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.


The Drawing Compare.dwg toolbar is designed to detect changes in different versions of drawings.
The comparison process determines objects that were changed, added or removed.
There is a number of limitations to using the Drawing Compare .dwg function:

• The function works only in the model space.
• Only .dwg files are supported.
• The following types of objects are not supported: OLE objects, cameras, geographic data, GIS objects from Map 3D, underlays (not dwg), images, coordination models, and point clouds.
• Changes of properties By Block and By Layer are not detected in nested blocks.
  

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

Color

Transparency

Click the icon to open a dialog with information about the compared files:

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