CAD Standards in DraftSight
When Is a Line Not a Line?
When is a line not a Line? When it is a Pline or a Spline! So, we all know what a Line is. It’s the most basic of elements in a DraftSight drawing. As you can see below, each segment … Continued
Printing in DraftSight – Part 3
Printing using Viewports in Sheet Space can be a bit confusing at first. You may be thinking what is a viewport? Can I have multiple viewports in a drawing? How do I set a scale in a viewport? What is … Continued
Printing in DraftSight – Part 2
New users can often find it difficult to print their drawings to scale, so in today’s blog, we are going to cover printing to scale from Model Space in DraftSight. To start with, we have a small sketch of the … Continued
Printing in DraftSight
Printing a drawing to scale in DraftSight can sometimes confuse new users. So, over the course of the next few blogs, we are going to do our best to simplify the whole process for you. DraftSight has two distinct working … Continued
Using Drawing Templates in DraftSight
I want my drawings to look good. I want them all to have the same look and feel. If someone picks up one of my drawings, I want them to recognise them as mine. If I send a drawing to … Continued
The Importance of CAD Standards: Line Styles
We’ve covered Layers, Blocks and Text Styles in our previous blogs on CAD Standards, how to create them and how to use them in DraftSight. In this blog we are going to talk about Line Styles, what they are how … Continued
The Importance of CAD Standards: Text Styles
In previous blogs on CAD Standards in DraftSight, we spoke about the importance of Layers and Blocks. Today we are going to talk about Text Styles, what they are and how to use them. So, just what are text styles? … Continued
The Importance of CAD Standards: Blocks
In the last blog, I spoke about the importance of CAD Standards and went into detail on Layers, what they were and how to use them. In today’s blog, I’m going to talk about another important CAD Standard: Blocks and … Continued
The Importance of CAD Standards: Layers
Ask any CAD Manager what really annoys them in the workplace (apart from unrealistic deadlines and the stress of the job), they will all, without doubt, mention users not sticking to CAD Standards. It’s heart breaking to open up a drawing … Continued