GstarCAD 2025 Release History Comparison

#Workbook comparison tables

Workbook comparison tables

Sheet1 — columns 2–7

GstarCAD	GstarCAD 2025	GstarCAD 2025	GstarCAD 2025	GstarCAD 2024	GstarCAD 2024	GstarCAD 2023
Files	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓365	✓365	✓ 365	✓	✓	✓
IFC format Import and Edit	✓Edit	✓Edit		✓Enhanced		✓Import
IFC format Emport	✓	✓
RVT Import and Edit	✓	✓
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Single-document Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Digital Signature	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batch Digital Signing Tool	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reset Settings to Default.	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DWF Import	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SVG File Format	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
STEP/IGES File Formats	✓	✓		✓
DWGUNITS	✓	✓	✓
Interface	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Quick Properties	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Tab	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection, Snap & Track	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
3D Mouse Device Adaption	✓	✓	✓
Lasso Selection	✓	✓	✓	✓ 2401	✓2401
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ADDSELECTED command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Voice Annotation	✓	✓	✓
Parametric Constraints	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓
Dimensions	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Dynamic Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DIMCENTER Command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reassociate Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rapid Distance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Standard Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Associative Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Qleader	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimension Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multileaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hatch	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gradient Hatches	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Superhatch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Raster images	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw…)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Not support ECW
Express Tools	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Lockup(with password)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout Merge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Synchronize Viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Breakpoint Check	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fast Select (FASTSEL command)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Change Base	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layer Draw Order	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Area Table	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Break Object	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Graphic Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batpurge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout by Path	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Line2pl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sptpl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GstarCAD Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Table Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plot tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Statistics Summation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Application Manager	✓	✓	✓
Hardware Acceleration	✓	✓	✓
Break at Point	✓	✓	✓
CLIPIT Command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
System Variable Monitor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Region	✓	✓		✓		✓
Make Shape	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import Layout as Sheet	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewport Scale	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
VPMAX/VPMIN	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Non-rectangular Viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shortcut Customization	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	Partially	✓
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AutoXLSTable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pline Boolean	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
POLYSOLID	✓	✓		✓		✓
PLANESURF	✓	✓		✓		✓
SURFOFFSET	✓	✓		✓		✓
CONVTOMESH	✓	✓		✓		✓
CONVTOSOLID	✓	✓		✓		✓
CONVTOSURFACE	✓	✓		✓		✓
CONVTONURBS	✓	✓		✓		✓
Point Cloud	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D Edition Grips	✓	✓		✓		✓
Section Plane	✓	✓		✓		✓
Flatshot	✓	✓		✓		✓
3D Surfaces	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ACIS Modeling & Editing	✓	✓		✓		✓
3D Orbit options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Render	✓	✓		✓		✓
Visual Styles Manager	✓	✓		✓		✓
Solid Editing	✓	✓		✓		✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw	✓	✓		✓		✓
Printing	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
LISP Debugger	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	Plus	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Subscription	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Online Register	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
REMARKS
This table is for reference only.
Empty space means functionally not supported.
The GstarCAD package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
Table comparison updated at May 31st 2024.

