
GstarCADvsOthers
Features | GstarCAD Professional | ACAD Professional | |||
File | |||||
64-bit Support | ✅ | ✅ | |||
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest | ✅ | ✅ | |||
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✅ | ✅ | |||
File Recover and Audit | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Purge | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Etransmit | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Sheet Set Manager | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CAD Standard .dws | ✅ | ✅ | |||
DWF Underlay | ✅ | ✅ | |||
PDF Underlay | ✅ | ✅ | |||
DGN Import and Underlay | ✅ | ✅ | |||
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 | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Single-document Mode | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Digital Signature | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Reset Settings to Default. | ✅ | ✅ | |||
DWF Import | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Mark Up | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Interface | |||||
Quick Properties | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Block Palette | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Dark Theme | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Hidden Message Settings | ✅ | ✅ | |||
WorkSpace command | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CUI Import & Export | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Drag and Drop Customization | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Visual Menu Customization | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Ribbon/Classic | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Properties Palettes | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Design Center/Tool Palette/Xref Palette | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Command Line | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Clean Screen | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Dynamic Input and Auto Complete | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Clickable Command Line Options | ❌ | ✅ | |||
File Tab | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Selection, Snap & Track | |||||
Navigation Cube | ✅ | ✅ | |||
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Selection Preview | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Selection Effect Customization | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Quick Select | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Select Similar | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Multifunctional Grips | ✅ | ✅ | |||
OSnap | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Grid and Snap | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Polar & OTrack | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Group | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | ✅ | ❌ | |||
ADDSELECTED Command | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Multiple command | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Dimensions | |||||
DIMCENTER Command | ✅ | Partially | |||
Reassociate Dimension | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Quick Measure by Hovering | Rapid Distance | ✅ | |||
Standard Dimensions | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Associative Dimension | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Dimension Break | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Quick Dimension | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Qleader | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Smart Dimensioning | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Multileaders | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Text | |||||
Mtext | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Text | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Multi-language Character Set | ✅ | ✅ | |||
In-place Text Editor | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Mtext Superscript and Subscript | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Spelling | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Fields | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Text Align / Text Match | ✅ | Text Align | |||
Change Text | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Mtext Editor | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Text Incremental Copy | ✅ | ✅❌ | |||
Text on line | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Statistics Summation | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Check spelling in Mtext | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Revcloud | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Wipeout | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Autobullets and Numbering | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layers | |||||
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 | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Trun All Layers On | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layer Merge | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layer Delete | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layer Match | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Hatch | |||||
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Gradient Hatches | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Custom Patterns | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Superhatch | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Raster images | |||||
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …) | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\…) | Not support ECW | ✅ | |||
Express Tools | |||||
Layout Merge | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Synchronize Viewports | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) | ✅ | ❌✅ | |||
Fast Select | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Change Base | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Area Table | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Break Object | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Block Break | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Graphic Compare | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Batpurge | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Layout by Path | ✅ | Array path | |||
Line2pl | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Sptpl | ✅ | ❌ | |||
GstarCAD Tools | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Plot tools | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Drawing Compare | ✅ | DWG COMPARE | |||
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Drawing Lock | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Other | |||||
Region | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Areasum | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Draw and Modify Commands | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Outline Objects | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✅ | ✅ | |||
SteeringWheels | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Magnifier | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Redraw and Regeneration | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layout and Paper Space | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Layout Viewport settings | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Block create and insert | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Redefine Block | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Refedit | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/ View/ Edit | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Block Attribute Definition | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Barcode & QRcode | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Table Tools | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Table | ✅ | ✅ | |||
AutoXLSTable | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Make Shape | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Import Layout as Sheet | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Viewport Scale | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Attribute Increment | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace(M2LVPORT) | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Security | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Free Scale | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Hatch to Back | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Reverse | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Synchronize Attributes | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Clip | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Array Options | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Symmetric Draw | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Smart centerlines/center marks | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Invert Fillet | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Offset Multiple | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Helix | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Cloud Storage | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Shortcut Customization(CUSTACC) | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Hyperlink | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Digitizer Integration | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Scale List | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Pline Boolean | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Xref path repair | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Undo/Redo Preview | ✅ | ✅ | |||
3D | |||||
POLYSOLID | ✅ | ✅ | |||
PLANESURF | ✅ | ✅ | |||
SURFOFFSET | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CONVTOMESH | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CONVTOSOLID | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✅ | ✅ | |||
CONVTONURBS | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Point Cloud | ✅ | ✅ | |||
3D Edition Grips | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Section Plane | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Flatshot | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Solid editing | ✅ | ✅ | |||
3D Surfaces | ✅ | ✅ | |||
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Camera | ❌ | ✅ | |||
3D Orbit options | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Render | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Visual Styles Manager | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Printing | |||||
CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Built-in Print Driver | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Publish | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Hide and Shade Plot | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Batch Print | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Arrange Frame | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Plot Styles Table Editor | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Viewport Max | ❌ | ✅ | |||
3D Print Studio | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Programming | |||||
LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | ✅ | ✅ | |||
LISP Encryption | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) | ✅ | ✅ | |||
DCL / DCL engine / Professional API | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Visual Basic for Applications | ✅ | ✅ | |||
VBA VBI projects support | ✅ | DVB | |||
.Net Framework | ✅ | ✅ | |||
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✅ | ARX | |||
CUI | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Diesel Expressions | ✅ | ✅ | |||
MNU and MNS File Support | ✅ | ✅ | |||
API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Entity Data Editor | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Action Recording and Action Macros | ❌ | ✅ | |||
Licensing | |||||
Subscription | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Pepetual License | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Network USB dongle | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Stand-alone License | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Network License | ✅ | ❌ |