GstarCAD 2021 | ACAD 2021 | ||||
Features | Professional | Standard | Professional | LT | |
File |
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32-bit / 64-bit Support | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
.dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to latest | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Password Protection | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
File Recover and Audit | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Purge | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Etransmit | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Sheet Set Manager | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
CAD Standard .dws | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
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 | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Collaboration | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
IFC format | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Interface |
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Quick Properties | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Block Palette | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Dark Theme | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Hidden Message Settings | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
WorkSpace command | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
CUI Menus and Toolbars | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
CUI Import & Export | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Drag and Drop Customization | √ | √ | Χ | √ | |
Visual Menu Customization | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Ribbon/Classic | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Properties Palettes | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Design Center/Tool Palette/Xref Palette | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Command Line | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Clean Screen | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Dynamic Input and Auto Complete | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Clickable Command Line Options | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
File Tab | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Selection, Snap & Track |
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SELECTIONCYCLING | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Right-Click + Drag Method | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Selection Preview | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Selection Effect Customization | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Quick Select | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Select Similar | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Multifunctional Grips | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
OSnap | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Grid and Snap | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Polar & OTrack | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Group | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
ADDSELECTED Professional mand | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Multiple command | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Dimensions |
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Quick Measure by Hovering | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | √ | √ | |
Standard Dimensions | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Associative Dimension | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Dimension Break | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Quick Dimension | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Qleader | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Smart Dimensioning | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Multileaders | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Text |
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Mtext | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Text | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Multi-language Character Set | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
In-place Text Editor | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Mtext Superscript and Subscripts | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Support .shx and .ttf font | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Spelling | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Fields | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Text Align / Text Match | √ | √ | Text Align | Text Align | |
Change Text | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Mtext Editor | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Text Incremental Copy | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Text on line | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Statistics Summation | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Check spelling in Mtext | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Revcloud | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Wipeout | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Autobullets and Numbering | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layers |
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Auto Layer | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
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 | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Layer Freeze | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Freeze Other Layer | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Thaw All Layers | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layer Off | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Off Other Layer | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Trun All Layers On | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layer Merge | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layer Delete | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layer Match | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Hatch |
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Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Gradient Hatches | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Custom Patterns | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Superhatch | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Raster Images |
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Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\...) | ECW & JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW & JPEG 2000 not supported yet | √ | √ | |
Express Tools |
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Area Table | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Break Object | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Block Break | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Graphic Compare | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Batpurge | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Layout by Path | √ | √ | Array path | Array path | |
Line2pl | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Sptpl | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
GstarCAD Tools | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Plot tools | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Drawing Compare | √ | √ | DWG COMPARE | DWG COMPARE | |
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Drawing Lock | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
OTHER |
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Region | √ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Areasum | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Draw and Modify Commands | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Outline Objects | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Align Tool / Arrange Tool | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Real Time Pan & Zoom | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
SteeringWheels | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Magnifier | √ | Χ | Χ | Χ | |
Redraw and Regeneration | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layout and Paper Space | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Non-rectangular Viewports | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Layout Viewport settings | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Multilines and Multiline Styles | √ | √ | √ | ||
Block create and insert | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Redefine Block | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Refedit | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Block Attribute Definition | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Barcode & QRcode | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT) | √ | Partially | √ | √ | |
Table Tools | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Table | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
AutoXLSTable | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Make Shape | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Import Layout as Sheet | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Viewport Scale | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Attribute Increment | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace(M2LVPORT) | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Security | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Free Scale | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Hatch to Back | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Reverse | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Synchronize Attributes | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Clip | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Array Options | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Symmetric Draw | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Smart centerlines/center marks | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Invert Fillet | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Offset Multiple | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Helix | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Cloud Storage | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Shortcut Customization(CUSTACC) | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Match Properties Across Drawings | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Hyperlink | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Digitizer Integration | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Scale List | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Pline Boolean | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Xref path repair | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
Undo/Redo Preview | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
3D |
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POLYSOLID | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
PLANESURF | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
SURFOFFSET | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
CONVTOMESH | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
CONVTOSOLID | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
CONVTOSURFACE | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
CONVTONURBS | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Point Cloud | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
3D Edition Grips | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Section Plane | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Flatshot | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Solid editing | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
3D Surfaces | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
ACIS Modeling & Editing | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Camera | Χ | √ | Χ | ||
3D Orbit options | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Render | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Visual Styles Manager | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | √ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Printing |
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CTB & STB Plot Style Files | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Built-in Print Driver | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Import & Editing of Page Setups | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Publish | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Hide and Shade Plot | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Batch Print | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Arrange Frame | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Plot Styles Table Editor | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Viewport Max | Χ | Χ | √ | √ | |
3D Print Studio | Χ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Programming |
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LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
LISP Encryption | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
DCL / DCL engine / Professional API | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Visual Basic for Applications | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
VBA VBI projects support | √ | √ | DVB | Χ | |
.Net Framework | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | √ | √ | ARX | Χ | |
CUI | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Diesel Expressions | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
MNU and MNS File Support | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Entity Data Editor | √ | √ | √ | Χ | |
Action Recording and Action Macros | Χ | Χ | √ | Χ | |
Licensing |
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Subscription | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Pepetual License | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Stand-alone USB dongle | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Network USB dongle | √ | √ | Χ | Χ | |
Stand-alone License | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Network License | √ | √ | Χ | Χ |
Ref:https://www.gstarcad.net/cad/compare/