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Drawing Comparison
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Drawing Comparison
Drawing Comparison
Ribbon: Options – Functional Bars >
Compare Files
Menu: Tools –
Compare Files…
Menu: View – Toolbars – Functional –
Compare Files…
Toolbar: Standard –
Command line: DWGCOMPARE
File comparison feature allows you to find the differences between the contents of the model space in two drawings: detect objects that have been modified, added, or removed in the compared drawings.
There are a number of limitations:
· Comparison is performed for the model space only.
· Only .dwg files are supported.
· The following types of objects are not supported: OLE objects, cameras, geo data, GIS objects from Map 3D, underlays (not dwg), raster images, and point clouds.
· Changes to the By Block and By Layer properties in nested blocks are not detected.
To compare files:
1. Start the Compare Files commto open Drawing Compare panel.
2. Click the button in the File1 field in the Select section. In the dialog that opens, select the first drawing file for comparison.
3. Do the same for the File2 field.
4. Set the Visibility, Color and Transparency settings for the compared files.
5. Click the Compare button.
A new document opens, displaying the result of comparing files based on the settings made.
You can control the display parameters of the comparison result both before the procedure and after displaying it on the screen.
Options:
Visibility
File 1 |
Controlling the visibility of objects belonging only to file 1. |
File 2 |
Controlling the visibility of objects belonging only to file 2. |
Shared |
Controlling the visibility of objects belonging to both files. |
Text |
Show/hide the results of comparing text objects. |
Hatch |
Show/hide hatch comparison results. |
Color
File 1 |
Color for objects belonging only to file 1. |
File 2 |
Color for objects belonging only to file 2. |
Shared |
Color for objects belonging to both files. |
Transparency
File 1 |
Transparency of displaying objects belonging only to file 1. |
File 2 |
Transparency of displaying objects belonging only to file 2. |
Shared |
Transparency of displaying objects belonging to both files. |
Click the icon to open a dialog with information about the compared files: