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Below is a table comparing the main functionalities available in LusoCAD 2026 and AutoCAD.^® 2026.

LusoCAD vs AutoCAD^®

Compatibility

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
64-bit Support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD® version 2.5 to latest	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Password Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Recover and Audit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Purge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Etransmit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sheet Set Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CAD Standard .dws	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
DWF Underlay	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PDF Underlay	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DGN Import and Underlay	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DWG Convert	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import to WMF, SAT, 3DS	✓	✓	✓	Partially	Partially
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, EMF	✓	✓	✓	Partially	Partially
Plot and Publish to PDF	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
IFC Import/Export and Edit	X	✓	✓	X	X
RVT Import and Edit	X	✓	✓	X	X
Single-document Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Digital Signature	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batch Digital Signing Tool	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reset Settings to Default.	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mark Up	X	X	X	✓	✓
STEP/IGES Files	X	✓	✓	X	✓
DWGUNITS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Merge	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Connected Support Files	X	X	X	X	✓
Activity Insights	X	X	X	X	✓

Interface

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
3D Modelling Workspace	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Properties	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Palette	X	X	X	✓	✓
Dark Theme	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hidden Message Settings	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
WorkSpace command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CUI Menus and Toolbars	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
CUI Import & Export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drag and Drop Customisation	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Visual Menu Customisation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ribbon/Classic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Properties Palettes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Design Centre/Tool Palette/Xref Palette	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Command Line	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clean Screen	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic Input and Auto Complete	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clickable Command Line Options	X	X	X	✓	✓
File Tab	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Floating Windows	X	X	X	✓	✓

Selection, Snaps and Tracking

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Navigation Cube	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D Mouse Device Adaption	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lasso Selection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SELECTIONCYCLING	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Right-Click + Drag Method	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection Preview	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection Effect Customisation	X	X	X	✓	✓
Quick Select	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Select Similar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multifunctional Grips	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
OSnap	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Grid and Snap	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Polar & OTrack	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Group	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments	✓	✓	✓	X	X
ADDSELECTED Command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Quotation tools

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Quick Measure by Hovering	Rapid Distance	Rapid Distance	Rapid Distance	✓	✓
DIMCENTER Command	✓	✓	✓	Partially	Partially
Reassociate Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DIMTOFFSET	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Standard Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Associative Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimension Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Qleader	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multileaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Voice Annotation	✓	✓	✓	X	X

Parametric Constraints (Geometry)

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Auto Constraint	X	X	X	X	✓
Coincident Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Perpendicular Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Parallel Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Tangent Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Horizontal Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Vertical Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Collinear Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Concentric Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Smooth Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Symmetric Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Equal Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Fix Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Constraint Settings	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Delete Constraints	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Show/Hide Constraint	X	X	✓	✓	✓

Parametric Restrictions (Dimension)

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Linear Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Horizontal Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Vertical Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Aligned Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Angular Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Radius Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Diameter Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Constraint Settings	X	X	✓	X	✓
Delete Constraints	X	X	✓	X	✓
Show/Hide Constraint	X	X	✓	X	✓
Parameters Manager	X	X	✓	X	✓
Dynamic Constraint Mode	X	X	✓	X	✓
Annotational Constraint Mode	X	X	✓	X	✓

Text and notes

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Mtext	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-language Character Set	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
In-place Text Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mtext Superscript and Subscripts	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support .shx and .ttf font	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spelling	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fields	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text Align / Text Match	✓	✓	✓	Text Align	Text Align
Change Text	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Mtext Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text Incremental Copy	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Text on line	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Statistics Summation	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Check spelling in Mtext	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Revcloud	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wipeout	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Automatic Text Numbering	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Layers

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Auto Layer	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Change to ByLayer (SETBYLAYER)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Properties Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer States Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Translator	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Layer Walk	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Previous	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Isolate	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Unisolate	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Lock	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Unlock	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Unlock All	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Lock Other Layers	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Layer Freeze	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Freeze Other Layer	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Thaw All Layers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Off	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Off Other Layer	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Turn All Layers On	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Merge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Delete	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Match	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewport Layer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Hatches

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gradient Hatches	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Background and Colour for Hatch Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Superhatch	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Transparency for Hatch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim/Extend/Hatch preview	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Raster images

