General

• Create new drawings and edit existing (even legacy) drawings
• Open, Import, and Save drawings in industry-standard file formats: dwg, dxf, dxb, dwf
• Export drawings to: pdf, bmp, svg
• Print/Plot drawings
• Access Application defaults and settings
• Auto Save / Auto Recover ability
• Context sensitive help window
• Design in 2D and 3D:
  • Powerful support of 2D editing
  • Support of 3D editing through UCS draw planes and 3D Viewing

Support for all of the standard CAD entities:

• Points
• Lines
• 2d Polylines
• 3d Polylines
• Multilines
• Rays and Xlines (aka Construction Lines)
• Arcs
• Circles
• Ellipses
• Elliptical Arcs
• Dimensions:
  • Aligned
  • Angular
  • Radial
  • Diametric
  • Ordinate
• Images
• Text
• Blocks
• Leaders
• Hatches
• Gradients
• Face Meshes

User Interface

• An Intuitive User Interface
  • Drawing Window
  • Tool Ribbon
• Snap Toolbar
  • Command Line and Notification Pane
  • Layer Pane
  • Property Tree Pane
• Block Library Pane
• Unique Grid Options
• Dynamic grid that scales according to drawings unit family
• Traditional static lined or dotted grid
• Multiple Viewports
  • Model-space Viewport
  • Paper-space Viewports

Snaps

• Tool Snaps Based On User Selection
• Snap to grid and to polar direction
• Snap to entities at the following points: end, mid, intersection, center, insertion, nearest, node, parallel, perpendicular, quadrant, tangent

Work With the Assistance of Intuitive Tools

• Tool Interaction
• Three different ways to provide tool input; tools can be used with the mouse, the property tree, and command line interface
• "Notify Window" gives context-sensitive instructions, and feedback
• Real time entity overlay provides the visual aid that guides you through each tool process
• Optional unique cursors show you which tool is activated
• Entity Selection Tool
• Select entities with selection filters such as color, layer, entity type, count, and relation to UCS plane
• View selection's common properties
• Modify properties across the entire selection
• Entity Creation Tools
• Create any supported entities (listed above)

Shape Tools

• Draw line or polyline based polygons and rectangles

Entity Modification Tools

• Array / Clone
• Cut / Copy / Paste
• Delete
• Explode
• Extend
• Mirror
• Rotate
• Scale uniformly / non-uniformly
• Translate
• Trim

View Manipulation Tools

• Pan
• Zoom to Window
• Zoom In / Out
• Zoom Extent
• Rotate
• Snap to standard orthogonal and isometric views
• Divide Viewport
• Standard Viewport presets
• Pan, Zoom, and Rotate via mouse at anytime

Rendering Tools and Modes

• Regenerate
• View 2D Wireframe
• View 3D Wireframe
• View Hidden Lines
• View Flat Shaded
• View Gouraud Shaded
• View Flat Shaded with Edges
• View Gouraud Shaded with Edges

Measure Tools

• Measure Distance
• Measure Area
• Measure Angle

Coordinate System Tools

• Preset User Coordinate System (UCS) View Snaps
• Rotate UCS
• Translate UCS
• Align UCS to Entities
• Align UCS to WCS

Library Tools

• Manage All Libraries
• Manage Blocks
• Manage Colors
• Manage Dimension Styles
• Manage External References
• Manage Hatch styles
• Manage Image Definitions
• Manage Layers
• Manage Layouts
• Manage Linetypes
• Manage Multiline Styles
• Manage Named Views
• Manage Plot Settings
• Manage Text Styles
• Manage User Coordinate Systems
• Manage Viewports