AutoCAD vs BricsCAD vs ZWCAD: Part 4 - Dynamic block support

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AUTODESK® AutoCAD® is such a great software that there are so many AutoCAD alternatives. The following brand names can be mentioned: Bricsys®
BricsCAD®, Gstarsoft GStarCAD, progesoft®
progeCAD®, CMS IntelliCAD, CIC® enjiCAD®, nanoCAD, ZWSOFT®
ZWCAD®... (Be aware that, these are Not free applications)
Among them, Bricsys®
BricsCAD® and ZWSOFT®
ZWCAD® are good candidates for their competitive price, AutoCAD most-similar and stability.
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However, there are some more aspects to consider before choosing an alternative, as described in the following series...
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Dynamic block is a very powerful feature of CAD. AutoCAD has a separate sub forum for this feature, the number of posts in Dynamic block sub forum accounts for ~10% of total AutoCAD forum posts.
Most of other CAD alternatives are only able to READ existing Dynamic block. To create or edit a Dynamic block, users must use AutoCAD.
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However, everything has exceptions:
+ GStarCAD still offers Dynamic block creation/edit feature. A dynamic block edited by GStarCAD is still recognized as dynamic in AutoCAD (except the Block properties table parameter is lost);
+ BricsCAD offers their own Parametric Block feature, which can be converted from AutoCAD dynamic block; this feature has been provided as a beta test since BricsCAD 2023;
+ DraftSight and CorelCAD (same ARES core) also offer their own dynamic block, which converted from AutoCAD dynamic block. The converted block will be recognized as Static in AutoCAD.