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DraftSight: Stay Slim with Corner Trim

By DraftSight March 9, 2020
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DraftSight: Stay Slim with Corner Trim

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. After revisiting Power Trim last week, I realized that I skipped over the Corner Trim … Continued

Dynamic Blocks in DraftSight 2020 Beta

By MJ Smyth March 6, 2020
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Dynamic Blocks in DraftSight 2020 Beta

DraftSight 2020 Beta now supports imported Dynamic Blocks to represent movable segments in a block.  That’s a fantastic new feature, but some users might be wondering just what are dynamic blocks.  Let me try to explain. Simply put, a Dynamic … Continued

DraftSight: Rule with Power Trim Tool

By DraftSight March 5, 2020
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DraftSight: Rule with Power Trim Tool

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 post will be revisiting a feature I discussed early on in my DraftSight … Continued

Printing DraftSight Drawings

By DraftSight March 2, 2020
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Printing DraftSight Drawings

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Being new to CAD, printing my designs seemed like a rather daunting task, but luckily, I’ve … Continued

Auto Dimension in DraftSight 2020 Beta

By MJ Smyth February 26, 2020
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Auto Dimension in DraftSight 2020 Beta

I’ll be honest here, one of my least favourite things to do on a drawing is adding in dimensions.  It’s time consuming and, lets face it, a tad boring!  If you’ve downloaded the DraftSight 2020 Beta, you might have noticed … Continued

DraftSight: Units

By DraftSight February 24, 2020
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DraftSight: Units

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. As my DraftSight journey has progressed, I always make sure to check the units … Continued

Be Drawing Goals with DraftSight Holes

By DraftSight February 20, 2020
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Be Drawing Goals with DraftSight Holes

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 post will be covering the Holes section of DraftSight’s toolbox tab. As always, … Continued

DraftSight – Edit your Revision Table

By DraftSight February 10, 2020
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DraftSight – Edit your Revision Table

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. Following my last post on the insertion of Revision Tables in DraftSight, today’s blog … Continued

DraftSight – Label with Revision Table

By DraftSight February 6, 2020
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DraftSight – Label with Revision Table

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. Continuing the theme of inserting tables for clarity and organization in your designs, this … Continued

DraftSight 2020 Windows Beta

By MJ Smyth February 5, 2020
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DraftSight 2020 Windows Beta

Last week we posted about the DraftSight 2020 Beta being available for macOS users.  The eagle eyed of you will have noticed that there are also 32bit and 64bit Windows versions available for download also.  If not, just click on … Continued

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