Topic: Is anyone here using GstarCAD?

[Rustabout]

I used the 2020 version. Saw lots of potential but a few minor to moderate bugs basically barred me from using it for anything profitable. The 2022 version seems a lot better, but still need to test it out a bit more.

[It's Alive!]

I’ve tried it from an API perspective. Their GRX implementation is one of the fastest of the clones, but I only tested the things I was working on.
Though the API is not yet complete. I didn’t try lisp. I don’t know how much you rely on apps.

I contacted support and they were responsive.

The GUI looks good. Panning and zooming is fast.

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[Rustabout]

Thanks for sharing!!

There upgrade is currently on sale. Actually never buy full price as they frequently have sales.

I used it a little more. Still impressed but it does crash often. It crashes noticeably more often than ACAD but not enough to render it un-useable. The CUI is very unstable (as was 2020's).

Some of my LISP that worked in 2020's doesn't work in 2022. Any function that uses the layer object (vla-get-layers) fails; no error just doesn't perform the task. Also, all of my command names using the '`' key (the one to the left of the '1' key) don't work anymore. It's kind of a unique workflow I developed so I might be the only person on earth affected by this  . I'm more concerned about the vla-get-layers thing because that insinuates that they're messing with the API somehow (not good!!).

With the 2020 support was very responsive at first. I shared my first round of bugs. My second round of bugs... not as responsive... but also they fixed everything I found since then (which was probably a lot of work).

In spite of the above I would probably still pay to upgrade if I wasn't so busy right now. I also need VLIDE. It is very fast and light so I might have another go at it in '23 or '24 though.