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DraftSight Professional 2017 and the Heads Up Display

By MJ Smyth December 27, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 and the Heads Up Display

There are many new features in DraftSight Professional 2017 and one of my favourites is the Heads Up Display. I know, that sounds like something in a high end car, but it’s not, it’s more useful than that! Let me explain … Continued

DraftSight Professional 2017 and DGN Support

By MJ Smyth December 6, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 and DGN Support

There are two commonly used CAD File Formats. The first being DWG which DraftSight natively supports and the second being Microstations DGN.  Previous versions of DraftSight did not support this file format, but with DraftSight Professional 2017, we are delighted … Continued

DraftSight and Units

By MJ Smyth November 15, 2016
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DraftSight and Units

When I draw in DraftSight, everything I draw is at full size, I don’t draw to scale. This is generally the accepted practice within the CAD world I inhabit!  I’m not saying there is anything wrong with drawing to scale, … Continued

Using Drawing Templates in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth November 8, 2016
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Using Drawing Templates in DraftSight

I want my drawings to look good. I want them all to have the same look and feel. If someone picks up one of my drawings, I want them to recognise them as mine. If I send a drawing to … Continued

DraftSight the Purge…

By MJ Smyth November 1, 2016
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DraftSight the Purge…

In previous blogs, I’ve spoken about layers, linestyles, textstyles, blocks and so on. Over the course of a project, these can build up within your drawing and increase the file size substantially. Back when I first started in the CAD … Continued

The Beauty of Auto-save & Backup

By MJ Smyth October 26, 2016
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The Beauty of Auto-save & Backup

I’ve been working with various CAD systems since back in 1992. My first CAD system was based on an old NEC 8088 chip with 640k of Ram, Dos 3.1, Dual 5 1/4″ Floppy Drives and a Hercules Mono Graphics card … Continued

SOLIDWORKS PDM and DraftSight: Streamline your Design Process and Save Time

By DraftSight October 15, 2016
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SOLIDWORKS PDM and DraftSight: Streamline your Design Process and Save Time

Trying to maintain better control of your dwg/dxf format files? Are you constantly trying to figure out which file is the latest version? Are you often searching multiple locations for a file? Do you need to ask around if a … Continued

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