GSTARCAD VS DRAFTSIGHT | COMPARISON
COMPARE THE GSTARCAD 2025 WITH DRAFTSIGHT PREMIUM.
GstarCAD 2025 | DraftSight 2024 | |||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Pack and Go |
Edrawing | Seperated software need to pay | |||
Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CAD Standard .dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xrefs in-place Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DGN File Formate Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWG Convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Import WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Add Plotter and Plot Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | |
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ||
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ||
PDF Import and Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
CATIA Drawing Import | ✓ | |||
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Color Scheme | More | More | More | Dark/Light |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Different Method |
Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Ribbon/Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Design Center / Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Toolbox | GstarCAD Mechanical | GstarCAD Mechanical | GstarCAD Mechanical | Few Mechanical Tools |
Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Work Spaces Switching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Menu bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SMARTSELECT |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SELECTMATCHING |
Xtra Grips for Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multifunctional Grips (Pline) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | AUTODIMENSION |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SMARTLEADER |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileader style manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | Premium |
Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NOTE |
Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SIMPLENOTE |
Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | CLOUD |
Wipeout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Rtext / Arc text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only CURVEDTEXT |
Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Layer Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gradient Hatches Color books | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Background and Line Color for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Transparency for Hatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
trim/Extend/hatch preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only Hatch Preview |
Raster images | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | IMAGE TRACER/IMAGECLIP |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not support ECW/JPEG 2000/Others |
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DRAWCOMPARE |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
CLIPIT Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
System Variable Monitor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Dataextraction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Datalink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | UPDATEBLOCKATTRIBUTES |
Clip Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Array Options Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Formulas in Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Annotative Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | EDITANNOTATION |
Object Scales | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ANNENTITYSCALE |
Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | REFRESH, REBUILD |
Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Shortcut Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RICHLINE |
Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | EDITCOMPONENT |
Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Block Create/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ |
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
3D ContentCentral | ✓ | |||
POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | 3D command | |
3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ROLLVIEW |
Render | ✓ | ✓ | ARENDER | |
Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solid Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | BATCHPRINT |
Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Stand-alone License (Flexnet) Perpetual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Network License (Flexnet) Perpetual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Online Register | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Technical Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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 June 21st 2024. |
GstarCAD 2025 | DraftSight 2024 | |||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Pack and Go |
Edrawing | Seperated software need to pay | |||
Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CAD Standard .dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xrefs in-place Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DGN File Formate Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DWG Convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Import WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Add Plotter and Plot Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | |
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ||
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ||
PDF Import and Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
CATIA Drawing Import | ✓ | |||
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Color Scheme | More | More | More | Dark/Light |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Different Method |
Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Ribbon/Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Design Center / Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Toolbox | GstarCAD Mechanical | GstarCAD Mechanical | GstarCAD Mechanical | Few Mechanical Tools |
Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Work Spaces Switching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Menu bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SMARTSELECT |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SELECTMATCHING |
Xtra Grips for Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multifunctional Grips (Pline) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | AUTODIMENSION |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SMARTLEADER |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileader style manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | Premium |
Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NOTE |
Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SIMPLENOTE |
Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | CLOUD |
Wipeout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Rtext / Arc text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only CURVEDTEXT |
Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Layer Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gradient Hatches Color books | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Background and Line Color for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Transparency for Hatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
trim/Extend/hatch preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only Hatch Preview |
Raster images | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | IMAGE TRACER/IMAGECLIP |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not support ECW/JPEG 2000/Others |
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DRAWCOMPARE |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
CLIPIT Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
System Variable Monitor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Dataextraction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Datalink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | UPDATEBLOCKATTRIBUTES |
Clip Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Array Options Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Formulas in Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially |
Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Annotative Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | EDITANNOTATION |
Object Scales | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ANNENTITYSCALE |
Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | REFRESH, REBUILD |
Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Shortcut Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RICHLINE |
Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | EDITCOMPONENT |
Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Block Create/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ |
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
3D ContentCentral | ✓ | |||
POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ||
CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ||
3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | 3D command | |
3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ROLLVIEW |
Render | ✓ | ✓ | ARENDER | |
Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solid Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | BATCHPRINT |
Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Premium |
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Stand-alone License (Flexnet) Perpetual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Network License (Flexnet) Perpetual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Online Register | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Technical Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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 June 21st 2024. |
GSTARCAD OFFERS THE LT VERSION AT THE LOWEST UPFRONT COST, IS EASY TO GET STARTED, AND IS EQUIVALENT TO AUTOCAD LT.
*LT are not available in all countries, check with your local reseller.
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