Author Archives: DraftSight
Ten Years of DraftSight
DraftSight is coming up on it’s 10 year anniversary, time sure does fly! To celebrate, you can get 10% off Professional and Premium during the month of June. Some of you might remember 2009 with fondness. I don’t. It was … Continued
DraftSight Through The Ages
Since it launched, DraftSight has continually added new features with each release. In today’s blog, I’ll just mention a few of my favorites! When I got my hands on the first Beta of DraftSight back in 2009 it was already … Continued
DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup
Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog is long overdue, because I’ll be covering DraftSight’s Auto-save and Backup features. … Continued
Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip
Today’s blog ties in with last weeks blog on Model Space, Sheet Space and Viewports. If you use a lot of Viewports in your drawings, then you will often have overlaid or “Nested” Viewports. Moving between them can be frustrating to … Continued
DraftSight Professional: Batch Print
Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Now that I’m farther along in my DraftSight journey, I often find myself in … Continued
DraftSight: Selection Filter
Visit DraftSight.com to learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Following my blog on the Select Matching command, it’s become one of my most used DraftSight features. Whenever … Continued
What’s the Difference Between Model and Sheet Space?
If you are new to DraftSight or CAD in General, you might notice towards the bottom of your screen some tabs that say Model, Sheet1, Sheet2 and wonder what they are and what they do. I’ll try to explain. Well, … Continued
DraftSight: Attach Image (Dare to Compare Pt. 2)
Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog will be furthering my post on the Draw Compare feature in DraftSight, … Continued
DraftSight 2020 Using Lisp to Customize Commands
Over the last couple of blogs, I’ve spoken about ways you can customize your DraftSight 2020 experience. In today’s blog, I’ll talk about another – LISP. So, what is LISP? LISP is a programming language that has been around since … Continued
DraftSight: Get Mass Properties
Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. This blog will be finishing up the posts on the drop down menu of … Continued