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Moving from AutoCAD to DraftSight with Lynn Allen

By MJ Smyth November 19, 2020
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Moving from AutoCAD to DraftSight with Lynn Allen

Lynn Allen Walks Us Through the Move from AutoCAD to DraftSight DraftSight is pleased to kick of a new video series, DraftSight Insights with Lynn Allen, who spent over 20 years with Autodesk, and Cadalyst, a leading source for design … Continued

Back to School – Pocket Document Camera

By MJ Smyth September 30, 2020
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Back to School – Pocket Document Camera

It’s that time of year when students are heading back to school.  Here in Ireland, it has been 6 months since they last sat in a classroom or a lecture hall and for many, it may be many months more. … Continued

Customer Stories – California Wire Products Corporation

By MJ Smyth September 2, 2020
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Customer Stories – California Wire Products Corporation

California Wire Products Corporation (Cal-Wire) is the leading manufacturer of woven wire products on the West Coast of the USA. Established in 1948, Cal-Wire specialises in engineered-to-order wire and welded-mesh products that are custom-designed to meet specific customer needs.  You … Continued

Customer Stories – Superheat

By MJ Smyth August 15, 2020
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Customer Stories – Superheat

Superheat were founded on the principle that cutting-edge technology can offer a better way to provide on-site heat treatment solutions and are now a leading innovative heat-treatment provider.  You might be wondering what a heat-treatment provider is, well, simply put, … Continued

Using DraftSight to Create a COVID Safe Floorplan

By MJ Smyth July 31, 2020
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Using DraftSight to Create a COVID Safe Floorplan

Month six of this strange new Covid-19 world and some of us are back in our offices and sitting at our desks.  Mind you, it’s not like it was before, every room in the building is now in permanent use … Continued

Electrical Drafting in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth July 22, 2020
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Electrical Drafting in DraftSight

Well over 50 percent of the CAD work I do in DraftSight is electrical related. That’s everything from Lighting, Data and Power Layouts to Board Schematics.  Over the years, I’ve created and downloaded many blocks for my Electrical Library.  Some … Continued

Lynn Allen Talks DraftSight

By MJ Smyth July 15, 2020
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Lynn Allen Talks DraftSight

Change, in the CAD world, is slow.  Users like their particular choice of CAD software and are very hesitant to move to something else.  Users have concerns over file compatibility, if they will need retraining, if the software is reliable, … Continued

CAD Standards Are Important

By MJ Smyth June 11, 2020
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CAD Standards Are Important

The first blog I ever wrote here was about the Importance of CAD Standards and it is as relative today as it was back then.  Why?  Well, because some design team members still refuse to use them! Two weeks ago, … Continued

Ten Years of DraftSight

By MJ Smyth June 4, 2020
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Ten Years of DraftSight

DraftSight is coming up on it’s 10 year anniversary, time sure does fly! To celebrate, you can get 10% off Professional and Premium during the month of June. Some of you might remember 2009 with fondness. I don’t.  It was … Continued

DraftSight Through The Ages

By MJ Smyth May 28, 2020
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DraftSight Through The Ages

Since it launched, DraftSight has continually added new features with each release.  In today’s blog, I’ll just mention a few of my favorites! When I got my hands on the first Beta of DraftSight back in 2009 it was already … Continued

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