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The 3D command is used to create 3D polyface meshes with common geometric shapes. Command 3D Command Prompts Enter an option [ Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge ]: Relative Glossary:   Box :Create a 3D box polyface mesh... 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

The options file allows the license administrator to control various operating parameters of FLEXlm. Specifically the license administrator can: Allow the use of features based on user, hostname, or display name. Deny the use of features based on... Read More

When run GstarCAD in a scaled window, and menu bars and the editor windows are somewhat blurry. follow instruction below to fix 4K or super high displays Issue.     Step 1: Tell windows to prefer an external manifest file As always, make sure... 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

Working with block references that represent symbols are essential in some industrial application drawings like electrical schematics, piping, etc. But a headache comes when try to place these blocks accurately overlapping or even breaking other... 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

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

(Enhancement) GstarCAD 2017 brings you the WIPEOUT command enhanced with more options. Now this command could use a circle object to be wipeout or even you can pick up a closed polyline object containing arcs. For example, you can explode and outline... Read More