GstarCAD 2018 AutoCAD 2018

Files Pro Std Com LT

32-bit / 64-bit Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Password Protection and Digital Signatures ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Interface Pro Std Com LT
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Content Explorer ✓ ✓
Clickable Command Line Options ✓ ✓
File Tab ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Selection, Snap & Track Pro Std Com LT
Selection Preview ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Selection Effect Customization ✓ ✓
Quick Select ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Select Similar ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multifunctional Grips Partially Partially ✓ ✓
Osnap ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Grid and Snap ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Polar & OTrack ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments ✓ ✓
Group ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ADDSELECTED command ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multiple command ✓ ✓
Dimensions Pro Std Com LT
Standard Dimensions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Associative Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Quick Dimension ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Qleader ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dimension Break ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multileaders ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Smart Dimensioning ✓ ✓
Text 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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Field ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Revcloud ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wipeout ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Text Incremental Copy ✓ ✓
Autobullets and Numbering ✓ ✓
Text on line ✓ ✓
Layers 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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 Pro Std Com LT
Gradient Hatches ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Custom Patterns ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Superhatch ✓ ✓ ✓
Raster images Pro Std Com LT
Raster Image Support (Clipping, ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Support Kinds of Image Files ECW & JPEG 2000 ECW & JPEG 2000
✓ ✓
(bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\...) not supported yet not supported yet
Express Tools Pro Std Com LT
Area Table ✓ ✓
Break Object ✓ ✓
Block Break ✓ ✓
Graphic Compare ✓ ✓
Batpurge ✓ ✓
Express Tools Pro Std Com LT
Layout by Path ✓ ✓ Array path Array path
Line2pl ✓ ✓
Sptpl ✓ ✓
GstarCAD Tools ✓ ✓
Plot tools ✓ ✓
Drawing Compare ✓ ✓
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Drawing Lock ✓ ✓
Statistics Summation ✓ ✓
Others Pro Std Com LT
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 Both Option ✓ ✓
Helix ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Real Time Pan & Zoom ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SteeringWheels ✓ ✓
Redraw and Regeneration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout and Paper Space ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Layout Viewport settings ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Magnifier ✓
Barcode & QR Code ✓ ✓
Cloud Storage ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Design share ✓ ✓
Non-rectangular Viewports ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Shortcut Customization ✓ ✓
Match Properties Across Drawings ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multilines and Multiline Styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Block Create and Insert ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Block Attribute Definition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Refedit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hyperlink ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Digitizer Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Scale List ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Block Create/Insert/View ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT) ✓ Partially ✓ ✓
Table Tools ✓ ✓
AutoXLSTable ✓ ✓
Pline Boolean ✓ ✓
Xref path repair ✓ ✓
3D Pro Std Com LT
Section Plane ✓ ✓
Flatshot ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D Surfaces ✓ ✓ ✓
ACIS Modeling & Editing ✓ ✓
3D Orbit options ✓ ✓ Partially
Camera ✓
Render ✓ ✓
Visual Styles ✓ ✓ ✓
Solid editing ✓ ✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw ✓ ✓
Printing Pro Std Com LT
CTB & STB Plot Style Files ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Plot Styles Table Editor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-in Print Driver ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Import & Editing of Page Setups ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Publish ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Viewport Max ✓ ✓
3D Print Studio ✓
Hide and Shade Plot ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Batch Print ✓ ✓
Arrange frame ✓ ✓
Programming Pro Std Com LT
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 Pro Std Com LT
Stand-alone USB dongle ✓ ✓
Network USB dongle ✓ ✓
Stand-alone License ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Network License ✓ ✓ ✓

REMARKS
This table is for reference only
Empty space means functionally not supported
Table comparison updated at Sep 29th 2017