GSTARCAD 2023 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 2023
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Export to DWG,DWF, DWFX, WMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, EMF ✓ ✓ ✓
Plot and Publish to PDF ✓ ✓ ✓
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D ✓ ✓ ✓
Collaboration ✓ ✓ ✓
IFC format ✓ ✓
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool ✓ ✓ ✓
Single-document Mode ✓ ✓ ✓
Digital Signature ✓ ✓ ✓
Reset Settings to Default. ✓ ✓ ✓
DWF Import ✓ ✓ ✓
GstarCAD 2023
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 2023
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 2023
Dimensions PROFESSIONAL STANDARD LT
DIMCENTER Command ✓ ✓ ✓
Reassociate Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓
DIMTOFFSET ✓ ✓ ✓
Rapid Distance ✓ ✓
Standard Dimensions ✓ ✓ ✓
Associative Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓
Quick Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓
Qleader ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimension Break ✓ ✓ ✓
Multileaders ✓ ✓ ✓
GstarCAD 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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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