DraftSight Tips and Tricks
8 Ways To Get More Productive with DraftSight® Professional
In previous blogs, we’ve given you tips and tricks to help speed up productivity in DraftSight. In today’s blog, we’re going to feature another 8 ways you can increase your productivity when using DraftSight Professional 2018. So, in no particluar … Continued
Customising DraftSight Commands
A long long time ago, back in the 90s when I started as a very junior CAD Technician, running CAD on Windows was unheard of. Windows 3.0 was just coming to the market, but hadn’t infiltrated Ireland in any great … Continued
Back to School Time
It’s September and the summer is just a distant memory. Students are now focusing on their studies, be that in school, college or university. Here in Ireland, Construction and Engineering related courses are favoured by most. It’s no secret that … Continued
Opening legacy DWG files from other CAD Applications
Opening, editing and saving DWG files is always a challenge when we don’t have a specific CAD software for it. Many times we receive this data from other companies and just need to make some changes – but it always … Continued
Clipping in DraftSight 2018
In today’s blog, we are going to talk about Clipping, specifically clipping References or Xrefs as they’re otherwise known as. That all sounds great, but just what exactly is clipping I hear you ask, well let me explain! Basically, the … Continued
Mouse Gestures in DraftSight
Mouse Gestures… It’s another one of those lesser known features in DraftSight. In today’s blog, I’ll do my best to explain just what Mouse Gestures are and how to use them. Basically, you can use Mouse Gestures as a shortcut to … Continued
Clean and Go in One Command
I’ve spoken previously about the Lisp capabilities of DraftSight Professional and also about cleaning your drawings. In today’s blog, I’m going to talk about using Lisp to quickly clean your drawing and then exit DraftSight Professional, all with one command! So, … Continued