CAD Standards in DraftSight
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
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
DraftSight 2019 – Click and Drag to Move
Click and Drag… It’s a feature that does exactly what it says! In previous versions of DraftSight, to move any entity, you had to do the following: Select the Move command. Select the Entity. Select the From Point. Select the … Continued
DraftSight – Drawing Frame and Title Block Library
With DraftSight Professional, Premium, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, users have access to to a large library of pre-made Frames and Title Blocks in ANSI, BSI, DIN, ISO and JIS standards. How do you access these? It’s quite simple actually, just … Continued
Why Can’t I Select Multiple Entities?
So, there I was, trying desperately to beat the deadline to get a set of drawings completed and returned to the engineer in charge of the project, when I noticed that I could no longer select more than one entity … Continued
Dimension Options in DraftSight
Practically every drawing your produce in DraftSight will need Dimensions. Whether they are house plans, cable runs, lighting layouts, parts design, you will need dimensions on your drawing. I’m sure there are exceptions to that rule, so feel free to … Continued