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AutoCAD 2008
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MicroStation V8
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Layer/Level |
Unlimited named layers |
Unlimited numbered levels |
Colour |
255 colours - normally assigned by layer |
255 colours - standard and user defined
colour palettes - normally
assigned by entity |
Linestyle |
Standard supplied and User defined - normally assigned by
layer - scales with plot scale or block scale |
8 standard and user defined - normally assigned by entity -
does not scale with plot scale or cell scale |
Lineweight/Width/Weight |
Actual width - can be assigned to linear entities - scales
with plot scale or block scale |
Relative thickness - can be assigned to all entities - does
not scale with plot scale or cell scale. |
Text Styles |
Standard supplied and user defined |
Standard supplied and user defined |
Plotting |
Colour is normally used for selecting pen width |
Weight is normally used for selecting pen width |
Xref / Reference file |
Rectangular clipping in paperspace - nested or overlay |
Irregular clipping with voids - overlay only |
Paperspace |
Support paper view of files with multiple viewports to
modelspace |
Not supported directly. Uses separate sheet file(.s01,
etc.) with DGN attached for each viewport. |