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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

Converting a Drawing from Inches to Millimeters

By MJ Smyth July 1, 2020
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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

By MJ Smyth June 25, 2020
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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

CAD Standards – Text

By MJ Smyth June 18, 2020
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CAD Standards – Text

Carrying on from last weeks blog about CAD Standards, I’d like to expand to Text Standards. Very often, I see drawings with multiple Text Styles and Text Heights.  It makes drawings look messy and in some cases, illegible.  I have … 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

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

DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

By DraftSight May 21, 2020
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DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog is long overdue, because I’ll be covering DraftSight’s Auto-save and Backup features. … Continued

Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

By MJ Smyth May 21, 2020
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Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

Today’s blog ties in with last weeks blog on Model Space, Sheet Space and Viewports.  If you use a lot of Viewports in your drawings, then you will often have overlaid or “Nested” Viewports. Moving between them can be frustrating to … Continued

DraftSight Professional: Batch Print

By DraftSight May 18, 2020
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DraftSight Professional: Batch Print

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Now that I’m farther along in my DraftSight journey, I often find myself in … Continued

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