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Click on File > Plot Style manager. Alternatively by using shortcut command STYLESMANAGER. Paste the pen assignments(.ctb) file here and relaunch the PLOT command.  Read More

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

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

Do you need to create a high resolution image from lines, arcs and other objects in your drawing? No, this is not about rendering. Just you can just plot your model/layout. Try to open your plot dialog box. You can see a plotter namedPublishToWebJPG... Read More

Compared with AREA command, AREASUM tools is more flexible and powerful. When using the traditional area command, users usually need to redraw the boundary of the region, or convert the boundary into a single object, and then get the area of the... Read More

A faster way to invoke a command is customize its shortcut. The CUSTACC command allows you to customize, delete or modify existing command shortcuts. To access this command go through the menu bar, under tools, select customize and choose Shortcuts... Read More

Do you ever need to move or edit objects together but still have the need to edit those same objects individually? GstarCAD can do that with GROUPS. Groups are different from blocks. With blocks, you can manipulate the block as a whole, and that‟s... Read More

Many users already know that we can match object properties using MATCHPROP (or MA for short key in). This tool is very handy for you who want to change an object‟s properties to copy other objects. But many of us don‟t realize that there are... Read More

Have you ever found that when you open a drawing, you see your texts are missing? You only see them as boxes like below. This is actually a setting to simplify the drawing appearance. By simplifying the text appearance, you can work with drawing... Read More