List of progeCAD features

progeCAD Advanced Features
progeCAD General Features

PDF Export with Layers - includes PDF/A ISO19005 Standard export
PDF to DWG conversion
IFC Import. Insert BIM models into DWG
Exports STEP, IGES, PDF, DWF, 3DS, DAE (Collada), STL, LWO, POV, MA(Maya), OBJ(Wavefront), BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF, SVG
Imports STEP, IGES, ESRI-SHAPE SHP, 3DS, DGN(Microstation), LWO, OBJ, STL, IFC, RGT, KMZ, DXF, DWF, DWFx
PointCloud import (.pcg, .isd, .xyz, .ply, .las, .laz)
3D Print - STL export for 3D Printer output
iCADLib Blocks Manager. More than 22.000 2D/3D ready-to-use blocks
Direct access to Traceparts and Cadenas with millions of blocks ready-to-use
Dynamic blocks editing
EasyArch - 2D and 3D building plugin for architects
SuperHatch
Helix and Loft Commands
Multileaders
Gradient Hatch
Bitmap/Raster support - Jpeg, TIFF, Png, Gif, ECW, MrSID and Jpeg 2000
Bitmap polygonal clipping
Plot Margin Customization - cover the entire sheet area
AUTOSEZ creation of surface profiles (Topographic Sections - AutoCAD Civil 3D Feature)
SLOPE creation of slope patterns

Optimization for 4K displays
Dynamic UCS
Dynamic Input
Flatshot command - Generates an accurate flat view of a 3D model
Find and Replace
Express Tools - A complete set of Extra functions for Blocks, Layers, Texts
Annotative Objects
Arc Aligned Text
Multigrip Editing
Render engine - progeCAD integrates for free the Artisan Renderer module
Perspective image correction
3DConnection SpaceMouse support
eTransmit - Compacting and transmitting DWG files with dependences by email
Eattedit - Advanced Attribute editing
Advanced Data Extraction
QDIM - Quick dimensioning
Google EarthTM Integration
Spell Checker
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)

DWG 2019 support - Opens AutoCAD® 2019 DWG drawings
Xref Manager - An intuitive interface for management of external references
Bitmap/Raster management - progeCAD Professional supports DWG with images, photos, raster editing/visualization; ECW, MrSID and Jpeg 2000 are also supported
Bitmap Clipping - Clip and polygonal clip on images
Hatch Trim - Hatches can be trimmed using the standard Trim command
Gradient Hatch support - Display and creation of gradients
Polygonal layout Viewports - Display and creation of polygonal viewports
Dynamic blocks editing - Change dynamic blocks shapes using grips
3D Ortho - Alongside the classic X,Y Ortho snap modes restricting cursor movement to horizontal and vertical, the Z Ortho mode restricting the cursor to the up and down directions.
Tables support - Creation and editing. You can generate tables from block attributes, import them from Excel, Open Office or Libre Office. Tables styles supported.
Table Styles - To create and easily format Tables in drawings. A table style enables to specify different cell styles for each row allowing to display different justification and appearance for text and gridlines. Tables are formatted according to their styles and you can apply to individual cells, rows,or columns your formatting overriding the formatting that comes from the table style.
Dynamic UCS - The dynamic UCS feature automatically creates a temporary XY plane to draw on.
Flatshot command - Generates an accurate flat view of a 3D model
Solprof - 2D profile image extraction from ACIS solids
AEC and MDT objects support - Visualization of objects created with Civil3D, ADT, and mechanical objects
Snap Extension - Snaps to some point along the imaginary extension of a line, arc or polyline segment
PC3 Print Support - A plotter configuration file, or PC3 file, enables you to easily configure a plotter and to save the settings for later use
PDF, DWF and DGN Underlay - PDF, DWF and DGN files can be attached as an underlay to a drawing file and used as a background for your drawings
Drawing Fields - The Field feature automates the insertion of title block text or any other annotations in a drawing
Find and Replace - Finds and replaces text and block attributes in DWG
Arc-Aligned Text - The ARCTEXT command enables text alignment along an existing arc object
Advanced CTB - Greyscale print and screening
Eattedit - Advanced Attribute editing
Extended Hatches - More than 300 new Hatch patterns available
Layer Manager - Save and Restore Layers configurations
Layout Manager- Management of multiple layouts allows the creation of all print tables of the same design and offers a greater compatibility with AutoCAD®
Render Export - The export tool for LightWave (.lwo), 3D Studio (.3ds), Pov-Ray (.pov)
Hidden lines in Dview - Hidden lines in perspective views
Layers interface - "AutoCAD® like" layers management with Layers Filters support
Default Layers - Predefined layers for dimensions and hatches
Quick Group - Creates Entity groups with one click
Layout Advanced Features - Hide and Shade on Layouts
Print area visualization - Current and Previous print area
Advanced Data Extraction - An easy-to-use wizard for Attributes and Blocks data export
RealTime Pan & Zoom - progeCAD Professional allows users to work with their drawings using RealTime Pan and Zoom and also includes the exclusive progeCAD's PPan Technology* allowing dramatic improvements on Pan movements
Lineweight for Display and Printing - Lineweight is supported for display and plot
3D Print - STL export for 3D Printer output
EATTEXT - createTables reading Blocks Attributes
Dynamic Input - Dynamic Input is an alternative way of entering commands through a command line interface at your Crosshair.
ActiveX integration - Allows cut and paste of progeCAD drawings (or just parts of them) to a Microsoft Office application
Customization - (AutoLISP, DIESEL, SDS, IRX, COM Automation) the following programming languages are supported by progeCAD Professional: LISP, IRX (C++ Similar to ARX), SDS (C++ ADS compatible), VBA and COM automation. .NET support the connection between .NET- based software and progeCAD drawings.

