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If you work in plant industry, then you might need to draw isometric drawings.   If you use GstarCAD, you can do it easily by using snap command and changing its style to isometric. Also you can change drawing plane by typing ISOPLANE command.   Â... 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

You use the Block Editor to define and modify the objects and behavior in a block definition. In the Block Editor, you add parameters and actions, which define custom properties and dynamic behavior. You can access the Block Editor by typing BEDIT... Read More

For example, during mechanical design, we often need change the position as well as the dimension of the keyway. In this section, we will add Linear stretch function for the keyway on the step shaft. 1. Add Linear Parameter: Add linear... Read More

General Steps of Creating a Dynamic Block Definition In order to get a Dynamic Block Definition, improve block editing efficiency and avoid repeating modifications, we can create Dynamic Block by the following steps.  Step1: Planning: Before... Read More

Block attributes is a nice tool to have. We can use it to preserve text style and size as annotation block. Drawing title and title block is a good example. The problem is when we need it explode it somehow, we will lose any information we put in... Read More

3 ways to modify block definition Block is very useful as reusable contents. And when you need to create similar objects in your drawing. One of the most popular benefits is when you need to modify all instances; you only need to modify one. All... Read More

This new function allows to batch purge the excess objects such as blocks, layers, line type, dimension style or text style on several DWG files. The Batpurge tool doesn't need to open files. It executes the command of purge directly, which... Read More

  Menu: Express>Text Tools>Text on LineCommand Entry : GC_textonline   Operation steps: 1. Pick the "text on line" icon. 2. Click one certain point on the line as insert point of the character, as shown in the picture below.   3. Input... Read More

This function is used to set the path of an Excel file. Menu: Express>AutoXlsTable>Path SettingsCommand Entry: CAOT_AUTOXLSTABLE_USINGPATH Operation steps: 1.Start the command and a dialog box will pop up as below. 2.In the dialog box ,you... Read More