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The 3DALIGN command is used to align selected object to other object in 2D and 3D space. Command 3DALIGN Ribbon : 3D> 3D Operations > 3D Align Command Prompts Select object:Specify source plane and direction...Specify base point or ... 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

GstarCAD 2017 makes easier extracting coordinate data with COEXPORT innovative tool. Now you can pick as many points as you need from your drawing and export all the coordinate data to .txt or .xls file. This tool could be applied conveniently on... 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

In some industrial application design, sometimes we need to break pipes or cable lines in our schematic drawing to indicate their spatial relationship. Sometimes we also need to break lines at crossing point to make it convenient for the later edit.... Read More

GstarCAD 2017 brings you a new visual enhancement for two object snap options. On Drafting Settings window, under Object Snap tab, when you select both Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options, and you draw an object on the current drawing,... 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

Table function has been required for a while. Finally it is implemented into GstarCAD 2017 now. Although there was a table function in Express Tool in the old GstarCAD versions and MS EXCEL interactive AutoXlsTable as well, these functions were not... 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

GstarCAD default linetypes are usually enough for common purposes. But sometimes it‟s just not enough sometimes we need to have our own. The problem is creating custom linetype can be difficult to do. But if you have express tools, creating custom... Read More