DraftSight 2019
Have You Updated to Draftsight 2019 Yet?
You may or may not be aware that all previously free versions of DraftSight will no longer work as of Dec 31st 2019. With that in mind, you may be thinking of upgrading to DraftSight 2019. If so, read on! … Continued
Inquiry Tools in DraftSight 2019
One of the things in CAD that makes it superior to paper based drafting, is the ability to be exact down to minute levels. Of course, if you’ve no way to see what these measurements are, then that’s not of … Continued
Mask Command – DraftSight 2019
What is the Mask command in DraftSight 2019? Well, to put it simply, it masks, or hides an area of a drawing. Now, why would you want to do that? Well, perhaps there are areas of your drawing that don’t … Continued
Installing or Upgrading to DraftSight 2019
If you’ve been following our blogs, you will have noticed the last paragraph on every blog tells you the all free versions of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 12/31/2019. So, whether you are installing DraftSight fresh or upgrading from … Continued
DraftSight Add-In Manager
If you are anything like me, then you probably have as many Add-Ins loaded in DraftSight as possible. If you are unsure what Add-Ins you do have loaded, or if you would like to disable one so it doesn’t start … Continued
DraftSight – PrintStyles
PrintStyles… You may have heard of them, but for a lot of users they are a dark art. Today I’ll try to explain simply what they are and why you might consider using them. So, lets start with what they … Continued
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 2019 Pricing Structures
DraftSight 2019 has been with us for a few months now, so I thought I’d use today’s blog to talk about the new pricing structure. Of course, there is an elephant in the room, so we might as well deal … Continued
Draw Compare Tool
This is something that I briefly covered back in a Hidden Gems blog in 2016, but I thought I’d talk about it in a little more detail today. What is it? Well, it is the Draw Compare tool in DraftSight 2019 … Continued