VERSION COMPARISON
2016 – 2019
| GstarCAD | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||
| Files | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| 32-bit / 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CAD Standard .dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xrefs in-place Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DGN File Formate Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| IFC format | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Interface | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work Spaces Switching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection, Snap & Track | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| 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 (Pline) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Dimensions | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wipeout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rtext / Arc text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layers | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | 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/Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Freeze/Freeze Other | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off/Off Other | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trun All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hatch | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background and Color for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Raster images | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\…) | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ✓ ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | ✓ ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Lock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Others | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Import Layout as Sheet | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Storage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortcut Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digitizer Integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Block Create/Insert/View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Block Editor (BEDIT) | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | ✓partially |
| AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Render | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Visual Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Solid Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Printing | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Programming | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| 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 Framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CUI Menu Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API for Toolbar and Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Licensing | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stand-alone License(Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network License(Flexnet) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online Register | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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