DraftSight Learning Journey
What is the Mechanical Toolbox in DraftSight?
DraftSight was developed with the Mechanical drafter in mind. After all, it was originally intended as a 2D drafting package for our SOLIDWORKS users. So, it should be no surprise that every version of DraftSight, from Professional to Enterprise Plus, … Continued
Need to Know DraftSight Essentials?
Some of us fall under the category of CAD “power users”, using DraftSight all day, every day. And some of us are more occasional or novice users, and we’re hoping to support those of you in the latter category on … Continued
DraftSight 2021 SP0 Now Available
Well, the keen eyed users out there will have noticed that DraftSight 2021 has arrived. So what can you do with this new version of DraftSight that you couldn’t in previous versions? Let me tell you just some of the … Continued
Ask Me Anything – 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 Day 3
Day 3 of virtual 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 and we come to our last DraftSight Session. This one should be fun! Today (Thursday) at 13:30 – 14:15 EST (18:30 – 19:15 GMT), Lynn Allen (Global Technology Evangelist, Dassault Systèmes), Eli Mather … Continued
DraftSight For The AutoCAD User – 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 Day 2
It’s Day 2 of 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021. Did you enjoy yesterdays virtual session on the new features in DraftSight 2021? We hope you did! Todays session at 13:45 – 14:15 EST (18:45 – 19:15 GMT) is DraftSight for the AutoCAD … Continued
What’s New in DraftSight 2021? – 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 Day 1
Just a quick reminder that today, at 14:30 to 15:00 EST (19:30 to 20:00 GMT), the first DraftSight Session of 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021, What’s New in DraftSight 2021?, will take place. Presented by Ram Chilukuri (Development Manager, Dassault Systèmes) and … Continued
Are You Ready???
It’s a big week here next week, it’s 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 week! Have you registered? If not, click on this link. Oh and best of all, registration is free! Once registered, your conference pass includes: Access to three days of … Continued
Still Using DraftSight on macOS
This is week 3 of using DraftSight on macOS and so far so good. I’m up to speed with it and from a DraftSight point of view, all is good! macOS however, well, I’m still getting to grips with that! … Continued
Keeping Track of Projects – Part 2
In an earlier blog, I went though how I assign Project Numbers to new projects. I also spoke about the Folder Structure I use and how I number each drawing in the project. Today I’m going to cover how I … Continued
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