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  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

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

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

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

You can set to save drawing files to older or newest file format version, by default. You can access it in option dialog box, on open and save tab, under File Save option. Also, in the Save drawing as dialog box, select options and change the default... Read More

The ARRAY command is used to create copies of array objects in 2D or 3D space. Command ARRAY (display Array dialog box), -ARRAY (display command line prompts) Ribbon: Home > Modify > ArrayMenu: Modify > Array Function Description: ... 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