New Improvements

PERFORMANCE

Improved startup time.
Improved performance in drawings with XREFS.
Improved entity snap performance in drawings with underlays.
Improved redraw performance creating and updating drawings with multiple entities.
Improved performance printing large drawings in the model space with windowed print area selection.

USER INTERFACE

Optimization for 4K displays.
Redesigned and rearranged menus.
Spaces optimization in the Ribbon menu to improve readability
The New Insert blocks dialog with preview
Pointer colors. The pointer color management allows assigning different colors for the pointer in 2D and 3D views.
Viewport Controls provides a convenient way of changing views and visual styles.

NEW COMMANDS

AUTOSEZ is a tool for the automatic creation of surface profiles to show surface elevations along a horizontal alignment to represent, for example, road edges or ditches (Topographic Sections - AutoCAD Civil 3D Feature)
SLOPE is a tool for an easy creation of terrain slope lines (ticks) between two edges or
for a conversion of polylines into slope-style polylines (Topographic Sections - AutoCAD® Civil 3D Feature)
Fast triangulation of unordered point clouds. Creation of TIN surfaces from points within point cloud scan files. AUTOSEZ command can be applied to these surfaces.
Numbered Markers (Bubbles) automatically creates bubbles with sequence numbers or letters
Total Length Measure. Calculation of the total length of selected entities.
AIDIMFLIPARROW flips the direction of arrowheads on Dimensions.
Plot Margin Customization (Zero Margin). Editing standard paper size margins of plotters/printers. Print over the standard devices margins and cover the entire sheet area.
PointCloud. Color Map. Set color scheme for imported PointClouds
PointCloud. ESNAP Support on Points.
Sort Data Extraction. Changing the sort order of tables generated by attribute extraction based on Columns.
BetterWMF Integration solves the problems related to copying and pasting drawings into other software packages like Microsoft Word optimizing the color/definition/borders of clipped WMF.
SENDTOSKYPE command allows sending entities selected from a drawing through Skype.
Advanced Copy&Paste adds an option to enable Copy&Paste of selected entities as CAD data into other applications like Explorer or Chat apps (Telegram etc.). Fast transfer via Chat of a dwg file that contains only your selection.

Features

THE SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE CAD FOR FILE EXCHANGE

PDF TO DWG CONVERSION

ICADLIB MODULE AND BLOCKS LIBRARIES

EASYARCH 3D - THE ARCHITECTURAL 2D/3D PLUGIN

List of progeCAD features

New Improvements

PERFORMANCE

USER INTERFACE

NEW COMMANDS