Author Archives: DraftSight
2024 Buyers Guide to Drafting Programs
Here at DraftSight, we’re excited to provide you with a fantastic new resource on our website. It’s called The 2024 Buyers Guide to Drafting Programs and covers all you need to think about when considering a CAD program. Obviously, there’s … Continued
DraftSight: Utilizing the Utilities
Let’s face it. Some commands in DraftSight just aren’t used as often as others. That doesn’t mean they’re not important; they are. They might be drawing or modification commands or whatever description might fit, but some fall into a category … Continued
Enhance Your Drafting with eGrips in DraftSight
Two activities are inevitable when working in DraftSight: entity creation and entity modification. There’s really no shortcut to entity creation; you need to launch the appropriate command and execute it. However, editing entities is a different story. Yes, you can … Continued
Revision Clouds in DraftSight
In the world of design and drafting, one thing is inevitable: change. Revision cycles represent a significant part of a drawing’s lifecycle. A typical workflow includes a short narrative in the revision block of the sheet’s title block, a corresponding … Continued
DraftSight’s Text Options
Annotating your drawings is as old as drafting itself. There’s just no way to fully convey your design intent without adding verbiage. You have two options for adding text in DraftSight; the very basic SimpleNote and the highly functional Note … Continued
Get Ready for DraftSight Live 2023 – Register Now and Save Your Seat!
Hey there, fellow architects, engineers, and design enthusiasts! We’ve got some exciting news: DraftSight Live is back, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever! What’s DraftSight Live 2023, you ask? Well, it’s the ultimate virtual event during … Continued
The State of Your Layers in DraftSight: Addressed
Using layers to organize your drawings is a foundational bedrock of CAD work. The ability to group similar entities and control their appearance and visibility was one of the springboards that supplanted CAD drafting in favor of traditional board drafting. … Continued
The Power of Customization with DraftSight
Are you looking for ways to make your DraftSight workflows faster and more efficient? Customizations can help you automate your work tasks. DraftSight offers several easy customizations to make it faster to access the tools you use most. Watch Make … Continued
DraftSight’s Custom Blocks: Mirrors
In our last blog on creating activities in DraftSight’s Custom Blocks, we showed you how easy it is to create various visibility states for your block. Another very popular activity is the ability to mirror all or parts of your block’s … Continued
Streamlining Collaboration: DraftSight’s Pack and Go Feature
In today’s world, collaboration is more important than ever. Cloud collaboration platforms, like Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE, make your projects and files available to all stakeholders in real time. But for whatever reason, working on the cloud may not be an … Continued