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Comparison Chart |
CAD
Viewer |
CAD Markup |
QA-CAD |
QA-CAD LT |
Batch Command |
| Easy to use and intuitive user interface |
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| Free upgrades for 12 months |
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View and print all AutoCAD DXF and DWG drawings up to AutoCAD
2024 |
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| Forward/Back buttons allow up to
1000 drawings to be loaded simultaneously. |
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| Text Search |
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| 3D pre-defined and user defined Views |
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| View ESRI shapefiles |
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| Reads all DXF and DWG Versions through to AutoCAD 2024 |
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| Read BMP, CAL, GIF, GP4, JPEG, PNG, TIFF raster formats. |
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| Read HPGL, HP-GL/2 (.PLT) plotter formats |
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| Read DWF (Drawing Web Format) |
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| Read
Microstation DGN (v7-v8i) drawings |
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| Save to PDF |
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| Convert DWG to
PDF, DXF to PDF, DGN to PDF, HPGL to PDF, etc. |
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| Drawings may
be saved as individual PDFs, or output as a single combined PDF
'book' |
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| Save to BMP, JPG, TIF, CAL, GIF, PNG |
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| Store Markup Edits for later use |
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| Set alternate folders for Markup Edits |
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| Save markup annotations separate to the drawing |
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| Save markups to PDF, DWG, DXF, TIFF ... |
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| Save QA stamps separate to the drawing |
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| Save the
drawing with QA stamps to PDF, TIFF ... |
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| Save the
drawing with QA stamps to DWG, DXF |
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| High quality print output |
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| Print to Exact Scale |
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| Auto-orientation of print |
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| TrueType fonts mapping |
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| Thicken printed line widths |
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| Batch Command extension included |
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Print multiple drawings via the command line with no limit on no. of drawings to print
(requires Batch Command extension) |
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| Paper Space / Model Space toggle |
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| Supports Viewports |
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| Layouts support |
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| Layers Control, including Named Layer States |
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| 3D Shade or Render |
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| Reads Xrefs |
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| Inquire drawing coordinates (length, area, end points, centre points etc.) |
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| Export drawing coordinates data |
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| Inquire on Attributes attached to entities, Xdata supported. |
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| Inquire on individual entities |
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| Can be called by other applications for Viewing and/or Printing CAD drawings. |
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| Can be used for 'slide show' presentations. |
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| View, print, save, convert via the command line. |
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| Multiple drawings selection via File Open or Windows Explorer |
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| Blot out portions of the drawing |
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| Blank out (hide) portions of the drawing |
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| Markup Layer toggle allows Markups to displayed or turned off |
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| Vector and PDF formats can be opened and stamped |
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Add Dimensions - Aligned, Horizonal, and Vertical
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| Overlay user defined Area and Polyline Length Measurements |
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| Dimensions values may be captured directly from the drawing |
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Markup all AutoCAD DXF and DWG drawings up
to AutoCAD 2021 NEW |
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Markup multiple page PDF drawings
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| Markup all supported raster image drawings |
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Markup HPGL drawings
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| Add Markup Text |
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| Add Lines |
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| Add Boxes |
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| Add Arrows |
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Create single or multiple collections of symbols from raster
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Symbol Library creation via easy user interface |
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Easily access and add commonly used symbols to the drawing at a
fixed size |
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Mutiple placement of selected symbol in a single continuous
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Supports symbol creation using all common raster formats JPG,
BMP, TIF, CAL, PNG |
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| Overlay drawings with unlimited no. of QA stamps |
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| Stamps are automatically numbered and easily configured |
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| Choose from 20 different stamping inks |
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| Alter each stamp to any size & Rotate stamps in any direction |
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| Alter numbering system of QA Stamps anytime during stamping process |
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| Field-based data or attributes may be embedded into QA stamps |
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| Configure field entry controls as a dropdown list of user defined values |
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| Export embedded data to a Excel for revision management & inspection |
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CAD
Viewer |
CAD Markup |
QA-CAD |
QA-CAD LT |
Batch Command |