Advance Features

Advanced Tools, Included in the Price

Beyond a full 2D/3D CAD toolset, progeCAD ships with a large number of advanced, professional-grade features that would cost extra elsewhere — including BIM import for Autodesk Revit® and IFC files for the AEC market.

File Exchange, Anywhere

Import and export STEP, IGES, SolidWorks, ESRI-SHAPE, Autodesk Revit®, IFC (BIM), point clouds and more — plus a built-in PDF-to-DWG converter that turns flat PDFs into fully editable drawings.

Advanced & Dynamic Blocks

Full compatibility with AutoCAD® Dynamic Blocks. Combine grips and actions — move, scale, stretch, rotate, mirror — to build one smart block that replaces dozens of static ones.

iCADLib — 22,000+ Ready Blocks

A built-in library covering construction, architecture, ANSI/DIN mechanics, electrical and furniture symbols, plus direct access to Traceparts, Cadenas and BIM&CO — over 100 million CAD/BIM models online.

Surveying, GIS & Civil Tools

Geolocation with Bing and Esri basemaps, image georeferencing, ECW/MrSID/JPEG2000 support, TIN surface generation from point clouds, and dedicated slope and topographic-section tools.

Architectural (AEC) Module

Draw walls, doors, windows, curtain walls, stairs, railings, slabs and roofs as true parametric AEC objects with a dedicated style manager — compatible with AutoCAD® Architecture objects.

Photorealistic Rendering

The included Artisan ray-tracing render engine delivers photorealistic materials, reflections, transparency and lighting control, with export to LightWave, 3D Studio and POV-Ray.

AI Drawing Translator

Translate text, MText, block attributes, leaders and tables in any drawing into another language in one click, powered by generative AI — while keeping the file fully DWG compatible.

Tables, Formulas & Excel Link

Spreadsheet-style tables with per-cell formulas and dynamic linking to external Excel worksheets, so schedules and BOQs update automatically as your drawing changes.

QR Codes & Digital Documentation

Generate and embed scannable QR codes straight into a drawing — ideal for linking as-built plans to maintenance manuals, spec sheets or asset records on site.

The Swiss-Army-Knife CAD for File Exchange

progeCAD imports and exports a huge range of CAD file types, so interchange with any collaborator or client is never a bottleneck — DWF, DGN, 3DS, LWO, OBJ, STL, SolidWorks, ESRI-SHAPE, SDF, SQLite and point cloud formats like LAS/LAZ/RCP/RCS are all supported alongside native DWG/DXF.

With the included PDF2DWG engine, converting a flat PDF back into clean, editable vector geometry — lines, polylines, splines, hatches, arcs and text — takes minutes, not hours, and preserves layers and colours exactly as they appear in the source PDF.

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