GstarCAD 2025 Release History Comparison — 2016 to 2023 Snapshot
GstarCAD 2025 Release History Comparison — 2016 to 2023 Snapshot
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Table 1 — columns 1, 2–7
| GstarCAD | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| DWF Import | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Interface | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Selection, Snap & Track | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar Track | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Dimensions | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Text | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Layers | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock All | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turn All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Hatch | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Raster images | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\svg\ecw…) | ✓ | ✓ | Not support ECW, SVG | Not support ECW, SVG | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Lock without Password | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Others | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| CLIPIT Command | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| System Variable Monitor | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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/Edit | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially |
| MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AutoXLS Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 3D | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Printing | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Programming | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Licensing Options | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscription / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscription / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Table 1 — columns 1, 8–13
| GstarCAD | 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ||||||
| Single-document Mode | ||||||
| Digital Signature | ||||||
| Reset Settings to Default. | ||||||
| DWF Import | ||||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Interface | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Selection, Snap & Track | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Navigation Cube | ||||||
| SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar Track | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Dimensions | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| DIMCENTER Command | ||||||
| Reassociate Dimension | ||||||
| Rapid Distance | ||||||
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Text | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Layers | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock All | ||||||
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turn All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Hatch | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Raster images | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\svg\ecw…) | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Lock without Password | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Others | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| CLIPIT Command | ||||||
| Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ||||||
| System Variable Monitor | ||||||
| Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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/Edit | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially |
| MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AutoXLS Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| 3D | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Printing | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Programming | Pro | Std | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Licensing Options | Pro | Std | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscription / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Subscription / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| GstarCAD | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Pro | 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 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 | ||||
| ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool | ||||
| Single-document Mode | ||||
| Digital Signature | ||||
| Reset Settings to Default. | ||||
| DWF Import | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Interface | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| New Dynamic Input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Selection, Snap & Track | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Navigation Cube | ||||
| SELECTIONCYCLING | ||||
| Right-Click + Drag Method | ||||
| Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xtra Grips for Pline & Hatch Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar Track | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ||||
| Multiple command | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Dimensions | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| DIMCENTER Command | ||||
| Reassociate Dimension | ||||
| Rapid Distance | ||||
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Text | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Layers | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock All | ||||
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turn All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Hatch | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Raster images | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\svg\ecw…) | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet | SGV, ECW and JPEG 2000 not supported yet |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Express Tools | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Lock without Password | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Others | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| CLIPIT Command | ||||
| Quick Edit Block Attribute Text | ||||
| System Variable Monitor | ||||
| Region | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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/Edit | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | Partially |
| MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AutoXLS Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| 3D | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Printing | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Programming | Pro | 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Licensing Options | Pro | Std | Pro | Std |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / Online Activate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Stand-alone / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perpetual / Network / USB Dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscription / Stand-alone / Online Activate | ||||
| Subscription / Network / Online Activate |