Introducing DraftSight Mechanical
From its earliest beginning as a companion to SOLIDWORKS, DraftSight has had the mechanical designer in mind with its built-in Mechanical Toolbox. Those tools and functionality are now even more powerful with the introduction of DraftSight Mechanical, which was purposely … Continued
Transforming Business with DraftSight: Four Companies Share Their Success Stories
At DraftSight, we love hearing stories from our customers about how our software has helped them achieve greater success. Licensing Changes Take Bill’s Custom Fab, for example. They’re a company that provides custom design and fabrication services for creating structural … Continued
2D Design with DraftSight: Customer Story with Sealed Air’s Brandon Foster
We recently talked to Brandon Foster, the CAD Administrator at Sealed Air Corporation. Sealed Air specializes in industrial packaging materials, equipment, and services. Brandon has nearly 20 years of experience using SOLIDWORKS, but he and his team also rely on … Continued
How DraftSight’s Image Tracer Delivers Accurate CAD Entities
Meet DraftSight’s Image Tracer The DraftSight team and I have both written about the fantastic job that the PDF Import feature does in DraftSight. You can read what I had to say about it here. But what do you do … Continued
Add Your Own Command Aliases in DraftSight
In my last post, I wrote about the fabulous Layer Preview utility, but I have a small confession to make. I didn’t realize it was there for the longest time! Why? You’ve probably heard me say that DraftSight speaks AutoCAD®. … Continued
Getting Acquainted with Layer Preview in DraftSight
What is Layer Preview in DraftSight? Most of us think of our CAD program in the context of the tools we use most. Of course, there are lines, arcs, and circles that we use all the time, along with the … Continued
DraftSight in Nashville at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023
3DEXPERIENCE World 2023 is a wrap, and it’s been an incredible three days here in Music City, Nashville! After three years apart, it was a thrilling experience to be back in person and see so many familiar faces. DraftSight and … Continued
DraftSight Offers a Solution to CAD Users Impacted by Changes
Trapped in a Rigid CAD Licensing Model? 2023 is off to a rocky start for some CAD users, as one of the larger software providers continues to make changes to its licensing model. In January, the provider removed a 5 … Continued
Keyboard Shortcuts in DraftSight
I’ve done so many tips and tricks videos over the years, and you typically see me selecting commands from their respective icon on the ribbon (or elsewhere). Being a visual medium, it makes sense to show you where the command … Continued
How Placetailor is Creating Net-Zero Carbon Housing with 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight
Placetailor is a Boston-based development, design, and construction cooperative dedicated to delivering carbon neutral housing. Carbon neutral housing has a net-zero carbon footprint. This can be achieved by reducing the energy consumption of the building through energy efficiency measures, and then … Continued