| Feature | 2D Express | 3D Max |
| Ribbon | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 4K Screen Support | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| IMPROVED: Performance optimized for 7 x faster redraw speed | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| NEW: Updater | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 2D Draw Mode | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 3D Draw Mode | ✔️ | |
| NEW: Find & Replace | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Selection Tool with smart object selection based on direction | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pre-defined Views | ✔️ | |
| Angle Constrainst Settings | ✔️ | |
| Batch File Converter | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Calculator | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Drawing Compare | ✔️ | |
| Getting Started Guide | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Grid - Snap and Display Controls | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Insert Manager | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Macro Recorder | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Online Help | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Orthogonal Mode | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Password Protection Manager | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Reference Manual | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ruler | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Tooltips | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Support for multiple units of measurement | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Working Plane | ✔️ | |
| 2D Primitives | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| NEW: Point on Path Tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| NEW: Basic Shapes | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Auto Dimension | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Blocks | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Callouts | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Dimensions | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Doors and Windows | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Groups | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Hatching | ✔️ | |
| Layer Management | ✔️ | |
| Measurements | All but Surface Area and Volume | ✔️ |
| Points | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Best Fit line and best fit circle | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Line Distance tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Mesh Repair Tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Point Setting | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Point Control | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Snaps | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Text | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Tick Mark | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Symbols | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Symbol Libraries | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Image | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Conversion tools | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Line Editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Section Editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Selection Editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Trim and Extend Tools | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| PDF Underlay | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 2D Adobe Illustrator with option to import as Underlay | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Hammer tool | ✔️ | |
| Block Editor Mode in Ribbon | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ellipse by Diagonals | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Circumscribed Polygon | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Diagonal Slot Polygon | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 3D Primitives | ✔️ | |
| 3D Architectool Tool | ✔️ | |
| 3D Booleans | ✔️ | |
| 3D Modifications | ✔️ | |
| Anti-aliasing | ✔️ | |
| Display Types | ✔️ | |
| Lights | ✔️ | |
| Light Sources | ✔️ | |
| Materials | ✔️ | |
| Create new Material | ✔️ | |
| Procedural Materials | ✔️ | |
| Reflectance | ✔️ | |
| Texture Mapping | ✔️ | |
| 3D Animations | ✔️ | |
| Walk-throughs | ✔️ | |
| Export to VRML and AVI | ✔️ | |
| 3D Print Check | ✔️ | |
| Leak Test for Surfaces | ✔️ | |
| Watertight Test for Solids | ✔️ | |
| Import* | 6 | 11 |
| Export* | 8 | 13 |
| NEW: Updated Teigha (ODA) to 25.7 Version | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| NEW: SketchUp 2024 Filter Improvement (updated SDK) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Office 2021 End of Support and What to Do Next
The Office 2021 end of support date is October 13, 2026. This means that after this day, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates and bug fixes for Office 2021,...
