GstarCAD 2026 Versions Comparison

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Workbook comparison tables

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GstarCADGstarCAD 2026GstarCAD 2026GstarCAD 2026
FilesPlusProStd
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 WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG✓ ✓ ✓ 
Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG✓ ✓ ✓ 
Plot and Publish to PDF✓ ✓ ✓ 
Publish to DWF 2D & 3D✓ ✓ ✓ 
Collaboration✓ 365✓ 365✓365 
IFC Import/Export and Edit✓ ✓ 
RVT Import and Edit✓ ✓ 
ACAD Tool Palettes Import Tool✓ ✓ ✓ 
Single-document Mode✓ ✓ ✓ 
Digital Signature✓ ✓ ✓ 
Batch Digital Signing Tool✓ ✓ ✓ 
Reset Settings to Default.✓ ✓ ✓ 
STEP/IGES Files✓ ✓ 
DWGUNITS✓ ✓ ✓ 
Import XTP file from Toolpalettes✓ ✓ ✓ 
Drawing Merge✓ ✓ ✓ 
InterfacePlusProStd
3D Modeling Workspace✓ ✓ ✓ 
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 & TrackPlusProStd
3D Mouse Device Adaption✓ ✓ ✓ 
Lasso Selection✓ ✓ ✓ 
Navigation Cube✓ ✓ ✓ 
SELECTIONCYCLING✓ ✓ ✓ 
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✓ ✓ ✓ 
DimensionsPlusProStd
DIMCENTER Command✓ ✓ ✓ 
Reassociate Dimension✓ ✓ ✓ 
DIMTOFFSET✓ ✓ ✓ 
Rapid Distance✓ ✓ ✓ 
Standard Dimensions✓ ✓ ✓ 
Associative Dimension✓ ✓ ✓ 
Quick Dimension✓ ✓ ✓ 
Qleader✓ ✓ ✓ 
Dimension Break✓ ✓ ✓ 
Multileaders✓ ✓ ✓ 
Dynamic Dimensions✓ ✓ ✓ 
Voice Annotation✓ ✓ ✓ 
Parametric Constraints (Geometric)PlusProStd
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 Constraints✓ 
Show/Hide Constraint✓ 
Parametric Constraints (Dimension)PlusProStd
Linear Constraint✓ 
Horizontal Constraint✓ 
Vertical Constraint✓ 
Aligned Constraint✓ 
Angular Constraint✓ 
Radius Constraint✓ 
Diameter Constraint✓ 
Constraint Settings✓ 
Delete Constraints✓ 
Show/Hide Constraint✓ 
Parameters Manager✓ 
Dynamic Constraint Mode✓ 
Annotational Constraint Mode✓ 
TextPlusProStd
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✓ ✓ ✓ 
Statistics Summation✓ ✓ ✓ 
LayersPlusProStd
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✓ ✓ ✓ 
HatchPlusProStd
Hatch to Back✓ ✓ ✓ 
Hatch objects from Tool Palettes✓ ✓ ✓ 
Gradient Hatches✓ ✓ ✓ 
Custom Patterns✓ ✓ ✓ 
Background and Color for Hatch Patterns✓ ✓ ✓ 
Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities✓ ✓ ✓ 
Superhatch✓ ✓ ✓ 
Raster imagesPlusProStd
Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, …)✓ ✓ ✓ 
Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw…)✓ ✓ ✓ 
Express ToolsPlusProStd
DWG Units✓ ✓ ✓ 
Lockup(with password)✓ ✓ ✓ 
Layout Merge✓ ✓ ✓ 
Synchronize Viewports✓ ✓ ✓ 
Breakpoint Check✓ ✓ ✓ 
Fast Select (FASTSEL)✓ ✓ ✓ 
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)✓ ✓ ✓ 
CLIPIT Command✓ ✓ ✓ 
Quick Edit Block Attribute Text✓ ✓ ✓ 
Make Shape✓ ✓ ✓ 
OthersPlusProStd
Application Manager✓ ✓ ✓ 
Hardware Acceleration✓ ✓ ✓ 
Break at Point✓ ✓ ✓ 
System Variable Monitor✓ ✓ ✓ 
Region✓ ✓ 
Import Layout as Sheet in Layout Context Menu✓ ✓ ✓ 
Viewport Scale✓ ✓ ✓ 
VPMAX/VPMIN✓ ✓ ✓ 
Attribute Increment✓ ✓ ✓ 
Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT)✓ ✓ ✓ 
Security✓ ✓ ✓ 
Free Scale✓ ✓ ✓ 
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✓ ✓ ✓ 
Scale List✓ ✓ ✓ 
Dynamic Block Create/Insert/View/Edit✓ ✓ Partially
MEASUREGEOM (Sum area and Total Length)✓ ✓ ✓ 
AutoXLSTable✓ ✓ ✓ 
Pline Boolean✓ ✓ ✓ 
3DPlusProStd
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✓ ✓ 
PrintingPlusProStd
CTB & STB Plot Style Files✓ ✓ ✓ 
Plot Styles Table Editor✓ ✓ ✓ 
Built-in Print Driver✓ ✓ ✓ 
Import & Editing of Page Setups✓ ✓ ✓ 
Publish✓ ✓ ✓ 
AUTOPUBLISH✓ ✓ ✓ 
Hide and Shade Plot✓ ✓ ✓ 
Batch Print✓ ✓ ✓ 
Arrange frame✓ ✓ ✓ 
ProgrammingPlusProStd
Load Python✓ ✓ ✓ 
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✓ ✓ ✓ 
LicensingPlusProStd
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 package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT.
Table comparison updated on May 31st 2025.