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Have You Updated to Draftsight 2019 Yet?

By MJ Smyth September 24, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth September 20, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth September 10, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth September 3, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth August 20, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth August 13, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth August 6, 2019
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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?

By MJ Smyth August 2, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth July 24, 2019
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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

By MJ Smyth July 16, 2019
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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

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