GSTARCAD VS ZWCAD | COMPARISON
COMPARE THE GSTARCAD 2025 WITH ZWCAD.
GstarCAD 2025 | ZWCAD 2025 | ||||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Password Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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 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 | ||
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
IFC Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
STEP Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
IGES Import | ✓ | ✓ | |||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Color Scheme | More | More | More | Less | Less |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ribbon / Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Design Center / Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Menu bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Different Method | Different Method |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable Mouse Actions in CUI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Smart Voice | ✓ Smart Voice |
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Raster to Vector Conversion | ✓ | ||||
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 Properties 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SmartMouse | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Invert Xclip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Formula | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | ||
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | Only Solprof | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 Projects 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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone License (Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network License (Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ZWCAD 2025 | ||||
Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Password Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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 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 | ||
IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
IFC Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
STEP Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
IGES Import | ✓ | ✓ | |||
DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Color Scheme | More | More | More | Less | Less |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ribbon / Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Design Center / Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Menu bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Different Method | Different Method |
ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable Mouse Actions in CUI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Smart Voice | ✓ Smart Voice |
Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
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 | Pro | Std |
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Raster to Vector Conversion | ✓ | ||||
Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 Properties 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SmartMouse | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Invert Xclip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Table Formula | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | ||
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | Only Solprof | ||
Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
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 Projects 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 | Plus | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Stand-alone License (Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Network License (Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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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