GstarCAD vs ZwCAD
COMPARISON TABLE
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GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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32-bit / 64-bit Support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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.pat,.shx,.lin and etc |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Password Protection |
✓ |
✓ |
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File Recover and Audit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Purge |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Etransmit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Sheet Set manager |
✓ |
✓ |
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CAD Standard .dws |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Xrefs in-place Editing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
DWF Underlay |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
PDF Underlay |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
DGN Import and Underlay |
✓ |
✓ |
Only Import |
Only Import |
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DWG Convert |
✓ |
✓ |
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Import to WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DGN |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
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Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
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Plot and Publish to PDF |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Publish to DWF 2D & 3D |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Collaboration |
✓ |
✓ |
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IFC format |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
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Single-document Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Quick Properties |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hidden Message Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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WorkSpace command |
✓ |
✓ |
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Color Scheme |
✓More |
✓More |
✓Less |
✓Less |
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CUI Menus and Toolbars |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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CUI Import & Export |
✓ |
✓ |
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Drag and Drop Customization |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Visual Menu Customization |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Ribbon / Classic |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Properties Palettes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Design Center / Tool Palettes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Xref Palette |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Command Line |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Clean Screen |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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New Dynamic Input |
✓ |
✓ |
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Menu bar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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SELECTIONCYCLING |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Right-Click + Drag Method |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Selection Preview |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Quick Select |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Select Similar |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Osnap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Grid and Snap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Polar & OTrack |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multifunctional Grips |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Group |
✓ |
✓ |
Different Method |
Different Method |
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ADDSELECTED command |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multiple command |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Customizable Mouse Actions in CUI |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dimensions |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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DIMCENTER Command |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
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Reassociate Dimension |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Rapid Distance |
✓ |
✓ |
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Standard Dimensions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Associative Dimension |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Quick Dimension |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Qleader |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dimension Break |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multileaders |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Text |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Mtext supports Numbering, Superscript, Subscrip…… |
✓ |
✓ |
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Text Align / Text Match |
✓ |
✓ |
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Change Text |
✓ |
✓ |
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Mtext |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Text |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multi-language Character Set |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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In-place Text Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Mtext Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Support .shx and .ttf font |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Spelling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Check spelling in Mtext |
✓ |
✓ |
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Fields |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Revcloud |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Wipeout circle option |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Rtext / Arc Text |
✓ |
✓ |
ArcText |
ArcText |
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Text Incremental Copy |
✓ |
✓ |
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Text on line |
✓ |
✓ |
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Statistics Summation |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layers |
GstarCAD 202 Pro |
GstarCAD 202 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Auto Layer |
✓ |
✓ |
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Change to ByLayer（SETBYLAYER） |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Properties Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer States Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Translator |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Layer Walk |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Previous |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Isolate |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Unisolate |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Lock |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Unlock |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Unlock All |
✓ |
✓ |
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Lock Other Layers |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Freeze |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Freeze Other Layer |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
|
Thaw All Layers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Off |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Off Other Layer |
✓ |
✓ |
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Trun All Layers On |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Layer Merge |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Layer Delete |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layer Match |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Viewport Layer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hatch |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Hatch objects from Tool Palettes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Gradient Hatches |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Custom Patterns |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Background and Color for Hatch Patterns |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Superhatch |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Transparency for Hatch |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Trim/Extend/Hatch preview |
✓ |
✓ |
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Raster images |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\...) |
Not support ECW |
Not support ECW |
Support ECW |
Support ECW |
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Express Tools |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Fast Select (FASTSEL command) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Change Base |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Layer Draw Order |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Area Table |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Break Object |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Block Break |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Graphic Compare |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Text Align / Text Match |
✓ |
✓ |
Align Text |
Align Text |
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Batpurge |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Layout by Path |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Line2pl |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Sptpl |
✓ |
✓ |
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GstarCAD Tools |
✓ |
✓ |
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Plot tools |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Drawing Compare |
✓ |
✓ |
File Compare |
File Compare |
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Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Drawing Lock |
✓ |
✓ |
Lock Up |
Lock Up |
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Others |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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Region |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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Dataextraction |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Datalink |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Make Shape |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Import Layout as Sheet |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Viewport Scale |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Attribute Increment（ATTINC） |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace（M2LVPORT） |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Security |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Free Scale |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Hatch to Back |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Reverse |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Synchronize Attributes (ATTSYNC) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Clip |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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ARRAY（Dynamic） |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Align Tool / Arrange Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
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Areasum |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Table |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Symmetric Draw |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Outline Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Invert Fillet |
✓ |
✓ |
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|
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Draw and Modify Commands |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Offset Multiple |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Helix |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Real Time Pan & Zoom |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Annotative Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Object Scales |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Redraw and Regeneration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Layout and Paper Space |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Magnifier |
✓ |
|
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Barcode & QR Code |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Cloud Storage |
✓ |
✓ |
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Non-rectangular Viewports |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Multilines and Multiline Styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Block Create and Insert |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Block Attribute Definition |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Redefine Block |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Refedit |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Hyperlink |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Digitizer Integration |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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Scale List |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dynamic Block Create/Insert/View |
✓ |
✓ |
partially |
partially |
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Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT) |
✓ |
✓ Partially |
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Table Tools |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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AutoXLSTable |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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Pline Boolean |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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SmartMouse |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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SmartVoice |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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Undo/Redo Preview |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Invert Xclip |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Table Formula |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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3D |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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POLYSOLID |
✓ |
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PLANESURF |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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SURFOFFSET |
✓ |
|
|
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CONVTOMESH |
✓ |
|
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CONVTOSOLID |
✓ |
|
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CONVTOSURFACE |
✓ |
|
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CONVTONURBS |
✓ |
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Point Cloud |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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3D Edition Grips |
✓ |
|
|
|
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Section Plane |
✓ |
|
|
|
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Flatshot |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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3D Surfaces |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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ACIS Modeling & Editing |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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3D Orbit options |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
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Render |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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Visual Styles Manager |
✓ |
|
|
|
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Solid editing |
✓ |
|
Partially |
|
|
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw |
✓ |
|
Only Solprof |
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Printing |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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CTB & STB Plot Style Files |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Plot Styles Table Editor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Built-in Print Driver |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
|
Import & Editing of Page Setups |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Publish |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Hide and Shade Plot |
✓ |
✓ |
Partially |
Partially |
|
Batch Print |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Arrange Frame |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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Programming |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
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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 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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VBA VBI Projects Support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
.Net |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) |
✓ |
✓ |
ZRX |
|
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MNU and MNS File Support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
API for Toolbar and Menu Customization |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Licensing |
GstarCAD 2022 Pro |
GstarCAD 2022 Std |
ZWCAD 2022 Pro |
ZWCAD 2022 Std |
|
Subscription |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Stand-alone USB dongle |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Network USB dongle |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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Stand-alone License(Flexnet) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Network License(Flexnet) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
REMARKS
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This table is for reference only.
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Empty space means functionally not supported.
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The GstarCAD package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
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Table comparison updated at Aug 30th 2021.
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