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Landscape Architecture How-To: Image Tracer for Landscape Architects/Designers
Wouldn’t it be nice to have your hand drawn sketches digitized in seconds? Think of all the time you would save! DraftSight’s Image Tracer tool allows landscape architects to attach jpgs or pdfs of sketches into the 2D work space … Continued
Follow the Leader in DraftSight
Today’s topic is all about Leaders. You’ll use them to draw leader lines that connect annotations to a drawing entity. Did you know that in DraftSight, you have three different ways to create them, with each type offering more drawing … Continued
Let DraftSight Help You Enforce Your CAD Standards
Consistency and standardization are an important aspect of drafting and design. Professional CAD departments employ standards to achieve this goal. DraftSight can help you verify and enforce your standards with its built-in Drawing Standards tool. The first thing you’ll need … Continued
The Advantages of DraftSight Enterprise Plus
We love all the positive feedback we get from our DraftSight customers. Mostly, that feedback takes the form of praising the tools that make their workflows more productive (such as PDF Import, Image Tracer, or Auto Dimension). Or maybe they’re … Continued
What are DraftSight Template Files?
We all want our projects to run like well-oiled machines. From a CAD management standpoint, you want your drafters and designers to always use the correct layers, styles, and various settings that you’ve defined to make your projects successful. You … Continued
Extend the Power of DraftSight with Customization – Part 3, VBA
Welcome to Part Three of our series on Customization in DraftSight. In Part One, we introduced you to Scripts as described in the popular webinar presented by Ramon Busboom and Vince Aman. In the second installment, we explored a few … Continued
The Top 5 Trends Impacting Facilities Management in 2022
Build a Better Future in Facilities Management Join DraftSight in-person at the upcoming Facilities Show, 17-19 May 2022 at ExCeL London. Get your free ticket. Technology advancements are transforming facilities management, offering new tools to expand capabilities and reach … Continued
Master the Best That DraftSight Has to Offer
3DEXPERIENCE World 2022 is officially a wrap, and what a fabulous virtual conference it was. Your favorite CAD software, DraftSight, was well represented with 17 various sessions. We’d like to take time to highlight a few of our favorites. Alex … Continued
Extend the Power of DraftSight with Customization – Part 2, LISP
Welcome to Part Two of our series on Customization in DraftSight. In Part One, we introduced you to Scripts as described in the popular webinar presented by Ramon Busboom and Vince Aman. In today’s post, we’re going to take a look at … Continued
A DraftSight Case Study: Bill’s Custom Fab, Inc.
Bill’s Custom Fab, Inc. has provided custom design and fabrication services for creating structural steel components for a range of diverse applications since 1990. Over the years, the family-owned and operated business has worked with a wide variety of clientele, … Continued