DBUG> New and old questions about DC+ & DC8.x

[Cabinet d'Architecture Madou HILLENIUS <archi@guetali.fr>]

Salut les mecs,

I've made a small list of assumptions and questions about DC+.
Maybe one of the `advanced' users would be kind enough too
correct where I'm wrong and answer some of the questions?

-DC+ can import DC5 files, but is otherwise incompatible with
DC8.5 and earlier versions except for a future translator add-on
ONLY available for v8.5. 

-Does DC+ export to DXF and DWG version 12?

-Can Renderize import DXF files higher then 12?

-DC+ has single precision.

-DC+ lacks dimension round off

-Is DC+ slower or faster than 8.x when handling projects with
many entities, hatches, text, etc.

-DC+ has no True Type Fonts, but does it has a choice out of more
than one font that can write letters with accents?

-Bitmaps can be directly imported into DC+.

-DC+ is independent from screen resolution.

-Does Arcon use the colours of the entities (pen size colours) or
can they be independently assigned?

-Is it possible in DC+ to draw (help & snap) lines in elevation
views?

-Does DC+ has a smart cursor that tells you when it is aligned to
other walls or openings parallel to it.

-Is it possible in DC+ to snap at intersection of 3D-lines,
polygons, slabs, etc?

-How well are the sections made in ZAC ? Does it automatically
doubles line width or applies hatches were an element is cut? 

-What is the maximum file size in DC+?

-Does the same (freshly layerutiled) project imported in DC+
takes more or less place on the harddisk?

-Is HLR faster in DC+ than in 8.x?

-Does HLR make its memory use grow excessively? 
(I have a 10 Meg project that needs up to 600 Meg for a
perspective view. When it is finished I have to leave DataCAD en
restart it to liberate some memory for the next HLR.)

-Is DC+'s undo-information stored in the file itself? Is it still
there when the file is reopened?

-Do DC+ files grow fat on reserved space for deleted entities
like DC5 files?

TIA
Salutations.
Don MATERMAN
Ile de la Réunion


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