GSTARCAD VS AUTOCAD® | COMPARISON
COMPARE THE GSTARCAD 2025 WITH AUTOCAD® 2025 AND AUTOCAD® LT 2025.
| GstarCAD 2025 | AutoCAD 2025 | ||||
| Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| 32-bit / 64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| .dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| .pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Recover and Audit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Etransmit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CAD Standard .dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DGN Import and Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DWG Convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | Different | Different |
| IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mark Up | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Palette | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Dark Theme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ribbon/Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Design Center/Tool Palette/Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Input and Auto Complete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clickable Command Line Options | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Floating Windows | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| 3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Effect Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Quick Measure | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Coincident Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Perpendicular Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Parallel Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Tangent Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Horizontal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Vertical Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Collinear Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Concentric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Smooth Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Symmetric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Equal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Fix Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Constraint Settings | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Delete Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Show/Hide Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Text | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Text Align | Text Align |
| Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mtext Superscript and Subscripts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wipeout Circle and Arc Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Automatic Text Numbering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Auto Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Change to ByLayer (SETBYLAYER) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Properties Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer States Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Translator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Layer Walk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Previous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Isolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unisolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Lock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock All | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Trun All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewport Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hatch | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background and Color for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Transparency for Hatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim/Extend/Hatch preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Raster images | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Lockup Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layout Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synchronize Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Fast Select (FASTSEL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change Base | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layer Draw Order | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stat, Blocks Number | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Count Command | Count Command |
| Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Array path | Array path |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DWG COMPARE | DWG COMPARE |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Replace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import Layout as Sheet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attribute Increment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Free Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Hatch to Back | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synchronize Attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Array Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Smart centerlines/center marks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SteeringWheels | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Xref path repair | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smark Blocks | ✓ | ||||
| 3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Camera | ✓ | ||||
| Render | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Solid editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot Styles Table Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in Print Driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D Print Studio | ✓ | ||||
| Hide and Shade Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Print | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Entity Data Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Action Recording and Action Macros | ✓ | ||||
| LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LISP Encryption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| (SDS/ADS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DCL / DCL engine / COM API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Visual Basic for Applications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| VBA VBI Projects Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DVB | |
| .Net Framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ARX | |
| CUI Menu Support/Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pepetual License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stand-alone License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cross-platform Licensing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Online Licensing Transfer Utility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| REMARKS | |||||
| This table is for reference only. | |||||
| Empty space means functionally not supported. | |||||
| The package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT. | |||||
| Table comparison updated on Jun 21st 2024. | |||||
| GstarCAD 2025 | AutoCAD 2025 | ||||
| Files | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| 32-bit / 64-bit Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| .dwg/.dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| .pat,.shx,.lin and etc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Recover and Audit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Etransmit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sheet Set Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CAD Standard .dws | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DWF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DGN Import and Underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DWG Convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import WMF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, DGN, PDF, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Export to DWG, DWF, DWFX, WMF, EMF, SAT, STL, EPS, DXX, BMP, SVG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Plot and Publish to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish to DWF 2D & 3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaboration | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | ✓ 365 | Different | Different |
| IFC Import/Export and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| RVT Import and Edit | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Single-document Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digital Signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Digital Signing Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reset Settings to Default. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mark Up | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| STEP/IGES Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DWGUNITS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interface | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Quick Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Palette | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Dark Theme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hidden Message Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WorkSpace command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CUI Menus and Toolbars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CUI Import & Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag and Drop Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Visual Menu Customization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ribbon/Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Properties Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Design Center/Tool Palette/Xref Palette | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Input and Auto Complete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clickable Command Line Options | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| File Tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Floating Windows | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Selection, Snap & Track | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| 3D Mouse Device Adaption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lasso Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Navigation Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SELECTIONCYCLING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Right-Click + Drag Method | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Effect Customization | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Quick Select | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Select Similar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multifunctional Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Osnap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid and Snap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar & OTrack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADDSELECTED command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimensions | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| DIMCENTER Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | Partially |
| Reassociate Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DIMTOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Quick Measure | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | Rapid Distance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Associative Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick Dimension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Qleader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimension Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multileaders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Dimensions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Annotation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Parametric Constraints | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Coincident Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Perpendicular Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Parallel Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Tangent Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Horizontal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Vertical Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Collinear Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Concentric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Smooth Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Symmetric Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Equal Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Fix Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Constraint Settings | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Delete Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Show/Hide Constraint | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Text | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Text Align / Text Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Text Align | Text Align |
