Difference between GstarCAD and AutoCAD

GstarCAD8			AutoCAD 2012
Version	Professional	Standard	LT	Commercial	LT
File
2013 version .dwg	√	√	√	√	√
.dwg and .dxf for AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2013	√	√	√	×	×
.pat,.shx,.lin and etc	√	√	√	√	√
Password protection	√	√	√	√	√
File Recover and Audit	√	√	√	√	√
Purge	√	√	√	√	√
eTransmit	√	√	√	√	√
Sheet sets	×	×	×	√	×
Markup set	×	×	×	√	√
CAD Standard (.dws)	√	√	√	√	×
Xrefs in-place editing	√	√	√	√	√
DWF underlay	√	√	√	√	√
PDF underlay	×	×	×	√	√
DGN import and underlay	×	×	×	√	√
Export to PDF)	√	√	√	√	√
Export to DWF 2D & 3D	√	√	√	√	√
Drawing compare	√	√	×	×	×
Drawing Lock	√	√	×	×	×
Interface
CUI menus and toolbars	√	√	√	√	√
Visual menu customization	√	√	√	√	√
Ribbon	√	√	√	√	√
Properties	√	√	√	√	√
Design Center	√	√	√	√	√
Tool Palletes	√	√	√	√	√
Command line	√	√	√	√	√
Work Space	√	√	√	√	√
File tab	√	√	√	×	×
Selection, Snap & Track
Selection preview	√	√	√	√	√
Quick Select	√	√	√	√	√
Grip points modification	√	√	√	√	√
OSnap	√	√	√	√	√
Grid and Snap	√	√	√	√	√
Polar & OTrack	√	√	√	√	√
Group	√	√	√	√	√
Dimensions
Standard dimensions	√	√	√	√	√
Associative dimension	√	√	√	√	√
Dimension constraint	×	×	×	√	×
Quick dimension	√	√	√	√	√
Qleader	√	√	√	√	√
Dimension break	√	√	√	√	√
Multileader	×	×	×	√	√
Text
Mtext	√	√	√	√	√
Text	√	√	√	√	√
Multi-language character set	√	√	√	√	√
In-place text editor	√	√	√	√	√
MTEXT via internal or external editor	√	√	√	√	√
Support .shx and .ttf font	√	√	√	√	√
Spelling	√	√	√	√	√
Fields	√	√	√	√	√
Annotative	√	√	√	√	√
Text incremental copy	√	√	×	×	×
Text on line	√	√	×	×	×
Statistics summation	√	√	×	×	×
Hatch
Gradient hatches	√	√	√	√	√
Custom patterns	√	√	√	√	√
Trim/extend of/to hatch pattern entities	√	√	√	√	√
Super Hatch	√	√	×	√	×
Raster images
Raster image support (clipping, transparency, etc.)	√	√	√	√	√
Support Kinds of image file(bmp\jpg\png\tga \tif\gif\pcx\etc.）	√	√	√	√	√
Other
Draw and Modify	√	√	√	√	√
Helix	√	√	√	√	√
Real time pan & zoom	√	√	√	√	√
SteeringWheels	×	×	×	√	√
Redraw and regeneration	√	√	√	√	√
Layout and paper space	√	√	√	√	√
Non-rectangular viewports	√	√	√	√	√
Layer Manager	√	√	√	√	√
Multilines and multiline styles	√	√	√	√	√
Block create and insert	√	√	√	√	√
Block attribute definition	√	√	√	√	√
Dynamic blocks (Bedit)	√	√	×	√	√
Dynamic input	√	√	√	√	√
Parametric Constraint	×	×	×	√	√
Table and Table style	×	×	×	√	√
Table	√	√	×	√	√
Pline Boolean	√	√	×	×	×
3D
3D surfaces	√	√	√	√	×
ACIS modeling & editing	√	×	×	√	×
Camera	×	×	×	√	×
3D walk and fly	×	×	×	√	×
Render	√	×	×	√	×
Animate by path	×	×	×	√	×
Visual styles	√	√	√	√	×
（Solprof/solview/soldraw）	√	×	×	√	×
Printing
CTB & STB table files	√	√	√	√	√
Built-in print driver	√	√	√	√	√
Import & editing of page setups	√	√	√	√	√
Publish	√	√	√	√	√
Hide and Shade plot	√	√	√	√	√
Programming
ActiveX, including in-place editing	√	√	×	√	×
Entity data editor	√	√	×	√	×
LISP support with vl-, vlr-, vla- and vlax- support	√	√	×	√	×
LISP encryption	√	√	×	√	×
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS)	√	√	×	√	×
DCL engine	√	√	×	√	×
COM API	√	√	×	√	×
Visual Basic for Applications	√	√	×	√	×
VBA VBI projects support	√	√	×	√ (DVB)	×
.net	×	×	×	√	×
GRX (GstarCAD Runtime eXtension)	√	√	×	√ (ARX)	×
CUI menu	√	√	√	√	√
Diesel expressions	√	√	×	√	×
MNU and MNS file support	√	√	√	√	√
API for toolbar and menu customization	√	√	×	√	×
Licensing
Stand-alone USB dongle	√	√	√	×	×
Network USB dongle	√	√	√	×	×
Stand-alone License(Flexnet)	√	√	√	√	√
Network License(Flexnet)	√	√	√	√	√

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