Compare GstarCAD

GstarCAD8

AutoCAD 2012

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Professional

Standard

LT

Commercial

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File

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.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2013

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.pat,.shx,.lin and etc

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Password protection

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File Recover and Audit

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Purge

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eTransmit

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Sheet sets

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Markup set

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CAD Standard (.dws)

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Xrefs in-place editing

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DWF underlay

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PDF underlay

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DGN import and underlay

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Export to PDF)

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Export to DWF 2D & 3D

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Drawing compare

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Drawing Lock

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Interface

CUI menus and toolbars

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Visual menu customization

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Ribbon

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Properties

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Design Center

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Tool Palletes

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Command line

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Work Space

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File tab

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Selection, Snap & Track

Selection preview

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Quick Select

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Grip points modification

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OSnap

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Grid and Snap

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Polar & OTrack

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Group

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Dimensions

Standard dimensions

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Associative dimension

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Dimension constraint

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Quick dimension

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Qleader

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Dimension break

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Mtext

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Text

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Multi-language character set

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In-place text editor

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MTEXT via internal or external editor

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Support .shx and .ttf font

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Spelling

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Fields

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Annotative

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Text incremental copy

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Text on line

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Statistics summation

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Hatch

Gradient hatches

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Custom patterns

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Trim/extend of/to hatch pattern entities

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Super Hatch

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Raster image support (clipping, transparency, etc.)

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Support Kinds of image file(bmp\jpg\png\tga
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Draw and Modify

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Helix

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Real time pan & zoom

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SteeringWheels

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Redraw and regeneration

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Layout and paper space

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Non-rectangular viewports

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Layer Manager

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Multilines and multiline styles

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Block create and insert

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Block attribute definition

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Dynamic blocks (Bedit)

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Dynamic input

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Parametric Constraint

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Table and Table style

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Table

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Pline Boolean

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3D surfaces

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ACIS modeling & editing

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Camera

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3D walk and fly

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Render

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Animate by path

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Visual styles

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（Solprof/solview/soldraw）

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CTB & STB table files

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Built-in print driver

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Import & editing of page setups

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Publish

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Hide and Shade plot

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ActiveX, including in-place editing

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Entity data editor

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LISP support with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support

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LISP encryption

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Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS)

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DCL engine

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COM API

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Visual Basic for Applications

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VBA VBI projects support

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√ (DVB)

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.net

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GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension)

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CUI menu

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Diesel expressions

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MNU and MNS file support

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API for toolbar and menu customization

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Stann-alone USB dongle

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Network USB dongle

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Stand-alone License(Flexnet)

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Network License(Flexnet)

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