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ALIGN command is often overlooked by many CAD users. Instead of using move, rotate, and scale commands separately, you can do it at once using this tool. With ALIGN you can move, rotate and scale an object while aligning it with existing geometry or... 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

The ATTACH command is used to insert external reference, raster image or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF or DGN file) to current drawing. Command ATTACH Ribbon: Insert > Reference > Attach Function Description: In the "Select Reference File"... Read More

The AREA command is used to calculate the area and circumference of specified object or defined region. Command AREA Ribbon: Utilities > Measure > AreaMenu: Tools > Inquiry > Area Command Prompts Specify first corner point or ... Read More

The ACISIN command is used to import ACIS files and create 3D solids, bodies or region objects. Command ACISIN Ribbon: Insert > Import > Import >ACIS Menu: Insert > ACIS Files...  Function Description: Inputting ACISIN in command... Read More

The 3DSIN command is used to import 3D Studio files. Command 3DSIN Ribbon: Insert > Import > Import > 3D Ssudio..Menu: Insert > 3D Ssudio... Function Description: Users could import a lot of data from 3ds Max file, such as meshes,... Read More

Text, also called single-line text, or Dtext, makes every line a separate object. It’s great for short annotation in a drawing. On the other hand, Mtext, also called multiline text, has more formatting options, and is better for larger amounts... Read More

As we know the drawing compare function in GstarCAD can be used to compare similar drawings containing nearly number of drawn objects to each other, especially to compare different versions of revision drawings. Drawing compare can make comparisons... Read More

No matter it is AEC or MFG industry, there are many symmetric drawing shapes. The usual way to make a symmetric shape is to draw the first half of the shape and then get another symmetric half by copy or mirror.             It is possible to... Read More

(Enhancement) In GstarCAD2017 we enhance the MIRROR command adding a new option. Besides picking start and end point to define mirror axis, you can also directly select objects as mirror axis like a line, polyline, a line of block, or an external... Read More