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PDF Underlay Menu : Insert > Reference > PDF Underlay Command Entry : PDFATTACH  If you receive project drawings in the form of a PDF file, you can reuse that PDF data in your own GstarCAD drawing files. For example, imagine that you are a... Read More

Information from other OLE supporting applications can be imported into a drawing. Link OLE Objects in Drawings You can link information from a document created by another application to a drawing. When information in linked documents are changed,... Read More

If you attach a drawing as a XREF , the referenced drawing is linked to the current drawing. Any changes to the xref drawing are displayed in the current drawing when it is opened or reloaded. You can also insert an entire drawing as block in... Read More

With the help of a polygonal clipping boundary, you can clip the display of a raster image in a drawing. Clipping an image, makes only parts of the image visible and you can increase redrawing speed using it. The clipping boundary can be a rectangle... Read More

Modify a Block Definition You can edit a block definition or a block reference already inserted in the drawing. If you redefine block definitions in your current drawing, all the block references will be affected simultaneously. you have two options... Read More

Insert Blocks Once a BLOCK is inserted into a drawing, a block reference is created and you can specify its location, SCALE and rotation (ROTATE). Insert a Drawing File as a Block You can INSERT a entire drawing file as a block in current drawing... Read More

The current PROPERTIES for any object in your drawing can be displayed and changed Use the GstarCAD Properties Panel The most commonly used properties for each object type or a set of objects are listed in the GstarCAD properties panel. The... Read More

You can split the drawing area into one or more adjacent rectangular views, which are also called model space viewports on the Model tab. For example, If you choose 2 or 3 viewports, you can set the arrangement of viewports: Three viewports: ... Read More

By using the mouse or another pointing device, you can move a drawing to view the drawing object from different angles. When you activate 3D navigation  you can PAN and ZOOM at the same time. During a 3D navigation operation, it is not allowed to... Read More

The SHEETSET command is used to managing large sets of drawings manually can be complicated and time consuming. In GstarCAD the Sheet Set Manager allows you to manage the entire project drawing sheet sets. It can manage all the work flow from sheets... Read More