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp, jpg, png, tga, tif, gif, pcx, ...)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Express Tools

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Lockup Command	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Layout Merge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Synchronise Viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE)	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Fast Select (FASTSEL)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Change Base	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Layer Draw Order	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Stat, Blocks Number	✓	✓	✓	Count Command	Count Command
Area Table	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Break Object	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Block Break	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Graphic Compare	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Batch Purge	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Layout by Path	✓	✓	✓	Array path	Array path
Line2pl	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Sptpl	✓	✓	✓	X	X
LusoCAD Tools	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Plot tools	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓	DWG Compare	DWG Compare
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Lock	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Block Replace	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Other tools

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Hardware Acceleration	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Break at Point	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Region	X	✓	✓	✓	✓
Areasum	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Draw and Modify Commands	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Outline Objects	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Align Tool / Arrange Tool	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Real Time Pan & Zoom	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SteeringWheels	X	X	X	✓	✓
Magnifier	X	✓	✓	X	X
Redraw and Regeneration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout and Paper Space	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Non-rectangular viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout Viewport settings	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multilines and Multiline Styles	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Block create and insert	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Redefine Block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Refedit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View	Partially	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Attribute Definition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barcode & QRcode	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT)	Partially	✓	✓	✓	✓
Table Tools	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Table	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AutoXLSTable	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Make Shape	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import Layout as Sheet	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewport Scale	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Attribute Increment	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT)	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Security	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Free Scale	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Hatch to Back	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reverse	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Synchronise Attributes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clip	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Array Options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Symmetric Draw	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Smart centrelines/center marks	X	X	X	✓	✓
Invert Fillet	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Offset Multiple	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Helix	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cloud Storage	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Design share	X	X	✓	✓	✓
Shortcut Customisation (CUSTACC)	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Match Properties Across Drawings	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hyperlink	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Digitizer Integration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scale List	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pline Boolean	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Xref path repair	X	X	X	✓	✓
Undo/Redo Preview	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
VPMAX/VPMIN	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Table	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barcode & QR Code	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Non-rectangular viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Attribute Definition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic Block Create/ Insert/View/Edit	Partially	✓	✓	✓	✓
Smart Blocks	X	X	X	X	✓

3D

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
POLYSOLID	X	✓	✓	X	✓
PLANESURF	X	✓	✓	X	✓
SURFOFFSET	X	✓	✓	X	✓
CONVTOMESH	X	✓	✓	X	✓
CONVTOSOLID	X	✓	✓	X	✓
CONVTOSURFACE	X	✓	✓	X	✓
CONVTONURBS	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Point Cloud	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
3D Edition Grips	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Section Plane	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Flatshot	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Solid editing	X	✓	✓	X	✓
3D Surfaces	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
ACIS Modelling & Editing	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Camera	X	X	X	X	✓
3D Orbit options	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Render	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Visual Styles Manager	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw	X	✓	✓	X	✓

Print

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
CTB & STB Plot Style Files	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Built-in Print Driver	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import & Editing of Page Setups	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Publish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hide and Shade Plot	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batch Print	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Arrange Frame	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Plot Styles Table Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D Print Studio	X	X	X	X	✓
AUTOPUBLISH	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Programme

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Load Puthon	✓	✓	✓
LISP Debugger	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
LISP Encryption	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
(SDS/ADS)	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
DCL / DCL engine / COM API	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Visual Basic for Applications	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
VBA VBI projects support	✓	✓	✓	X	DVB
.Net Framework	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
GRX (LusoCAD Runtime eXtension)	✓	✓	✓	X	ARX
CUI Menu Support/Diesel Expressions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Diesel Expressions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MNU and MNS File Support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
API (Toolbar & Menu Customisation)	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Entity Data Editor	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Action Recording and Action Macros	X	X	X	X	✓

Licensing

LusoCAD 2026

AutoCAD^®2026

	Std	Pro	Plus	LT	Full
Subscription	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Perpetual Licence	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Stand-alone USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Network USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	X	X
Stand-alone Licence	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network Licence	✓	✓	✓	X	X