DWG
Xrefs, Why Would I Use Them?
For those of you unsure about what an Xref / Referenced Drawing is, let me explain. Basically, an Xref is an externally referenced DraftSight drawing. It’s no difference from any other DraftSight drawing, there is nothing particularly special about it … Continued
A new era for DraftSight
February 2019 marked the beginning of a new era for DraftSight®. Dassault Systemès used the SOLIDWORKS® World 2019 conference in Dallas to recommit to DraftSight as an essential piece of its total design services portfolio going forward. There are many … Continued
Drawings in the era of Big Data
There has been a surge of interest regarding “big data” — AKA business analytics. Thanks to new ways to store, access, and process vast amounts of information, engineering and manufacturing can now reach into every process, every bit of information, … Continued
Back to School Time
It’s September and the summer is just a distant memory. Students are now focusing on their studies, be that in school, college or university. Here in Ireland, Construction and Engineering related courses are favoured by most. It’s no secret that … Continued
Why 2D CAD remains relevant in 2018
Today there are a wide variety of 3D CAD tools on the market; millions of copies have been sold. Engineering industry trade publications report on new 3D tools and procedures all the time, but barely mention 2D products or processes. … Continued
Opening legacy DWG files from other CAD Applications
Opening, editing and saving DWG files is always a challenge when we don’t have a specific CAD software for it. Many times we receive this data from other companies and just need to make some changes – but it always … Continued
3 Ways to Clean Drawings Efficiently
When we work on large drawings there are so many properties in the project that we don’t use, like layers, block definitions, line styles, dimension styles and others. Drawings downloaded from the web, for example, often have many … Continued
House Project – Part 3
We left our house project last week looking a little bare… So, over the last few days, I’ve created some layers and fine tuned the locations of the windows and doors. Most importantly, I mirrored the base-plan. Why? I hear … Continued
