GSTARCAD 2024 PRODUCTS COMPARISON
THIS TABLE PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION ON GSTARCAD OFFERINGS.
REMARKS
- This table is for reference only
- Empty space means functionally not supported
- The package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT
- Table comparison updated at Sep 1st 2022
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
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Files | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.dwg and.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Password Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
File Recover and Audit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Purge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Etransmit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CAD Standard.dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xrefs in-place Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | |
DGN File Formate Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWG Convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import to WMF,SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Export to DWG,DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
IFC format | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Digital Signing Tools | ✓ | ✓ | |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWF Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
STEP / IGES Files | ✓ | ||
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Interface | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Drag & Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ribbon / Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Design Center/ Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Work Spaces Switching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Work Space command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Selection | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar Track | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Dimensions | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | |
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Text | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | |
Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wipeout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Rtext / Arctext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | |
Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | |
Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Layers | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Auto Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Change to ByLayer (SETBYLAYER) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Properties Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer States Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Translator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Walk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Previous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Isolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Unisolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Lock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Unlock All | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | |
Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Turn All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Hatch | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Hatch to Back | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Background andColor for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Trim / Extend of / to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Raster images | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\svg\...) | Not support ECW | Not support ECW | Not support ECW |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Express Tools | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Lockup (with password) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layout Merge | ✓ | ✓ | |
Synchronize Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | |
Breakpoint Check | ✓ | ✓ | |
Fast Select (FASTSEL) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Change Base | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layer Draw Order | ✓ | ✓ | |
Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | |
Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | |
Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | |
Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | |
Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | |
Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | |
Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | |
Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | |
Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Others | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
CLIPIT Command | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ✓ | ✓ | |
System Variable Monitor | ✓ | ✓ | |
Region | ✓ | ||
Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import Layoutas Sheet in Layout Context Menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Attribute Increment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Define Layout Viewport from Model Space (M2LVPORT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Free Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Synchronize Attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Array Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | |
Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | |
Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Helix | ✓ | ✓ | |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Annotative Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Object Scales | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redrawand Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Magnifier | ✓ | ||
Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | |
Shortcut Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Block Create / Insert / View / Edit | ✓ | Partially | |
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AutoXLS Table | ✓ | ✓ | |
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
3D | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
POLYSOLID | ✓ | ||
PLANESURF | ✓ | ||
SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ||
CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ||
CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ||
Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ||
Section Plane | ✓ | ||
Flatshot | ✓ | ||
3DSurfaces | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ||
3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Render | ✓ | ||
Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ||
Solid Editing | ✓ | ||
Solprof /Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ||
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Printing | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Plot Styles Table Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Built-in Print Driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hide and Shade Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Print | ✓ | ✓ | |
Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Programming | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | |
Entity Data Editor | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Supportwith vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Encryption | ✓ | ✓ | |
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) | ✓ | ✓ | |
DCL / DCL engine / COM API | ✓ | ✓ | |
Visual Basic for Applications | ✓ | ✓ | |
VBA VBI Projects Support | ✓ | ✓ | |
.Net Framework | ✓ | ✓ | |
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | |
CUI Menu Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | |
MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
API for Toolbar and Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |
GstarCAD 2024 | |||
Licensing Options | PROFESSIONAL | STANDARD | LT |
Perpetual / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Perpetual / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Perpetual / Stand-alone / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Perpetual / Network / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Subscription / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Subscription / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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