes 3 pre-defined also, unlimited Not pre-defined; however can be number of user-defined custom customized Workspaces

2D Drawing Tools Arcs Bezier curve Circles Construction Lines Donut Double Lines Ellipses Gear Contour generator Irregular Polygon Lines Multilines Parallel Lines Perpendicular Lines Points Regular Polygon (equal length sides) Polyline Ray Region Revision Cloud Spline curve

1 arc tool with multiple ways of creating arcs No 6 types Yes Yes No, but multilines can simulate 2, plus elliptical arcs No No ?

Yes No No

Yes 8 types Yes No Yes - 8 tools 3 tools Yes Yes 5 tools Yes - 8 tools Yes Yes

1 arc tool with multiple ways of creating arcs No 6 types Yes Yes Yes 2, plus elliptical arcs No No ?

Yes No No

Yes 8 types Yes No Yes - 8 tools 3 tools Yes Yes 5 tools Yes - 8 tools Yes Yes

20 styles

6 styles

20 styles

6 styles

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes - multiple options Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - multiple options Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes - multiple options No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - multiple options Yes

13 tools

13 tools

2D Editing/Modifying Array copy Arc Compliment Boolean Add, Subtract and Intersect Break Chain/Join polyline Chamfer Convert to Curve Drafting Palette - create associative 2D X-sec. from 3D models Extend Extend Objects to Boundary Fillet Format Painter In-Place Text Editing Insert Bullets, Numbering, Alphabetic list into multite Insert +/- tolerancing symbols into multi-text Intersect 2 Double Lines Join Line Length Meet 2 Double Lines Meet 2 Lines Move Curve points Multiple Object Trim and Extend Object Trim Offset Profile Along a Path Scale Section Detail Selection Fence Shrink/Extend tool Split Stretch objects Trim Vector copy - distance and angle Viewport Explode - Flatten 3D models to 2D Geome X Meet Double Lines

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes Yes Yes - multiple options Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes - only for lines Yes - multiple options Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes - multiple options Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes - only for lines Yes - multiple options Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs elliptical arcs and walls

Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs

Yes - arcs, lines, polylines, splines, elliptical arcs and walls

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Copy Clip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No Yes Yes

2D and 3D Measurements Angle Area Calculate Hatch Areas Center of Gravity Coordinates of the Point Curve Length Distance Extra Data from Objects (Including Blocks and Attri

Geometric Analysis

Insert Formulas into a Table Link Table data to Excel spreadsheet and vice versa Mass Mid-point between two points Surface Area and Volume of 3D Surfaces Volume

Yes - Volume, Base Moments of Inertia, Base Section Modulus, Center of Gravity, Radius of Base Moments of Inertia only Gyration, Main Axis, Area, Moment of Inertia relative to Axis, Section Modulus relative to Axis Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

No No No No Yes Yes

Blocks, Symbols and Parametric Parts 2D and 3D Symbols Thousands, via Design Center Online Block Editor Yes Compound Profiles, Constraints in Blocks Yes Dynamic Blocks Yes In-place Editing of Blocks and Groups Yes Parametric Part Libraries Yes, as Dynamic Blocks) Parametric Parts Manager and Scripting Language No Pre-defined Blocks 472 in Design Center Relocate Block Reference Point Yes Specify Block Insertion Point, Rotation and Scaling Yes Surface Roughness Symbol No Visibility Control Yes Weld Symbol (parametric) No Xclip support Yes XREFs Yes XREF Binding Yes XREF Manager Yes

Thousands Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Thousands, via Design Center Onl Yes No Yes Yes No No 472 in Design Center Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Thousands Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Constraints and Tolerances Automatic Dimensions Driving Dimensions Dimensional Constraints Geometric Constraints Geometric Tolerances Tolerance symbols

No Yes Yes Yes - 13 different types Yes 14

Yes Yes Yes Yes -16 different types Yes 1

No No No No Yes 14

Yes Yes Yes Yes -16 different types Yes 1

Dimensions

Types

Associative Automatic Break and Space Center Mark tool Dimension Style Manager/Editor Exploded Flip Dimension Arrow Inspector Fractional Multileader Non-associative Set Tolerances to Dimensions

16 - Angular, Angular for Arc (new), 16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc Length, Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Diameter, Distance, Incremental, Diameter, Inspection, Jogged Linear, Leader, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Surveyor Ordinate, Quick, Radius, Rotated Linear (new)

16 - Aligned, Annotative, Arc 16 - Angular, Angular for Arc Length, Angular, Baseline, (new), Baseline, Continuous, Continuous, Diameter, Datum, Diameter, Distance, Inspection, Jogged Linear, Incremental, Leader, Jogged Radius, Leader, Linear, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Ordinate, Quick, Radius, Radius, Rotated, Smart, Rotated Surveyor Linear (new) Yes - plus editable driving Yes dimensions

Yes

Yes - plus editable driving dimensions

Yes - through Qdim command

Yes

Yes - through Qdim command

Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes - if center snap enabled Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes - if center snap enabled Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Comes with 68, additional can be created Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation Comes with 76, additional can be created Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

Comes with 68, additional can be created Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes - 5 types, plus unlimited custom creation Comes with 76, additional can be created Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No Yes Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No Yes Yes No No

23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, End Point, Extension, From, Intersection, Insert, Midpoint 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

No No

Complete - see below No

Hatching and Fills Associative Calculate Hatch Areas Edit Hatch boundaries Gradient fills Hatch Patterns Hatch Pattern editor (user definable) Imperial Hatch Patterns Island detection ISO Hatch Patterns Path Pick point

