GSTARCAD VS ZWCAD | COMPARISON

COMPARE THE GSTARCAD 2023 WITH ZWCAD.

 

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 ZWCAD 2023
Files PROFESSIONAL STANDARD PROFESSIONAL STANDARD
64-bit Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Password PROFESSIONAL tection ✓ ✓
File Recover and Audit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Purge ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Etransmit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sheet Set manager ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CAD Standard .dws ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Xrefs in-place Editing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DWF Underlay ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PDF Underlay ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DGN Underlay ✓ ✓
DWG Convert ✓ ✓
Import to WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DGN ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Interface GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Quick PROFESSIONAL perties ✓ ✓
Hidden Message Settings ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
WorkSpace command ✓ ✓
Color Scheme More More Less Less
CUI Menus and Toolbars ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CUI Import & Export ✓ ✓
Drag and Drop Customization ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Visual Menu Customization ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ribbon / Classic ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PROFESSIONAL perties Palettes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Design Center / Tool Palettes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Xref Palette ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Command Line ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clean Screen ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
New Dynamic Input ✓ ✓
Menu bar ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
File Tab ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Selection, Snap & Track GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Navigation Cube ✓ ✓
SELECTIONCYCLING ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Right-Click + Drag Method ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ Different Method Different Method
ADDSELECTED command ✓ ✓
Multiple command ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Customizable Mouse Actions in CUI ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimensions GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
DIMCENTER Command ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
Reassociate Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DIMTOFFSET ✓ ✓
Rapid Distance ✓ ✓
Standard Dimensions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Associative Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Quick Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Qleader ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimension Break ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multileaders ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Text GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Mtext supports Numbering, Superscript, Subscrip…… ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
Fields ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Revcloud ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wipeout circle option ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rtext / Arc Text ✓ ✓ ArcText ArcText
Text Incremental Copy ✓ ✓
Text on line ✓ ✓
Statistics Summation ✓ ✓
Layers GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Viewport Layer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hatch GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gradient Hatches ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Custom Patterns ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Superhatch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Transparency for Hatch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trim/Extend/Hatch preview ✓ ✓
Raster images GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Express Tools GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
Lockup (with password) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout Merge ✓ ✓
Synchronize Viewports ✓ ✓
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fast Select (FASTSEL) ✓ ✓
Change Base ✓ ✓
Layer Draw Order ✓ ✓
Area Table ✓ ✓
Break Object ✓ ✓
Graphic Compare ✓ ✓
Text Align / Text Match ✓ ✓ Align Text Align Text
Batpurge ✓ ✓
Layout by Path ✓ ✓
Line2pl ✓ ✓
Sptpl ✓ ✓
GstarCAD Tools ✓ ✓
Plot tools ✓ ✓
Drawing Compare ✓ ✓ File Compare File Compare
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Others GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
CLIPIT Command ✓ ✓
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text ✓ ✓
System Variable Monitor ✓ ✓
Region ✓ ✓
Dataextraction ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Datalink ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Make Shape ✓ ✓
Import Layout as Sheet in Layout Context Menu ✓ ✓
Viewport Scale ✓ ✓
Attribute Increment (ATTINC) ✓ ✓
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT) ✓ ✓
Security ✓ ✓
Free Scale ✓ ✓
Hatch to Back ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Reverse ✓ ✓
Synchronize Attributes (ATTSYNC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clip ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ARRAY (Dynamic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Redraw and Regeneration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout and Paper Space ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout Viewport settings (Visual Styles) ✓ ✓
Magnifier ✓
Barcode & QR Code ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Non-rectangular Viewports ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) ✓ ✓
Match PROFESSIONAL perties 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 Partially Partially
Table Tools ✓ ✓
AutoXLSTable ✓ ✓
Pline Boolean ✓ ✓
SmartMouse ✓ ✓
SmartVoice ✓ ✓
Undo/Redo Preview ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Invert Xclip ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Table Formula ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
POLYSOLID ✓
PLANESURF ✓ ✓
SURFOFFSET ✓
CONVTOMESH ✓
CONVTOSOLID ✓
CONVTOSURFACE ✓
CONVTONURBS ✓
Point Cloud ✓ ✓
3D Edition Grips ✓ ✓
Section Plane ✓
Flatshot ✓ ✓ ✓
3D Surfaces ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ACIS Modeling & Editing ✓ ✓
3D Orbit options ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
Render ✓ ✓
Visual Styles Manager ✓
Solid editing ✓ Partially
Sol PROFESSIONAL f / Solview / Soldraw ✓ Only Sol PROFESSIONAL f
Printing GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
CTB & STB Plot Style Files ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Plot Styles Table Editor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-in Print Driver ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
Import & Editing of Page Setups ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Publish ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hide and Shade Plot ✓ ✓ Partially Partially
Batch Print ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Arrange Frame ✓ ✓
PROFESSIONAL gramming GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
LISP Debugger ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ActiveX, Including In-place Editing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Entity Data Editor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LISP Support with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LISP Encryption ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DCL / DCL engine / COM API ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Visual Basic for Applications ✓ ✓ ✓
VBA VBI PROFESSIONAL jects Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.Net ✓ ✓ ✓
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) ✓ ✓ ZRX
CUI Menu Support and Diesel Expressions ✓ ✓
MNU and MNS File Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
API for Toolbar and Menu Customization ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Licensing Options GstarCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		GstarCAD
STANDARD 		ZwCAD
PROFESSIONAL 		ZwCAD
STANDARD
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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