AviCAD - #1 - AutoCAD® Alternative

AviCAD: The Powerful, Native DWG - AutoCAD® Alternative
With Perpetual Licensing

Eliminate subscription fatigue without compromising your workflow. AviCAD delivers a fully compatible 2D/3D environment operating on native DWG files (v2.5 through v2027). Built for cross-disciplinary engineering and architecture, it seamlessly imports Autodesk AutoCAD®, Revit®, IFC, and SolidWorks® models directly into your workspace.

Key Capabilities:

• Advanced Block Management: Full authoring, creation, and editing tools for Dynamic Blocks.
• Multi-Format Interoperability: Perfect for AEC, MCAD, and multi-platform collaboration.
• Unmatched ROI: Delivers a deeper feature set than AutoCAD® LT—including 3D modeling and advanced BIM import—at a fraction of the cost of AutoCAD®, ArchiCAD®, BricsCAD®, or MicroStation®.
• True Ownership: Zero forced subscriptions. Pay once, own it forever.

8 Reasons for choosing AViCAD

• Perpetual Licensing available! No annual fee. You decide when to upgrade
• Nothing to learn, if you are AutoCAD® users
• Works natively with DWG! Fully compatible with AutoCAD® without conversion
• Packed with Mechanical & Architectural Tools
  • Mech-Q Engineering Apps included
  • Create architectural layouts in a flash with the EasyArch parametric plug-in
• Export to Google Earth®
• 22.000 blocks ready to use + customizable blocks manager
• Import/Export - PDF, 3D PDF, DWF, 3DS, DAE, LWO, POV, Maya, OBJ, BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF, SVG.. Now Also: STEP, IGES and Solidworks
• Affordable - 1/4 Price of AutoCAD®

Mech-Q engineering apps included in AviCAD

• Affordable Piping Design Software for Mechanical Engineers
• Easy 3D Ducting & HVAC CAD Tools
• Structural 2d/3d Steel Detailing made easy.
• Mechanical & Material Handing apps...

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AviCAD 2027 - Advanced Features

