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Compatibility Between Properties
BricsCAD supports most of the entity properties found AutoCAD, including the BYLAYER and
BYBLOCK settings.
AutoCAD Property BricsCAD Property Notes
Annotative
Annotative
Color Color BricsCAD supports ACI colors and True Colors, but not color books
Elevation
Elevation
Hyperlink
Hyperlink
Layer Layer BricsCAD supports all layer names
Linetype Linetype BricsCAD supports all AutoCAD linetypes, and reads .lin files
Linetype scale
Linetype Scale
Lineweight Lineweight BricsCAD supports all lineweights
Material Material BricsCAD has its own materials library
Plot Style Plot Style BricsCAD supports AutoCAD plot styles, reads .ctb and .stb files
Shadow display ... BricsCAD does not support shadow property
Thickness
Thickness
Transparency
Transparency
LAYER PROPERTY COMPATIBILITY
BricsCAD supports all of the basic properties of AutoCAD’s layering system. For instance, DWG
files can contain an unlimited number of layers, with names up to 255 characters long, including
special characters.
BricsCAD supports layer states and filters, like AutoCAD; on the other hand, BricsCAD supports the
Material property in directly layers, whereas AutoCAD does only indirectly.
AutoCAD Command BricsCAD Command Comment
Layer LayerPanelOpen Opens the Layer panel (palette)
LayerCLose LayerPanelClose Closes the Layer panel
ClassicLayer Layer Opens the Layer dialog box
LayerState
LayerState
LayerP
LayerP
The figures below illustrate the differences between the layer properties in both CAD system:
Above: Layer properties in AutoCAD (paper space)
Below: Layer properties in BricsCAD (paper space)
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