DraftSight: Fill the Hatch!
While exploring the drawing section of DraftSight’s customizable ribbon, I stumbled upon two icons that I hadn’t used before, called Hatch and Fill. Once I tested them out on a couple of my designs, I knew they’d be the perfect … Continued
DraftSight: Chamfer your Chamber
After learning how to use DraftSight’s Fillet feature (mentioned last blog) I noticed the Chamfer icon located directly under it in the customizable ribbon. As previously expressed, the Fillet function has become one of my favorite operations, because it adds … Continued
Exporting Your DraftSight Profile
Just for today, we are going to step away from the new features in DraftSight 2019 and talk about something that affected me during the week. It’s a sad fact of life that computers, both laptops and desktops die. If … Continued
DraftSight: Fillet O’ Furniture?
As I’ve gotten farther along in my DraftSight journey, I’ve started incorporating more detail into my designs. For example, when drawing a living room, I might furnish the layout of my space with seating and tables. In doing so, I … Continued
DraftSight: Case by Case
Being new to CAD drawing, I’m a big fan of anything that gives my drafts a more professional and polished presence. When I started inserting text on a regular basis into my DraftSight drawings, I often felt as though my … Continued
DraftSight 2019 – 3D Features Part 4
Today we’re going to talk about the 3D Face and what it is. A 3D Face is a three- or four-sided surfaces in space. The difference between 2D and 3D surfaces is that 3D surfaces are shown as wireframe models, … Continued
DraftSight – Attention to Dimension
Continuing on with the trend of labeling drawings to make them clear and polished, I found myself exploring DraftSight’s Dimension icon under the Annotations tab in the customizable ribbon. After becoming more familiar with the feature’s options, I now consider … Continued
DraftSight: Stay Calm and Align
While drafting multiple entities at a time, I kept finding it difficult to create a cohesive drawing without planning each and every dimension beforehand. This prompted some experimentation in the command window, and thankfully I found a DraftSight operation that … Continued
DraftSight 2019 – 3D Features Part 3
OK, so in the last two blogs we’ve introduced you to the new 3D Modeling menu and its features in both DraftSight 2019 Premium and Enterprise Plus. Today we’re going to go Create a simple shape, View it in 3D, Shade it and … Continued
DraftSight – Tailoring with Text
Following my last couple blogs regarding the CCS icon for orientation and the Trim tool for clarity, I also wanted to mention using text for organization. Throughout my quest to learn DraftSight, one of the biggest game changers in my … Continued