DraftSight Tips and Tricks
Imperial to Decimal
From time to time, I come across drawings in the Imperial System. Generally, these are on older projects or projects where I’ve collaborated with overseas design team members. All my work is done in the Decimal System, so how do … Continued
Customising Ribbon User Interface using DraftSight API
In our last blog, we talked about the DraftSight API and gave an brief insight into it and what it can do. In today’s blog, we are going to continue talking about the DraftSight API and how you can use … Continued
DraftSight and Vinyl Cutting
Following on from last weeks blog on using DraftSight for Embroidery, this week we are going to talk about using DraftSight for cutting Vinyl. Using a Vinyl Cutter in DraftSight is very similar to using a Printer or Plotter. First … Continued
DraftSight and Embroidery
CAD… Of all the images those 3 letters conjure up, I’ll bet embroidery doesn’t feature anywhere! Surprisingly though, DraftSight and Embroidery work very well together. Recently, we had the chance to visit the new 3DEXPERIENCE FabLab based in the Boston Waltham Campus building. … Continued
DraftSight and eDrawings
Did you know that your DraftSight drawings can be exported to the SOLIDWORKS eDrawings file format? No? Well they can! If you didn’t know that, you are probably wondering just what the eDrawing format is. Let me explain. eDrawing is … Continued
DraftSight Filters
The SelectionFilter command in DraftSight allows you to create selection sets to filter entities within DraftSight. Simply put, it allows you to filter entities by various different criteria. You could, for example, create a filter to find all objects with … Continued