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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

If you lose your license because the hard disk broke or some other reasonable reason, GSTARSOFT will reset your license so that you can activate your license again (same license). Please fill the form from attachment (every field is required) and... Read More

Go to another computer with internet connection and use the Return File to acquire a Response File via self service portal. Log in the GstarCAD online service center (“https://support.gstarcad.net/flexnet/login.html”) by the computer with... Read More

Manual Activation Instruction: If your computer is not connected to the internet, you can use the activation file (XML file) to activate your GstarCAD products manually.   1. Click Manual Activation(M) and select a version of GstarCAD (Professional,... Read More

By default, the SKETCH command creates a collection of line objects. To create polylines instead, set the SKPOLY variable to 1. Read More

If you want the ellipse command to create polylines instead of the true mathematical ellipses, set the PELLIPSE variable to 1. Read More

This system variable can have a drastic effect on the appearance of offsets. It‟s stored in the registry so it affects all drawings. The initial value is 0.  1 Fills the gaps with a filleted arc segment (the radius of the arc segment... 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