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  Command name: M2LVPORT    M2LVPORT command creates a viewport on layout space by selecting objects in the model space. And then calculate the viewport size according to the set scale and locate the viewport in the layout space. You can... Read More

  Command name: AREATABLE AREATABLE command automatically dimension and count the area of anenclosed object and export the result to a table in the current drawing area.  The enclosed area or object can be marked with a number or area symbol,... Read More

  Command name: AUTOLAYER AUTOLAYER command allows you to customize and predefine the associated layer of a command to streamline drafting workflow. You can create as many layers as you want. Each layer created must be a predefined command,... Read More

  Command name: FREESCALE FREESCALE command scales an object without restrictions under three modes; Non-Uniform, Rectangle and Free.  The Non-uniform scale allows to scale X and Y coordinate axis separately. The RectScale allows to scale an... Read More

New array options are available to create copies of objects arranged in rectangular and polar pattern. The new array is as a whole (dynamic block). It can be dynamically adjusted the number of ranks, spacing and other related parameters through... Read More

If you have many texts, mtexts or block attributes in your drawing. And you want see them rotated to different angles. They can be very hard to read! To fix text orientation you can use: Rotate text (TORIENT) tool.     Read More

You might make a mistake and want to change the text case… either to lower or upper case. Do you need to re-type it? No way! It is easy to do. Select the word you want to change for. Right click in the word, select the CHANGE CASE option> Lower... Read More

There are several users asking, why they can’t snap to hatch object, the answer is simple, because they did not enable a drafting option to snap to hatch object. To enable it, simply issue OPTION command. In option dialog box, drafting tab, in... Read More

In GstarCAD is possible to link an object to another file. So if you needed to see the components specifications or 3D model of a certain component from a drawing, you can add hyperlinks to an object. The hyperlinks can be pointed directly to a... Read More

GstarCAD has the ability to add descriptions to the block definitions in the drawing. Issue the BLOCK command, select the block from the list at top, then click in the lower 'Description' section and enter the description and finally click... Read More