GSTARCAD VS AUTOCAD | COMPARISON
COMPARE THE GSTARCAD 2025 WITH AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT.
GstarCAD 2025 | AutoCAD 2025 | ||||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
32-bit / 64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.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 WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | Different | Different |
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mark Up | ✓ | ✓ | |||
STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Floating Windows | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Effect Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Quick Measure | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ |
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Coincident Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Perpendicular Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Parallel Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Tangent Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Horizontal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Vertical Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Collinear Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Concentric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Smooth Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Symmetric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Equal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Fix Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Constraint Settings | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Delete Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Show/Hide Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Text | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Text Align | Text Align |
Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Superscript and Subscripts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wipeout Circle and Arc Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Automatic Text Numbering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Trun All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewport Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hatch | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Lockup Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layout Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Synchronize Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Fast Select (FASTSEL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Change Base | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layer Draw Order | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stat, Blocks Number | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Count Command | Count Command |
Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Array path | Array path |
Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DWG COMPARE | DWG COMPARE |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Replace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import Layout as Sheet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Attribute Increment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Free Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Hatch to Back | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Synchronize Attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Array Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Smart centerlines/center marks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SteeringWheels | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Xref path repair | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Smark Blocks | ✓ | ||||
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Camera | ✓ | ||||
Render | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solid editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Plot Styles Table Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Built-in Print Driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3D Print Studio | ✓ | ||||
Hide and Shade Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Print | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Entity Data Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Action Recording and Action Macros | ✓ | ||||
LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Encryption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
(SDS/ADS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
DCL / DCL engine / COM API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Visual Basic for Applications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
VBA VBI Projects Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DVB | |
.Net Framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ARX | |
CUI Menu Support/Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pepetual License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Cross-platform Licensing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Online Licensing Transfer Utility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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 on Jun 21st 2024. |
GstarCAD 2025 | AutoCAD 2025 | ||||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
32-bit / 64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.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 WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | Different | Different |
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mark Up | ✓ | ✓ | |||
STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Floating Windows | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Effect Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Quick Measure | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ |
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Coincident Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Perpendicular Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Parallel Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Tangent Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Horizontal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Vertical Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Collinear Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Concentric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Smooth Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Symmetric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Equal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Fix Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Constraint Settings | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Delete Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Show/Hide Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Text | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Text Align | Text Align |
Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Superscript and Subscripts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wipeout Circle and Arc Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Automatic Text Numbering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Trun All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewport Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hatch | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Lockup Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layout Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Synchronize Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Fast Select (FASTSEL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Change Base | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layer Draw Order | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stat, Blocks Number | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Count Command | Count Command |
Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Array path | Array path |
Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DWG COMPARE | DWG COMPARE |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Replace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import Layout as Sheet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Attribute Increment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Free Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Hatch to Back | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Synchronize Attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Array Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Smart centerlines/center marks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SteeringWheels | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Xref path repair | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Smark Blocks | ✓ | ||||
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Camera | ✓ | ||||
Render | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solid editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Plot Styles Table Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Built-in Print Driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3D Print Studio | ✓ | ||||
Hide and Shade Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Print | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Entity Data Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Action Recording and Action Macros | ✓ | ||||
LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Encryption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
(SDS/ADS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
DCL / DCL engine / COM API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Visual Basic for Applications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
VBA VBI Projects Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DVB | |
.Net Framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ARX | |
CUI Menu Support/Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pepetual License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Cross-platform Licensing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Online Licensing Transfer Utility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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 on Jun 21st 2024. |
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