The core engine of ZWCAD is based on latest IntelliCAD (www.intellicad.org) technology, a powerful CAD platform which hosts many design applications. ZWCAD uses DWG as its native drawing format, and offers you reliable compatibility with AutoCAD® content, from version 2.5 to 2009.
The following table compares the major features between ZWCAD and AutoCAD®.
Features
ZWCAD 2009i
AutoCAD®2009
AutoCAD®2009 LT
Compatibility
Native DWG & DXF Support
2.5~2009
2.5~2009
2.5~2009
AutoCAD® Command
Yes
Yes
Yes
AutoCAD® Menu(.mnu)& Alias Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
TTF & SHX Font Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
AutoCAD® 3D Surface
Yes
Yes
No
ACIS 3D Solid
Yes
Yes
No
AutoLisp ( including DCL)
Yes
Yes
No
AutoCAD® Development System（ADS）
SDS (similar to ADS)
Yes
No
VBA Included
Yes
Yes
No
Advanced Features
Publish
Yes
Yes
Yes
Entity Snap Tracking
Yes
Yes
Yes
True Color System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Design Center
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tool Palettes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quick Calculator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hatch-clip
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gradient Hatch
Yes
Yes
Yes
CTB and STB Plot Style
Yes
Yes
Yes
Explorer（Layers, Blocks, Linetypes）
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unlimited Undo/Redo
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-click Customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Menu, Toolbar & Alias Customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polygonal Viewports in Layouts
Yes
Yes
No
ActiveX In-place Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
External Reference
Yes
Yes
Yes
Xref, In-place Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Quick Select
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quick Dimension
Yes
Yes
No
Raster Image
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multilines & Multiline Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Filter
Yes
Yes
Yes
eTransmit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Paper Space
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plot Stamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unique Features
Batch Plot（pltplot）
Yes
No
No
Block Extraction
Yes
No
No
Image with TFW coordinate file
Yes
No
No
Note: The details about the ZWCAD product and the other datas used are taken from ZWCAD website. It's a copyright of ZWCAD.
