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Calculate distances and angles You can get information about the relation between two points by inquiring distance. You can get information as following: Distance = 1525.7461, Angle in XY Plane = 29, Angle from XY Plane = 0Delta X = 1332.6216, Delta... Read More

Stretches or shrinks text object(s) by selecting new start and/or end points. Menu : Text>Text Fit Command Entry : TEXTFIT Command line prompts as follow: Select Text to stretch/shrink:         Specify end point or [Start point]: Specify a... Read More

This new function allows to batch purge the excess objects such as blocks, layers, line type, dimension style or text style on several DWG files. The Batpurge tool doesn't need to open files. It executes the command of purge directly, which... Read More

You can use this function to multi-select objects with the same entity type in specified area. Menu : Express>Selection Tools>Get Selection by Object Type Command Entry : GETENTSEL Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Select object and... Read More

Select entities by entity type and layer. Menu : Express>Selection Tools>Get Selection by Object/Layer Command Entry : getentlaysel Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Select one object and system will take the object layer as target layer.... Read More

Restore a measurement value to overridden or modified dimension text. Menu: Express>Dimension>Reset Dim Text Value Command Entry: DIMREASSOC Command line prompts as follows: Select object: Select dimension objects with non-associative text or... Read More

When the texts are mixed with Chinese characters, English letters and Arabic numerals, because of the definition of font types, the text height will be different and the visual effect is not good. You can use this function to match the text height,... Read More

Menu : Express tools>AutoXlsTable>Edit Table Command Entry : _CAOT_AUTOXLSTABLE_EDIT Operation steps: 1.Click Edit Table. 2.Select a table created by AutoXlsTable in GstarCAD then the Excel file will open. Read More

During a mechanical design, we often need to change the position as well as the dimension of the keyway. In this section, we will add Linear Tensile function for the keyway on the step shaft. Add linear parameter   2. Add stretch action Click the... Read More

For mechanical designs, we often need to stretch the keyway to a certain length. Now, let us see how to realize an accurate stretch. Pick linear parameter in block editor (BEDIT), click entry frame which is on the right side of" distance type" on the... Read More