• PDF Export with Layers - includes PDF/A ISO19005 Standard export
• Flexible Licensing - use AviCAD on all your computers with one license
• PDF to DWG conversion
• Insert BIM models into DWG. IFC and Autodesk Revit® files supported
• Exports STEP, IGES, PDF, DWF, 3DS, DAE (Collada), STL, LWO, POV, MA(Maya), OBJ(Wavefront), BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF, SVG
• Imports STEP, IGES, IFC, Rvt/Rfa (Revit®), SolidWorks .sldprt part files and .sldasm assembly, ESRI-SHAPE SHP, 3DS, DGN(Microstation), LWO, OBJ, STL, IFC, RGT,  DXF, DWF, DWFx
• PointCloud import (ReCap® .rcp, .rcs, .pcg, .isd, .xyz, .ply, .las, .laz)
• Customizable Toolpalettes for Blocks, Hatches and frequently used Commands
• 3D Print - STL export for 3D Printer output
• DWG Compare - Spot every difference in your drawings, instantly
• iCADLib Blocks Manager.  More than 22.000 2D/3D ready-to-use blocks
• Direct access to Traceparts, Cadenas and BIM&CO with millions of blocks and BIM objects ready-to-use
• Parametric generation and insertion of 2D or 3D mechanical/structural components for construction
• ACIS solids
• Dynamic blocks - Advanced Blocks (Insertion/Creation/Editing)
• 3D AEC Architectural - 3D/2D building plugin for architects (Compatible with AutoCAD® Architecture
• Quick Calculator - use the calculator with the Properties palette to change the objects's properties.
• SuperHatch - Create hatch from images, blocks,  xrefs and wipeouts.
• Helix and Loft Commands
• Multileaders
• MAPIMPORT - Geo Data and FDO Import
• Inserts geometries from SDF files, SQLite and SHAPE (esri) files, or can use a database server service like WFS 
• Gradient Hatch
• 2D Isometric drawing - Draw 3D-looking objects with standard 2D tools
• Bitmap/Raster support - Jpeg, TIFF, Png, Gif, ECW, MrSID and Jpeg 2000
• Bitmap polygonal clipping
• Geolocation with interactive background map from Microsoft Bing and ESRI
• Plot Margin Customization - cover the entire sheet area
• Digital signatures to .dwg files
• Spell-check on the fly
• DATALINK - Link a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to a AviCAD table
• XLSIMPORT -  Imports directly an .xls or .xlsx file into a new static AviCAD Table.
• DATAEXTRACTION create a detailed schedule, a parts list, or a bill of materials
• AUTOSEZ - automatic creation of surface profiles  (Topographic Sections - AutoCAD Civil 3D Feature)
• SLOPE creation of slope patterns
• Customization - AutoLISP, Visual Lisp, DIESEL, SDS, ARX, COM automation, .NET 
• Block Editor (Compatible with Advanced Blocks/Dynamic Blocks)
• Raster Draw - The Raster Design® replacement
• Generative AI Drawing Translator - Translate drawings with the power of Translate drawings with the power of artificial intelligence
• QRCODE and Barcodes - Create and insert a QRCODE and Barcodes from any text, URL etc.
• Rubber sheeting - Nonuniform adjustment of images (MAP/GIS)
• Google EarthTM Integration
• 3D PDF Export
• Construction Lines
• Full Tables Support - AutoCAD® like Text in-place editing, numeric Rows, and alphabetical Columns. Cells with Formulas supported.
• Color Books - AviCAD supports standard Color Books
• AutoCAD® like Sheet Set Manager
• Dynamic UCS
• Dynamic Input
• AEC, Civil, GeoMaps, Mechanical objects support
• Geolocation with interactive background map from Microsoft Bing and ESRI ArcGIS
• Flatshot command - Generates an accurate flat view of a 3D model
• AREATEXT -  Calculate boundary area and place the text with the value in the center of the area. 
• ARRAYPATH - Place object copies uniformly along a path or a portion of a path
• Find and Replace
• Express Tools -  A complete set of Extra functions for Blocks, Layers, Texts
• Annotative Objects
• Arc Aligned Text
• Multigrip Editing
• Render engine - AviCAD integrates for free the Artisan Renderer module
• Automatic Perspective image correction
• QUICK PROPERTIES Palette Rapid access to the most useful object properties
• 3DConnection SpaceMouse and CADMouse support
• eTransmit - Compacting and transmitting DWG files with dependences by email
• Eattedit - Advanced Attribute editing
• QDIM - Quick dimensioning
• 3DWALK and 3DFLY - Changes the 3D view in a drawing interactively to create the appearance of walking or flying through the model
• Publish (Batch Plot)
• Raster to Vector converter - Convert your paper drawings to editable DWG files
• Cloud - Share files on Cloud - Supports the major cloud services for file sharing and syncing like DropBox, Google Drive and Microsoft One Drive
• BetterWMF Integration ( https://www.furix.com/betterwmf )

AviCAD, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Comparison

Feature Comparison	AViCAD	AutoCAD	AutoCAD LT
Native DWG
DWG for AutoCAD® version 2.5 to 2027
Flexible License
DWG Recovery
Classic Toolbars and Ribbon GUI support
Tables creation/editing
Tables Styles ?
Mechanical, Piping, HVAC & Structural Plugin
20,000+ Block Library (Architectural, Electrical + more)
EasyArch 3D (Architectural plugin)
Export to DWF
Export Interactive 3D PDF
STL and Collada (DAE) Export
Edit multiple drawings
User Profiles support
Multiple Paper Spaces (layouts)
AutoCAD® 3D surface commands
ACIS viewing
Full ACIS modeling & editing
XRef Manager
MTEXT support via external editor
Hatch editing
Lineweights (display and print)
Arc Aligned Text
Quick Dimension
Drawing Fields
Raster Image Display (image management)
PDF, DWF, DGN Underlay
Image polygonal clip
Traceparts and Cadenas integration
Rendering
Image menu
CTB color table files
STB style table files
Graphical Block Preview
PLOT command
Publish (Batch Plot)
AutoCAD® Command Line
AutoCAD® menu and script files
Explorer for managing layers, blocks, line types
Object Properties toolbar
Edit properties of multiple entries
Properties palette
Apparent & Extended intersection snap
Polar Tracking
Express Tools
Refedit ( Edit locally individual objects within a Block)
Layer Manager ( Save and Restore Layers configurations)
ETrack
Visual Menu Customization
ActiveX, including in-place editing
IRX - similar to ARX - SDS/ADS C++
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS C++)
LISP (including DCL) & VLISP
Script Recorder
COM support
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
External VBA file loading (multiple .vbi)
JPG print
PDF and PDF/A print
True Type Font
Annotative Objects
Dynamic Input
Integrated Cloud Service
eTransmit
Find & Replace
Native ECW support
Native Jpeg 2000 support
True color support
Wipeout