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DraftSight: Center your Dimensions

By DraftSight August 19, 2019
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DraftSight: Center your Dimensions

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 a person with an interest in architectural drawing, I understand the necessity of … Continued

DraftSight: Shine your Polyline

By DraftSight August 15, 2019
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DraftSight: Shine your Polyline

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. Whenever I start a new draft, I always find it comforting knowing that I … Continued

DraftSight – PrintStyles

By MJ Smyth August 13, 2019
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DraftSight – PrintStyles

PrintStyles… You may have heard of them, but for a lot of users they are a dark art.  Today I’ll try to explain simply what they are and why you might consider using them. So, lets start with what they … Continued

DraftSight – Infinite Lines and Rays for Days

By DraftSight August 12, 2019
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DraftSight – Infinite Lines and Rays for Days

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. This post continues my recurring theme of making intricate drawings in a convenient and … Continued

DraftSight: Split this, Weld that

By DraftSight August 8, 2019
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DraftSight: Split this, Weld that

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’ve started drawing more detailed architectural designs, I’ve found myself running into … Continued

DraftSight 2019 – Match Properties & Get Properties

By MJ Smyth August 6, 2019
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DraftSight 2019 – Match Properties & Get Properties

In todays blog, I am going to take a look at a couple of tools in the Properties Menu, I’ll explain what they do and how you use them.  Don’t worry, they are not overly complicated, but they are tools … Continued

DraftSight: Don’t Fret, Offset!

By DraftSight August 5, 2019
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DraftSight: Don’t Fret, Offset!

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 highlighting operations that increase efficiency and accuracy in your DraftSight … Continued

Xrefs, Why Would I Use Them?

By MJ Smyth August 2, 2019
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Xrefs, Why Would I Use Them?

For those of you unsure about what an Xref / Referenced Drawing is, let me explain.  Basically, an Xref is an externally referenced DraftSight drawing.  It’s no difference from any other DraftSight drawing, there is nothing particularly special about it … Continued

DraftSight: Pattern Perfect

By DraftSight August 1, 2019
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DraftSight: Pattern Perfect

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. Being new to CAD drawing, my DraftSight knowledge seems most valuable when it allows … Continued

DraftSight: The Final Constraints

By DraftSight July 29, 2019
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DraftSight: The Final Constraints

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. The DraftSight Constraints blogs are finally coming to an end, and I’ve saved some … Continued

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