Sheet1 — columns 8–13

GstarCAD	GstarCAD 2023	GstarCAD 2022	GstarCAD 2022	GstarCAD 2021	GstarCAD 2021	GstarCAD 2020
Files	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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 Import and Edit	✓Import	✓Import	✓Import	✓Import	✓Import	✓Import
IFC format Emport
RVT Import and Edit
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Single-document Mode	✓	✓	✓
Digital Signature	✓
Batch Digital Signing Tool
Reset Settings to Default.	✓
DWF Import	✓
SVG File Format	✓
STEP/IGES File Formats
DWGUNITS
Interface	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Quick Properties	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Tab	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection, Snap & Track	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ADDSELECTED command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Voice Annotation
Parametric Constraints	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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
Dimensions	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Dynamic Dimensions
DIMCENTER Command	✓	✓	✓
Reassociate Dimension	✓	✓	✓
Rapid Distance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Standard Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Associative Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Qleader	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimension Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multileaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hatch	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gradient Hatches	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Superhatch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Raster images	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw…)	Not support ECW	Not support ECW	Not support ECW	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000
Express Tools	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Lockup(with password)	✓
Layout Merge	✓
Synchronize Viewports	✓
Breakpoint Check	✓
Fast Select (FASTSEL command)	✓	✓	✓
Change Base	✓	✓	✓
Layer Draw Order	✓	✓	✓
Area Table	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Break Object	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Graphic Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batpurge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout by Path	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Line2pl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sptpl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GstarCAD Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Table Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plot tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Statistics Summation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Application Manager
Hardware Acceleration
Break at Point
CLIPIT Command	✓
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text	✓
System Variable Monitor	✓
Region		✓		✓		✓
Make Shape	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import Layout as Sheet	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewport Scale	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
VPMAX/VPMIN
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Non-rectangular Viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shortcut Customization	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	Partially	✓	Partially	✓
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AutoXLSTable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pline Boolean	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
POLYSOLID		✓		✓
PLANESURF		✓		✓
SURFOFFSET		✓		✓
CONVTOMESH		✓		✓
CONVTOSOLID		✓		✓
CONVTOSURFACE		✓		✓
CONVTONURBS		✓		✓
Point Cloud	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D Edition Grips		✓		✓		✓
Section Plane		✓		✓		✓
Flatshot		✓		✓		✓
3D Surfaces	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ACIS Modeling & Editing		✓		✓		✓
3D Orbit options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Render		✓		✓		✓
Visual Styles Manager		✓		✓		✓
Solid Editing		✓		✓		✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw		✓		✓		✓
Printing	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
LISP Debugger	✓
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Subscription	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Online Register	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
REMARKS
This table is for reference only.
Empty space means functionally not supported.
The GstarCAD package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
Table comparison updated at May 31st 2024.

Sheet1 — columns 14–19

GstarCAD	GstarCAD 2020	GstarCAD 2019	GstarCAD 2019	GstarCAD 2018	GstarCAD 2018	GstarCAD 2017
Files	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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 Import and Edit	✓Import	✓Import	✓Import
IFC format Emport
RVT Import and Edit
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool
Single-document Mode
Digital Signature
Batch Digital Signing Tool
Reset Settings to Default.
DWF Import
SVG File Format
STEP/IGES File Formats
DWGUNITS
Interface	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Quick Properties	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File Tab	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection, Snap & Track	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ADDSELECTED command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple command	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Voice Annotation
Parametric Constraints	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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
Dimensions	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Dynamic Dimensions
DIMCENTER Command
Reassociate Dimension
Rapid Distance
Standard Dimensions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Associative Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick Dimension	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Qleader	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimension Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multileaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hatch	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes
Gradient Hatches	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Superhatch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Raster images	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw…)	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000
Express Tools	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Lockup(with password)
Layout Merge
Synchronize Viewports
Breakpoint Check
Fast Select (FASTSEL command)
Change Base
Layer Draw Order
Area Table	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Break Object	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Block Break	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Graphic Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batpurge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Layout by Path	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Line2pl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sptpl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GstarCAD Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Table Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plot tools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Statistics Summation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Application Manager
Hardware Acceleration
Break at Point
CLIPIT Command
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text
System Variable Monitor
Region		✓		✓		✓
Make Shape	✓	✓	✓
Import Layout as Sheet	✓	✓	✓
Viewport Scale	✓	✓	✓
VPMAX/VPMIN
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Non-rectangular Viewports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shortcut Customization	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	Partially	✓	Partially	✓
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AutoXLSTable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pline Boolean	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
POLYSOLID
PLANESURF
SURFOFFSET
CONVTOMESH
CONVTOSOLID
CONVTOSURFACE
CONVTONURBS
Point Cloud
3D Edition Grips
Section Plane		✓		✓		✓
Flatshot	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3D Surfaces	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ACIS Modeling & Editing		✓		✓		✓
3D Orbit options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Render		✓		✓		✓
Visual Styles Manager		✓		✓		✓
Solid Editing		✓		✓		✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw		✓		✓		✓
Printing	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
LISP Debugger
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	Std	Pro	Std	Pro	Std	Pro
Subscription	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network USB dongle	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Online Register	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
REMARKS
This table is for reference only.
Empty space means functionally not supported.
The GstarCAD package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
Table comparison updated at May 31st 2024.

