About GstarCAD :

GstarCAD is the world-class 2D/3D CAD (Computer aided design) software platform based on IntelliCAD technology. GstarCAD's powerful functions, AutoCAD-compatible programming platform, cost-effective solution and ease-of-use operating interface ensure that your design inspiration comes true skillfully and thoroughly. GstarCAD is the fast, powerful and .dwg-compatible CAD software. It is the world-class 2D/3D CAD (Computer aided design) software platform based on IntelliCAD technology. GstarCAD's powerful functions, .dwg-compatible programming platform, cost-effective solution and ease-of-use operating interface ensure that your design inspiration comes true skillfully and thoroughly at high speed.

International Standard - IntelliCAD based technology and .dwg file format build the application market around the globe.

High Quality - Advanced 2D and 3D CAD software tools of self-owned intellectual property and expertise plug-ins help enhance your productivity by representing your ideas efficiently and accurately.

Full Compatibility - Fully compatible with .dwg format of different versions ensure your former data compliance with GstarCAD.

Open for CAD Application Development - A collaborative and friendly platform environment and APIs can help application developers improve their business and tap into the growth through smooth transplantation.

Value-added - International mainstream user interface together with onsite and online customer support around the clock help you save both time and money by ensuring you work at ease without extra CAD training.

Cost-effective - GstarCAD offers the world recognized CAD software functions to increase your throughput by minimizing your purchase, upgrade and maintenance cost.

What’s New in GstarCAD 2011

GstarCAD 2011 is the newly released 2D/3D CAD platform software based on IntelliCAD for the industries involving AEC, mechanical and manufacturing, electrical and electronic, GIS, survey and mapping, civil, etc.

GstarCAD 2011's new Ribbon compatible .dwg/.dxf data formats and advanced APIs makes it a stable operating platform which will ensure you design easier and faster.

• Full Compatibility with .dwg format of different versions
• High performance at an affordable price
• Powerful APIs for smooth transplantation

GstarCAD 2011 is a milestone version in capability, operability and practicability compared to the previous version of 2010. Its optimized GRX technology, enhanced performance and newly added functions based on global customers' diversified demands offer a productive and profitable feature set:

• The Ribbonized user interface brings you much convenience
• The substantial function improvement enables you to work more efficiently
• The rise of performance makes it easier to get your work done

Flexible Operation via Ribbon GUI

The newly added Ribbon GUI provides stylish and customizable menu appearance, including menu, toolbar, status bar and command line. Ground color configuration of Ribbon GUI is available and there are 4 color options (Blue, Black, Sliver and Green) for your preference.

Configurable and extendable Ribbon enables you to find well-used commands more quickly and directly. You are able to minimize function zone to obtain more space in design operation. Meanwhile, customizable Quick Access Toolbar is designed to meet your specific operation requests and habits.

The classic GUI is still available with switch option to Ribbon GUI. You can select either classic or new Ribbon GUI. The classic GUI of 2011 also provides color configuration with 4 color options.

Improving Efficiency by Enhanced Functions

(1) Highly Enhanced 3D Functions

Profile of 3D Solid Model (SOLPROF, SOLVIEW, SOLDRAW)

SOLPROF automatically creates projectional profile of 3D solid model in paper space, consisting of visible lines and hidden lines placed into different layers.

SOLVIEW creates viewport with orthogonal projection. SOLDRAW meanwhile generates profile and section of 3D solid model in the viewport created by SOLVIEW

Shaded Plot in Layout Shaded Plot is available to preview, print, or publish object set in viewport. You can select different visual styles (Displayed, 2D wireframe, 3D wireframe, Hidden, Shaded) for shaded plotting.

(2)  More Useful Dimensions Dimarc

Typical usage of Dimarc includes measuring the travel distance around a cam or indicating the length of electrical cable.

Dimjogged

Jogged Radius Dimension is applied if the center of an arc or circle is located off the layout and is not able to be displayed in its real location.

Dimspace

Dimspace automatically adjusts the space between parallel linear dimensions or angular dimensions in a drawing, keeping dimensions equidistant or aligned at dimension line.

Diminspect

Diminspect lets you effectively communicate how frequently manufactured parts should be checked and ensures that the dimensions and tolerances of the parts are within the specified range.

(3) Other New Functions and Enhancements Field

You can create a multi-line text object with a customizable field which includes Diesel expression, print information, document information, time and date, hyperlinks, etc.

Overkill

OVERKILL allows you to delete or merge overlapped lines, arcs and blocks, to remove useless objects quickly.

Layer Properties Manager

Improved Layer Properties Manager provides more concise interface which can display tree structure of layers and filters of a drawing. With it, you can add, delete or rename a layer more visually.

In-place Single-line Text Editor

You can edit a more visual and precise drawing with new In-place Single-line Text Editor. What you see is what you get.

Object Highlight

When you move the mouse cursor upon a drawing entity, the entity is highlighted to help you select the desired object quickly and accurately.

Tool Pallets

You work more efficiently with the newly added function which allows you to directly drag a command from "Command List" panel to Tool Pallets and create a command tool via "Customize You Interface"(CUI) editor.

(4) More Powerful Application Program Interface (API)

Lisp/Vlisp/VBA

In GstarCAD 2011, compatibility and reliability of Lisp and Vlisp are further strengthened, and 4 classes of VBI are newly added as well, such as GcadHyperlinks, GcadHyperlink, GcadPlot and GcadTable, which make GstarCAD 2011 more compatible with that in AutoCAD.

(5) Unique and Featured Functions

Besides AutoCAD-compatible drawing functions, GstarCAD provides a great quantity of unique and featured functions, which greatly satisfy users from various industries.

• File Tab Bar
• Real-time Cutting
• AutoXLs Table
• Drawing Compare
• Drawing Lock
• Statistics Summation
• GstarCAD Tools
• Spline to Line
• Arrange Frame Automatically
• Batch Print
• Extended Text Editor
• Print PLT

New Drawing Compare

Based on GRX technology, New Drawing Compare in GstarCAD 2011 handles custom object and nested object in block and comparison result is visualized and accurate, showed in predefined colors; thus, you can verify even the slightest modifications in similar drawings.

Increasing Profitability by Optimized Program

GstarCAD 2011 is the fully-optimized and enhanced version since GRX technology was first adopted in GstarCAD 2010. Different from previous versions, GstarCAD 2011 reinforces GRX-based .dwg/dxf processing technology, which improves software performance and processing speed significantly.

Apart from open/save speed of .dwg files, processing performance/speed of some well-used commands and operations are also improved a lot with GstarCAD 2011:

1. Significant improvement of objects selecting speed with "Crossing Selection" and "Select All"
2. Significant improvement of accuracy and fluency of "Object Snap"
3. Processing speed of "Pan" and "Zoom" in Layout space improved by 3-5 times
4. Significant improvement of processing speed of "Regen"
5. Processing speed of "Hatch" complex drawings improved by 7-10 times
6. Instantaneous process of "Trim" to complex drawings