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In order to let users explore DWG FastView for WEB functions, GstarCAD provides sample drawings which have thumbnail previews. Users could easily select any sample drawing or either control left/right sides arrow and slider bar below to see more... Read More

Magnifier is an innovative viewing tool that adds more value to this viewer. It helps to view a specific area of your drawing just in a click. This tool is a real alternative to zoom in at once and is ideal to use it on survey, maps or big drawings. ... Read More

At plot model dialog box choose DWG to PDF.pc3 as the printer/plotter name. Configure your desired options, such as Paper size, Plot area, and Plot scale. Click Properties > Custom Properties, in the Additional Output Settings category choose... Read More

From the Tools menu select Command Line. Alternatively, Command line can be enable or disable by using shortcut, CTRL + 9. Read More

This system variable toggles on/off the Startup dialog box to help users to setup drawing templates settings. Using this dialog box is safer. It will make them aware to select a template before actually start to draw. You can set this startup dialog... Read More

Personally, I found that speeding up the whole system and optimizing GstarCAD are the better ways to make it work lighter and faster. However, you are probably curious if there are options to simplify drawing appearance. FILLMODE FILLMODE is very... Read More

Users with HUGE drawings may want to consider changing the value of the TREEDEPTH variable. It controls the GstarCAD Tree Spatial Index, which specifies the number of times the tree-structured spatial index may divide into branches. Setting the value... Read More

A frequent problem in objects snaps is the inheritance of the Z value when snapping to a point. GstarCAD addresses this problem with OSNAPZ system variable. If set to 0, osnap uses the z-value of the snapped point. If set to 1, it uses the x+y of the... Read More

Setting up drawing to plot is like an artist making a reproduction of a painting; the two paintings will look very similar, but they‟ll never look exactly the same. This is much like plotting in GstarCAD; you‟ll probably find the right... Read More

Let‟s say one day your plotter is broken and you need to publish to new plotter. Or you need to plot it on other office that has different type of plotter. Your previous setup will not work. Do you have to modify page setup for all files all over... Read More