Tips & Tricks

Let‟s say one day your plotter is broken and you need to publish to new plotter. Or you need to plot it on other office that has different type of plotter. Your previous setup will not work. Do you have to modify page setup for all files all over... Read More

Once you inserted a blank table, click any edge of the table. You'll notice blue grips at the ends of the table and also around it. So you can resize (enlarge) width, height by holding and dragging the blue grips. Once you inserted a blank table... Read More

Do you have to work with different drawing versions? Or maybe you mostly have to send your DWG files in older file format? You can set to save the files to older file format version, by default. You can access it in option dialog box, in open... Read More

Select and Right-Click a cell. On Table window select the icon Insert Block. Then select a block from the list of blocks, or click Browse to find a block in another drawing. You can specify the scale, rotation angle, cell alignment or auto fit the... Read More

In GstarCAD is possible to link an object to another file. So if you needed to see the components specifications or 3D model of a certain component from a drawing, you can add hyperlinks to an object. The hyperlinks can be pointed directly to a... Read More

We have discussed about using Quick Select before. But there is one more utility that you can use, not as pretty as QSELECT. FILTER command offers a dialog box that might also scary when you first see it. But after you use it for a while, you may don... Read More

Users know that array command cannot make object copies along non-uniform path. In GstarCAD, unlike array capabilities, LAYOUTBYPATH tool, distributes object copies along a path (uniform/non- uniform) with a variety of array options like: random,... Read More

For example, during mechanical design, we often need change the position as well as the dimension of the keyway. In this section, we will add Linear stretch function for the keyway on the step shaft. 1. Add Linear Parameter: Add linear... Read More

Right-click on tool pallets panel, choose Customize Pallets. Select the pallet that need to backup, right-click on it and select Export to save to any directory you prefer. Read More

Just using a simple tool. In the drawing below, if you notice blue cloud area, you can see that the columns or pillars do not fit in width with the long narrow balcony. By the way the columns are block objects. Do not worry; there is an effective... Read More