| Release date | Summer 2001 |
| Initial price | $4,995 |
| Upgrades | $495 from one major version to next |
| Lease option | $199 per month for 36 months; after that,
you own the software |
| Annual maintenance fee | $420(software service agreement includes
updates inside the major version and telephone, e-mail, remote
control, and ScreenCam movie support |
| Operating systems | |
| Supported | Windows 95/98/NT/2000 (XP due12.01 as v16.3) |
| Reviewed | Windows 2000 |
| Multiple document support | Yes, but only within the same project |
| Supports xrefs (or similar) | Yes |
| Web-aware | Somewhat |
| Web tools | |
| Collaboration tools | Yes, through NID files |
| Format for sharing drawings via Web | No |
| Attach hyperlinks to entities in drawing | Yes |
| Access/insert data/content directly from
Web | Yes |
| Other | Strong network support |
| Smart AEC objects | |
| Predefined objects | Walls, doors,roofs, rafters, windows, openings,
stairs, beams |
| Easily exchange objects | Yes |
| Custom objects supported | Yes |
| View-dependent representation of objects | Yes |
| Walls | |
| Predefined wall styles | Unlimited |
| Customize wall styles | Yes |
| Curtain walls | Yes |
| Curved walls | Yes |
| Hatch fill | Yes |
| Solid fill | Yes |
| Doors/windows | |
| Predefined doors and windows | Unlimited(parametric) |
| Customize doors/windows | Yes |
| Work in 2D | Yes |
| Work in 3D | Yes |
| Work in 2D/3D simultaneously | Switch back and forth from view to view |
| Convert 2D to 3D | Yes |
| Convert 3D to 2D | Yes |
| 2D detailing/drafting tools | Comprehensive |
| Metric option | Yes |
| Space planning tools | Yes |
| Generate walls from space plans | Yes |
| Mass modeling tools | Yes |
| Generate floors from mass models | Yes |
| Explicit multistory support | Yes |
| Layers | |
| Maximum number of layers | Unlimited (default is AIA scheme with 460) |
| Supports alphanumeric layer names | Yes |
| AIA layer system | Yes |
| Other layer systems | Yes |
| Master layer controls | Yes |
| User configurable layer system | Yes |
| Dimensioning (automatic or semiautomatic) | Yes |
| Keynotes | Yes |
| Schedules; dynamic link with model | Yes |
| Reports; dynamic link with model | Yes |
| Symbols library | Comprehensive |
| Doors | Yes |
| Windows | Yes |
| Plumbing | Yes |
| HVAC | Yes |
| Electrical | Yes |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Structural | Yes |
| Site | Yes |
| Landscape | Yes |
| VehiclesYes | |
| Other | Walls, etc. About 5,000 in all |
| Plotting | |
| WYSIWYG preview | Adequate |
| Color fills | Yes |
| Batch mode | Yes |
| Save configurations for multiple plotters | Yes |
| Other | Uses Windows or its own drivers |
| Visualization/rendering | |
| Texture mapping | Yes |
| Ray tracing | Yes |
| Transparency | Limited |
| Reflectance | Yes |
| Refraction | Yes |
| Procedural rendering | Yes |
| Radiosity | No |
| Animation | |
| Animate camera/target | Yes |
| Animate textures | yes |
| Customization tools | |
| VBA support | No |
| Access ActiveX object model interface | No |
| Other | Easy macro language, many add-ons |
| Data exchange | |
| Import formats | DXF, DWG, DGN, ESS, Spirit, IFC, META, FEA,
HPGL/2 |
| Export formats | DXF, DWG, DGN, ESS, IFC 2.0, META, TIFF,
BMP, AVI, VRML |
| Tutorials | |
| Printed version | Yes |
| Multimedia | Available |
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