Sheet1 — columns 20–22

GstarCAD	GstarCAD 2017	GstarCAD 2016	GstarCAD 2016
Files	Std	Pro	Std
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	✓	✓	✓
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 Import and Edit
IFC format Emport
RVT Import and Edit
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool
Single-document Mode
Digital Signature
Batch Digital Signing Tool
Reset Settings to Default.
DWF Import
SVG File Format
STEP/IGES File Formats
DWGUNITS
Interface	Std	Pro	Std
Quick Properties
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	✓	✓	✓
File Tab	✓	✓	✓
Selection, Snap & Track	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	✓	✓	✓
ADDSELECTED command
Multiple command
Voice Annotation
Parametric Constraints	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
Dimensions	Std	Pro	Std
Dynamic Dimensions
DIMCENTER Command
Reassociate Dimension
Rapid Distance
Standard Dimensions	✓	✓	✓
Associative Dimension	✓	✓	✓
Quick Dimension	✓	✓	✓
Qleader	✓	✓	✓
Dimension Break	✓	✓	✓
Multileaders	✓	✓	✓
Text	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	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	✓	✓	✓
Hatch	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	✓	✓	✓
Raster images	Std	Pro	Std
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …)	✓	✓	✓
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw…)	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000	Not support ECW and JPEG 2000
Express Tools	Std	Pro	Std
Lockup(with password)
Layout Merge
Synchronize Viewports
Breakpoint Check
Fast Select (FASTSEL command)
Change Base
Layer Draw Order
Area Table
Break Object	✓
Block Break	✓
Graphic Compare	✓
Batpurge	✓	✓	✓
Layout by Path	✓	✓	✓
Line2pl	✓	✓	✓
Sptpl	✓	✓	✓
GstarCAD Tools	✓	✓	✓
Table Tools	✓	✓	✓
Plot tools	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓
Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL)	✓	✓	✓
Statistics Summation	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	Pro	Std
Application Manager
Hardware Acceleration
Break at Point
CLIPIT Command
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text
System Variable Monitor
Region		✓
Make Shape
Import Layout as Sheet
Viewport Scale
VPMAX/VPMIN
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	✓	✓	✓
Others	Std	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓
Non-rectangular Viewports	✓	✓	✓
Shortcut Customization	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	Partially
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length)	✓	✓	✓
AutoXLSTable	✓	✓	✓
Pline Boolean	✓	✓	✓
3D	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	✓	✓	✓
Render		✓
Visual Styles Manager		✓
Solid Editing		✓
Solprof / Solview / Soldraw		✓
Printing	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	Std	Pro	Std
LISP Debugger
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	Std	Pro	Std
Subscription
Stand-alone USB dongle	✓	✓	✓
Network USB dongle	✓	✓	✓
Stand-alone License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓
Network License(Flexnet)	✓	✓	✓
Online Register	✓	✓	✓
REMARKS
This table is for reference only.
Empty space means functionally not supported.
The GstarCAD package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
Table comparison updated at May 31st 2024.

GstarCAD_Versions_Comparison.pdf, PDF page 1 — additional source text

GstarCAD 2025
GstarCAD 2024
GstarCAD 2020
GstarCAD 2023 GstarCAD 2022 GstarCAD 2021

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
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
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
✓365 
✓365 
✓ 365
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
IFC format Import and Edit
✓Edit
✓Edit
✓Enhanced 
✓Import ✓Import ✓Import ✓Import ✓Import ✓Import ✓Import ✓Import

GstarCAD 2025 Release History Comparison

GstarCAD 2025 Release History Comparison

Contents

Workbook comparison tables

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