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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

DraftSight: Get Mass Properties

By DraftSight May 7, 2020
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DraftSight: Get Mass Properties

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. This blog will be finishing up the posts on the drop down menu of … Continued

DraftSight: Get Properties and Coordinates

By DraftSight May 4, 2020
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DraftSight: Get Properties and Coordinates

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 continuing the posts on features in the Inquiry icon’s drop-down … Continued

DraftSight 2020 Custom Alias Commands

By MJ Smyth April 30, 2020
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DraftSight 2020 Custom Alias Commands

In last weeks blog I demonstrated how you can customize the Crosshairs and Cursors in DraftSight, along with the Command Window. In today’s blog, I’m going to show you how to customize commands to suit your own needs. I’ve said it … Continued

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