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Ten Years of DraftSight

By MJ Smyth June 4, 2020
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Ten Years of DraftSight

DraftSight is coming up on it’s 10 year anniversary, time sure does fly! To celebrate, you can get 10% off Professional and Premium during the month of June. Some of you might remember 2009 with fondness. I don’t.  It was … Continued

DraftSight Through The Ages

By MJ Smyth May 28, 2020
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DraftSight Through The Ages

Since it launched, DraftSight has continually added new features with each release.  In today’s blog, I’ll just mention a few of my favorites! When I got my hands on the first Beta of DraftSight back in 2009 it was already … Continued

California Wire weaves success with DraftSight

By Randall Newton May 21, 2020
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California Wire weaves success with DraftSight

Woven wire products are a common sight, used in a wide variety of applications and environments. Prisons, stadiums, schools, plants, and warehouses all rely on woven wire fencing. California Wire Products Corporation (Cal-Wire) is a leading manufacturer of engineered-to-order wire … Continued

DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

By DraftSight May 21, 2020
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DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog is long overdue, because I’ll be covering DraftSight’s Auto-save and Backup features. … Continued

Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

By MJ Smyth May 21, 2020
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Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

Today’s blog ties in with last weeks blog on Model Space, Sheet Space and Viewports.  If you use a lot of Viewports in your drawings, then you will often have overlaid or “Nested” Viewports. Moving between them can be frustrating to … Continued

DraftSight Professional: Batch Print

By DraftSight May 18, 2020
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DraftSight Professional: Batch Print

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Now that I’m farther along in my DraftSight journey, I often find myself in … Continued

DraftSight: Selection Filter

By DraftSight May 14, 2020
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DraftSight: Selection Filter

Visit DraftSight.com to learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Following my blog on the Select Matching command, it’s become one of my most used DraftSight features. Whenever … Continued

What’s the Difference Between Model and Sheet Space?

By MJ Smyth May 14, 2020
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What’s the Difference Between Model and Sheet Space?

If you are new to DraftSight or CAD in General, you might notice towards the bottom of your screen some tabs that say Model, Sheet1, Sheet2 and wonder what they are and what they do. I’ll try to explain. Well, … Continued

DraftSight: Attach Image (Dare to Compare Pt. 2)

By DraftSight May 11, 2020
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DraftSight: Attach Image (Dare to Compare Pt. 2)

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog will be furthering my post on the Draw Compare feature in DraftSight, … Continued

DraftSight 2020 Using Lisp to Customize Commands

By MJ Smyth May 7, 2020
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DraftSight 2020 Using Lisp to Customize Commands

Over the last couple of blogs, I’ve spoken about ways you can customize your DraftSight 2020 experience.  In today’s blog, I’ll talk about another – LISP. So, what is LISP? LISP is a programming language that has been around since … Continued

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