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Viewport Overrides in DraftSight

By DraftSight July 14, 2023
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Viewport Overrides in DraftSight

Most DraftSight users employ the modern workflow for drawing their designs at full scale in Model Space, then displaying them in a Sheet within a scaled Viewport. It’s there in the Sheet that they’ll apply their title block, dimensions, and … Continued

Driving Innovation: How Knapheide Manufacturing Company Benefits from DraftSight’s 2D CAD Software

By DraftSight July 3, 2023
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Driving Innovation: How Knapheide Manufacturing Company Benefits from DraftSight’s 2D CAD Software

If you’re in the market for a commercial truck bed or truck accessories, you may have heard of Knapheide Manufacturing Company. Knapheide is a 175-year-old company that started as a wagon builder. In 1912, the third generation of the Knapheide … Continued

Efficiently Organize Your Designs with DraftSight’s Powerful Layers Manager

By DraftSight June 28, 2023
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Efficiently Organize Your Designs with DraftSight’s Powerful Layers Manager

Organizing your drawing files by Layer is one of the core tasks for most drafters. The Layers Manager provides easy access to all the functions you’ll need to create and manage your layers, along with their visibility, properties, and behavior. … Continued

Navigating the World of Licensing Options with DraftSight

By DraftSight June 21, 2023
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Navigating the World of Licensing Options with DraftSight

This year, licensing has been in the news with a large CAD provider making significant changes to the licensing model, transitioning all users to a named user licensing model and phasing out maintenance plans and subscriptions that allowed multi-user access. … Continued

Organizing Dimensions with DraftSight’s Auto-Arrange Functionality

By Anil Kamble June 14, 2023
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Organizing Dimensions with DraftSight’s Auto-Arrange Functionality

Dimensions are a crucial part of any drawing as they indicate the size of the shape to the manufacturer and inspector. However, as the dimensions within a drawing increase, it becomes a time-consuming task to arrange them in a way … Continued

DraftSight Wins G2’s Best Estimated ROI Award

By DraftSight June 12, 2023
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DraftSight Wins G2’s Best Estimated ROI Award

As companies evaluate their technology budgets, it’s crucial for them to consider the cost-effectiveness of their software. Your 2D CAD software should provide the necessary capabilities while benefiting your bottom line. Choosing the right solution can help you maximize your … Continued

Convert Inches to Millimeters in DraftSight – Part 2

By DraftSight June 8, 2023
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Convert Inches to Millimeters in DraftSight – Part 2

In part one of our series, we showed you how easy it can be to get your drawing units set up to draft in Metric units, specifically in millimeters. Once it’s set correctly in your templates, you should have a … Continued

Convert Inches to Millimeters in DraftSight – Part 1

By DraftSight June 2, 2023
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Convert Inches to Millimeters in DraftSight – Part 1

When considering the differences between using Imperial or Metric units in DraftSight, it’s important to know that there are two scenarios to consider. In this first of a two-part series, we’ll focus on making sure you’re set up correctly to … Continued

Top FAQs Answered in DraftSight Webinars: Your Ultimate Guide

By Jack Lane May 31, 2023
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Top FAQs Answered in DraftSight Webinars: Your Ultimate Guide

Those of us here at DraftSight love doing webinars and other live events. It allows us to show off what we think is the best choice for your 2D CAD platform, and we also get to interact with our users … Continued

Batch Upload Your Data with 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight

By Brian Vanasse May 25, 2023
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Batch Upload Your Data with 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight

If you’ve made the leap to the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, congratulations! For those of you who are still unsure, we hope to convince you why you should. 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight combines your preferred 2D CAD solution with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to access additional design and … Continued

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