DraftSight Tips and Tricks
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
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
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
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
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
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
DraftSight: Selection Filter
Visit DraftSight.com to learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Following my blog on the Select Matching command, it’s become one of my most used DraftSight features. Whenever … Continued
What’s the Difference Between Model and Sheet Space?
If you are new to DraftSight or CAD in General, you might notice towards the bottom of your screen some tabs that say Model, Sheet1, Sheet2 and wonder what they are and what they do. I’ll try to explain. Well, … Continued