CAD Standards in DraftSight
Converting a Drawing from Inches to Millimeters
A mistake I often see from new CAD Users is that they are drawing using the wrong units. I live in Europe, so the standard unit of measurement over here is Decimal, that means Metres, Centimetres, Millimetres and so on. … Continued
CAD Standards – ByLayer for Blocks
When creating any entity in DraftSight, you have the option, in its properties, to give it a colour. I always select ByLayer. Why? Well it’s simple, it just means that if I put that block into a drawing, I know … Continued
DraftSight 2020 Custom Alias Commands
In last weeks blog I demonstrated how you can customize the Crosshairs and Cursors in DraftSight, along with the Command Window. In today’s blog, I’m going to show you how to customize commands to suit your own needs. I’ve said it … Continued
DraftSight Customization Options
If you are a newcomer to DraftSight®, but are familiar with CAD systems, you will have no trouble settling in and getting up to speed with DraftSight. Depending on your preferences though, you might want to make a few changes. … Continued
Spell Checking in DraftSight 2020
It’s been a crazy time recently, which is why my last four blogs have been about how you can use DraftSight® at home to continue your business and support the people working on the front line in these tough circumstances. … Continued
Dynamic Blocks in DraftSight 2020 Beta
DraftSight 2020 Beta now supports imported Dynamic Blocks to represent movable segments in a block. That’s a fantastic new feature, but some users might be wondering just what are dynamic blocks. Let me try to explain. Simply put, a Dynamic … Continued
Auto Dimension in DraftSight 2020 Beta
I’ll be honest here, one of my least favourite things to do on a drawing is adding in dimensions. It’s time consuming and, lets face it, a tad boring! If you’ve downloaded the DraftSight 2020 Beta, you might have noticed … Continued
Scripts in DraftSight
Scripts can be used to automate certain tasks within DraftSight. It today’s blog, I’ll show you an example of a simple script that creates Layers and assigns Colours to those layers. So, what do you need to get started? Well … Continued