Author Archives: MJ Smyth
DraftSight 2019 – Match Properties & Get Properties
In todays blog, I am going to take a look at a couple of tools in the Properties Menu, I’ll explain what they do and how you use them. Don’t worry, they are not overly complicated, but they are tools … Continued
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
DraftSight – 3D Features Part 3
OK, so in the last two blogs we’ve introduced you to the 3D Modeling menu and its features in both DraftSight Premium and Enterprise Plus. Today we’re going to go Create a simple shape, View it in 3D, Shade it and then Rotate … Continued
DraftSight Premium – 3D Features
You might have heard, DraftSight Premium and Enterprise Plus have gone 3D. Hold on a second, you’re probably thinking, in previous versions of DraftSight, you could already draw in 3D! Yes, that is true, users could always, if they wanted, … Continued
Line and PolyLine are Non Coplanar Error
Over the last 10 blogs, we’ve covered a lot of the new features in DraftSight 2019. Today’s blog is a little different, it still applies to DraftSight, it just covers an issue I had in the last few days whilst … Continued