| Change Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mtext Superscript and Subscripts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language Character Set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-place Text Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mtext Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support .shx and .ttf font | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Check spelling in Mtext | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revcloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wipeout Circle and Arc Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Text Incremental Copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Automatic Text Numbering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text on line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Statistics Summation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layers | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Auto Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Change to ByLayer (SETBYLAYER) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Properties Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer States Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Translator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Layer Walk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Previous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Isolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unisolate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Lock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Unlock All | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lock Other Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layer Freeze | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeze Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Thaw All Layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Off Other Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Trun All Layers On | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Delete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer Match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewport Layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hatch | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Hatch objects from Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient Hatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background and Color for Hatch Patterns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim/Extend of/to Hatch Pattern Entities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Superhatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Transparency for Hatch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim/Extend/Hatch preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Raster images | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Raster Image Support (Clipping, Transparency, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Kinds of Image Files (bmp\jpg\png\tga\tif\gif\pcx\ecw...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Express Tools | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Lockup Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layout Merge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synchronize Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Breakpoint Check (CLOSELINE) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Fast Select (FASTSEL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change Base | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layer Draw Order | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stat, Blocks Number | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Count Command | Count Command |
| Area Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Break Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Block Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Graphic Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Batpurge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layout by Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Array path | Array path |
| Line2pl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sptpl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| GstarCAD Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Plot tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Drawing Compare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DWG COMPARE | DWG COMPARE |
| Delete Duplicate Objects (OVERKILL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Replace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Hardware Acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Break at Point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Region | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Make Shape | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import Layout as Sheet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewport Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VPMAX/VPMIN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attribute Increment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Define Layout Viewport from ModelSpace (M2LVPORT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Free Scale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Hatch to Back | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reverse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synchronize Attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Array Options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Align Tool / Arrange Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Areasum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Symmetric Draw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Outline Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Smart centerlines/center marks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Invert Fillet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Draw and Modify Commands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offset Multiple | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Helix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real Time Pan & Zoom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SteeringWheels | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Redraw and Regeneration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layout and Paper Space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layout Viewport settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magnifier | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Barcode & QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Non-rectangular Viewports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortcut Customization (CUSTACC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Match Properties Across Drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multilines and Multiline Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Block Create and Insert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redefine Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block Attribute Definition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Others | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Refedit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scale List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Block Creat/ Insert/View/Edit | ✓ | ✓ | Partially | ✓ | ✓ |
| Table Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AutoXLSTable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pline Boolean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Xref path repair | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Undo/Redo Preview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smark Blocks | ✓ | ||||
| 3D | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| POLYSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| PLANESURF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SURFOFFSET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOMESH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOSOLID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTOSURFACE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CONVTONURBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Point Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D Edition Grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Section Plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Flatshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D Surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ACIS Modeling & Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D Orbit options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Camera | ✓ | ||||
| Render | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Visual Styles Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Solid editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Solprof / Solview / Soldraw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Printing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| CTB & STB Plot Style Files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot Styles Table Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in Print Driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import & Editing of Page Setups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D Print Studio | ✓ | ||||
| Hide and Shade Plot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Print | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Arrange frame | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Programming | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| LISP Debugger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Entity Data Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Action Recording and Action Macros | ✓ | ||||
| LISP vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LISP Encryption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| (SDS/ADS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DCL / DCL engine / COM API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Visual Basic for Applications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| VBA VBI Projects Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DVB | |
| .Net Framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ARX | |
| CUI Menu Support/Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diesel Expressions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MNU and MNS File Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API (Toolbar & Menu Customization) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Licensing | Plus | Pro | Std | Com | LT |
| Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pepetual License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stand-alone USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Network USB dongle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stand-alone License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network License | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cross-platform Licensing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Online Licensing Transfer Utility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| REMARKS | |||||
| This table is for reference only. | |||||
| Empty space means functionally not supported. | |||||
| The package that contains LT version does not support BEDIT. | |||||
| Table comparison updated on Jun 21st 2024. | |||||
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