Yes - 18 types

Yes - 18 types

Printing and Paper Space Lay-out Annotative Objects and Properties Automatically Scale Annotative Properties Create Named Viewports, Insert into Paper Space CTB Print Style Support Drawing Status Bar Overlay Layer Properties by Viewport

Snaps

23 - Apparent Intersection, Center, 14 - Center, Center of Extents, End Point, Extension, From, Divide point, Geometric, Grid, Intersection, Insert, Mid-point on line, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Mid-point between two points, Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Nearest Point, Node, Orthogonal, Orthogonal, Quadrant, Tangent to Parallel, Perpendicular, Point filters an Arc, Vertex, Workplane (6 different), Quadrant, Tangent , Intersection Temp. Track Point

3D Drawing and Editing Overall Align Assemble Automatic Workplane by Face Bend tool Blending, with preview Boolean Add (Union), Subtract, Intersect Boolean Slice Branched Lofting Compound Profiles Create Solid from Face Create Solid from Surface Create Surface from Face Create Surface from Profile Create Surface from Solid Extrude Extrude to Face Face-to-face Lofting Facet editing Facet offset Filleting Flange Geometric Tolerance tool Helix tool Hole tool Imprint Intersect and Slice Lofting Offset Part Tree with Editor

Complete - see below Yes

Complete - see below Yes

Yes - through Align tool

Yes, 6 tools - By Axis, by 3 Points,

by Edge and Point, by Facet, by Tangents, Set Assembly Axis

No

No

Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

Patterns Piping (convert from 3D fillet) Polylines Press/Pull Primitives - solid and surface Revolve Section Shell solid Splines Surfaces from 2D profiles Sweeps Thread tool Tube Bend Tube Flange Twisted Extrude Unbend Sheet Unfold Face

No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No

Yes - 5 Types, Platinum ver.

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

Yes - Proprietary No

Yes - ACIS v20 Yes

No No

No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 24-bit True Color, Pantone, DIC, RAL Yes - opacity settings Ability to define Environment Maps and Profiles

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No No No

Yes No No No No

3D Modeling Solid Modeler Deformable Modeling

速

Rendering and Visualization 256-color Shading Alpha Channel support on PNG and GIF file export Apply different materials to different facets of the sa Ambient Lights Camera position Color Palettes Color Transparency Director/Editor for managing environments Environment/Reflection Maps

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes - including Environments Editor

No

No

Index Color Support Landscape Library Lighting Controls - Time of Year, Time of Day

Yes Yes - 10 with ability to import others Yes

Yes No No

Yes No No

Yes No No

Lighting Variables

Dozens including: Angle, Color, Intensity factor, Status, Photometry, Direction, Intensity, LOD (Skylight Shadow, Attenuation, Filter Color only), Penumbra (Spot only), Position, Umbra (Spot only)

No

Minimal

No

No

LightWorks Archive support

No

Luminance of Objects

Yes

No

No

Yes Yes 427 Materials in 14 Categories Yes

Yes Yes - including Luminance Palette/Manager Yes Yes Over 700 Materials No

No No No No

No No No No

Motion Path Animation

Yes

No - requires Animation Lab plug-in

No

No

Open GL rendering

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes, 3 types - Candela, Lumen or Lux

Yes, 5 types - Candela, Empirical, Kilocandela, Kilolumen, Lumen

No

No

Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes - LightWorks速 v7.5 Yes - LightWorks速 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

No No No No No No No Yes

No No No No No No No Yes

Convert double polyline to wall Doors - Parametric** Edit Profile for Doors and Walls Import of DWG files with AutoCAD Architecture/ADT Integrated Building Materials Scheduler (1st Pricing) Markers Multi-Component Walls Muntins Rail tool Roof tool

No No No No No No No No No No

No No No No No No No No No No

Schedule

No

Slab Tool Sections and Elevations Tool Stairs - Parametric** Style Manager Palette Terrain tool Walls - Curved and Straight Wall Bottom and Top Modifier tools Wall Dimension tool Wall Linking Windows - Parametric** Woodworking Layout Wizard and tool Join/Split/Modify/Dimension Walls

No No No No No No No No No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - for Doors, Windows and Glass Yes - 4 styles Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes - for Doors and Windows, Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver.

Yes - Platinum ver.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - for Doors, Windows and Yes - 4 styles Yes No Yes Yes Yes - for Windows, Doors, Walls and Slabs - Plat ver.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

25 formats, see separate table 18 formats, see separate table JPG, DWF, PNG Yes

31 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table JPG, DWF, PNG Yes

JPG, DWF, PNG Yes

31 formats, see separate table 31 formats, see separate table JPG, DWF, PNG Yes

Yes Yes

No Yes

Yes Yes

No Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes

Lighting , Luminance Editor Material Editor Material Types for rendered objects* Material mapping to surface type

Photometric Lighting settings Photorealistic Rendering Photo Ray trace Rendering Procedural Maps for Materials Quick Time VR Support Ray tracing Render Styles Set Shadow Casting, Receiving by Object True Color Support

Architectural, Civil Tools

No

Interoperability File Open, Insert or attach Bitmap File Save as or Export HTML Publishing Formats Proxy Object Support

Programmability API, AutoLISP, VBA, VisualLISP support Included SDK

Documentation, Online Help, Tutorials, and Support Context-sensitive Help Free Email and Web-based support Free Telephone Support Integrated Tutorials PDF Reference Manual Printed Getting Started Guide Searchable, Indexed Online Help * See Material Libraries Tab for full listing ** See Stairs, Windows and Doors tab for full listing mayorgroup.com