The seamless .dwg compatibility enables you to open and continue your previous design work, and share your drawings with coworkers and clients, making the workflow more fluent.
ZWCAD provides familiar Classic and Ribbon interface, you can easily switch to choose the environment you prefer. With the familiar CAD commands and alias that you have already known how to use, you can use ZWCAD immediately without any re-learning cost.
Open or save DWG/DXF drawings from ACAD.
Import DGN files, exchange drawings with MicroStation ®.
Multi-filter for selection, select objects that match certain properties
Convert text information as barcode or QR code and embed in the drawing
Add annotation with voice record
Trigger commands by mouse gesture
Help to find commands more quickly
Multi-line text, full text editing functions
Insert raster images, support formats like JPEG, PNG and BMP
Collect geometry together into one object which you can use repeatedly
Attach other DWG drawings as references
Use table to present data like revision table or bill of materials
Attach multi-leader annotations
Dimension adjusted along with the geometric objects
Mark the revision items with free-form clouds around them and call attention to them
Set layer properties like color, linetype and VP Freeze
Block embeds textual information such as inventory numbers, prices, description and more
Pressing the mouse wheel or rolling to pan and zoom, easily manipulate the view
Block with parameters, easy to modify
Apply existing style to other objects
Use document from other applications
Compare two similar drawings and highlight the differences
Organize, share, and place commands, blocks, and other tools
Use block, external drawing, or image as hatch pattern
Manage all external resources like text, image and drawing
Control the visibility of specified objects
Perform calculation within CAD just as you would with a desktop calculator
View, edit and synchronize attributes in batches
ZWCAD supports LISP, VBA, ZRX, and .NET application programming interfaces, many vertical applications are already working perfectly with ZWCAD.
More options have been added to the right-click menu of 3DORBIT, such as Virtual Aids, Shade Mode, Zoom Windows/Extents/Previous, Reset/Preset/Named View, etc., making 3DORBIT easier and handier to use.
Digital Signature can now be attached to the current drawing or a batch of drawings in DWG2004, DWG2010, DWG2013 and DWG2018, and can also be verified by SIGVALIDATE.
PDF, together with the geometric objects, hatch objects, raster images and TrueType text contained in it, can now be imported to the current drawing, making it convenient to get and edit what you want from PDF files.
Multifunctional Grip Menu for PLINE and HATCH is now supported, offering multiple options like Stretch, Add or Remove Vertex, Convert to Arc, etc. You can now edit polylines and hatched objects more conveniently and efficiently.
Drawings can now be plotted, published and exported to DWFx format.
More functions of DWF/DWFx Underlay, such as snapping objects, managing layers, clipping, adjusting display effect, etc. are supported, which means that you can handily edit off-the-shelf designs, rather than starting from zero.
In the former version, Dark is the default color scheme helping reduce visual fatigue. Now Light is also available as another option to satisfy different preferences.
Both PDF and DWFx files can be attached to your current drawing as underlays and references, so that you can continue to work on the existing designs, instead of starting from scratch
Annotations like dimensions and texts can be set as Annotative Objects, enabling their sizes to be adjusted automatically according to different view scales in Model space or Layout viewport, to guarantee their readability on screen and in plotting.
With Smart Plot, multiple frames can be plotted all at once from the Model space with ZWPLOT command. More efficient plotting process is realized.
Layer Manager is now turned into a palette, which means that you can operate in the drawing area with the Layer Manager on and the adjustments in it can be updated instantly in the drawing area.
Polar tracking on Z-Axis is available now in 3D design. You can draw lines parallel to Z-Axis easily without any other construction lines or switching to different views.
While using commands in Solid Menu, user can preview the 3D model in thedrawing area. The previews are dynamic to show their positions and sizes.
When user moves the cursor over a 3D solid planar face during the command, the program will align the XY plan of the UCS with the planar face automatically. After the command is finished, the UCS returns to previous setting
ZWCAD can callout tool bars in the ribbon interface.
User can open selected external reference by right-click shortcut menu.
User can open selected OLE objects by right-click shortcut menu.
User can move dimension text by right-click shortcut menu
With commands of SMARTVOICE, VOICEMAN and VOICESHOW, you can easily save your voice information as an entity in your drawing.
SmartSelect enables designers to find similar entities with convenient property selection. When designers need to find a certain type of entity like Block Reference without considering complicated property, say, the exact position, they no longer have to use FIND command which contains complex property selection.
SmartMouse, the mouse gesture feature in ZWCAD, enables you to execute certain commands by just moving your mouse on a certain track to trigger frequently used commands such as New, Circle, and Move. You can also easily customize commands for different mouse actions. It greatly helps speed up your design process.
The Barcode and QR code can help you manage drawings smartly. In design phase, to generate codes including information like project name, drawing name, designer, audit, data and etc., you can use rich scan tool to enter this information to drawing pool effectively just by scanning the codes.
File Compare helps you spot even the most minor differences between two similar drawings by highlighting them in different colors. You can easily find the variations between blocks, attributes and texts. File Compare also allows you to customize the comparison settings, such as colors, and filters.
The Undo Snapshot allows you to preview history when your mouse hovers over the history list. You can go back to any former step by clicking the step directly
The new memory optimization technology enables ZWCAD to open any drawing with memory usage reduced by 50%. That’s why it works smoothly with drawings that are even over 100 MB. It’s also excellent in reducing memory cumulation, which ensures non-stop operation throughout the day.
A small installation package with full design functions will relieve the heavy burden to your operating system.
