Use the following DRAFT IT - Feature Comparison table to help you
choose which DRAFT IT version best suits your
requirements.
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DRAFT IT |
DRAFT IT PLUS |
DRAFT IT PRO |
DRAFT IT ARCHITECTURAL |
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Create, print and save your own professional drawings. |
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Easy to use - visual aids compliment all commands. |
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Powerful drawing tools - Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle, Offset, Rectangular &
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Dynamic editing functions with visual handles and snaps. |
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Support of various Metric and Imperial Units. |
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Standard Metric, Imperial and Custom Sheet Sizes |
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Navigate around your drawings with easy to use Zoom & Pan |
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Full Undo & Redo |
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Linear, Angular, Radial, Diameter and Arrow Dimension tools |
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Comprehensive Help system including tutorial exercises |
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Modification tools including:- Copy, Move, Rotate, Scale, Delete, Fillet, Mirror, Chamfer, Trim/Extend |
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Text Editor |
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Powerful snaps and drawing aids including:- XY & Polar input, Angle lock, Grid, Intellisnap, Keyboard snaps, Relative position |
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MicroSoft Office 2007 style interface |
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Colour Schemes (Skins), choose from a list of standard schemes |
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Arrow key input - Easily specify distance and direction using the keyboard arrow keys |
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Additional Drawing tools:- Polyline, Curve Fit, Build Polyline, Polygon, Ellipse, Hatch |
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Additional Modification tools:- Break, Explode, Stretch |
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Additional drawing Aids:- Direct Input, X & Y snap filters, Entity Info, Measure |
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Multiple Drawing Interface:- Cut, Copy and Paste between drawings |
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Templates:- Create your own template drawings |
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Create and save your own symbols for insertion into other drawings. |
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Layer management - create and manage drawing layers. |
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Specify Line Thickness for display & printing |
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Datum Dimensioning |
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Import AutoCAD DWG & DXF file formats. |
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Export AutoCAD DWG, DXF & Adobe PDF file formats. |
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Area Fill - fill closed areas (Polylines) with solid colour. |
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Insert Image - Place raster (Bitmap) images onto drawings. |
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Selection Filters - Select Entities by colour, layer, type etc. |
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Named Views - Store Zoom windows for quick drawing navigation and partial drawing printing. |
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More Trimming commands - Trim or Extend Lines/Arcs to other entities, Quick Trim |
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Points - add 'snap' points to any position on a drawing. |
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Divide - Sub-divide a line or arc into a number of segments. |
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Hatch Pattern - fill closed areas (Polylines) with pre-defined hatch patterns. |
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Additional Pens - increase the number of system pens (125 maximum). |
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More Dimension Tools - Chain & Multi-point. Create Multiple linear dimensions with less clicks. Radial length Dimension |
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Isometric Grid - Define to assist Isometric drawing. |
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Symbol Libraries - Hundreds of pre-drawn symbols, inc. Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic & Pneumatic. |
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Build symbol - Create a new symbol from entities within a drawing |
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Construction Lines - easily create Horizontal, Vertical and Angled construction lines. |
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Layouts - greater flexibility to printing and drawing output requirements |
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Properties Explorer - displays the settings of the item(s) being drawn or modified. Can be used to change settings as well. |
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More Text functions:- Spell checker. Attributes (variable text strings within symbols) |
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Drawing Properties - Store drawing related information via a dialog box. |
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Walls - Easy wall drawing functions to create walls in various styles. |
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Walls - Easy wall drawing functions to create walls in various styles. |
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Wall Dimensions - Automatically add dimensions to walls |
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Wall Joining Tool - Extends and trims two walls together |
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Wall Teeing - Choose whether to tee in at wall intersections |
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Wall Breaks - Specify either 'Return' or 'Thermal break' |
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Doors - Place a door in a wall, the opening is created and the wall ends are
capped. |
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Windows - Place a window in a wall, the opening is created and the wall ends are
capped. |
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Openings - Create openings in walls at a specified width & height |
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Stairs - Create Straight, Quarter-turn and Half-turn staircases at pre-defined
or at your own sizes. |
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Roofs - Create Gable or Hipped roofs, you can specify the roof pitch and tee one
wall into another. |
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Elevations - Automatically create elevation views directly from the drawing
plan. |
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Elevation Hatching |
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3D Viewer - View and rotate a 3D model calculated from the plan |
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3D DXF Export - Create a 3D DXF model from the drawing for export to other systems |
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Levels - Define the levels of the floor plans for the 3D view & Export functions |
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Architectural Symbols - Hundreds of design components, including Electrical,
Furniture, Heating, Kitchen fittings, Landscape and Plumbing. |
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