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DraftSight: Drawing Frames and Title Block Names

By DraftSight November 18, 2019
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DraftSight: Drawing Frames and Title Block Names

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. As my posts on including text and dimensions emphasized, adding detail to your drafts … Continued

Working with massive 3D point cloud data inside DraftSight 

By Randall Newton November 15, 2019
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Working with massive 3D point cloud data inside DraftSight 

3D scanners are becoming popular as a way to collect data on existing infrastructure for reuse in new design projects. The scanners save data as three-dimensional voxels, spatial points that define their location and color. A typical scan of a … Continued

DraftSight: Tangent Option Adoption

By DraftSight November 14, 2019
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DraftSight: Tangent Option Adoption

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 post covers two commands that enhance the productivity and efficiency of your DraftSight … Continued

Creating a Custom Toolbar in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth November 12, 2019
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Creating a Custom Toolbar in DraftSight

In our last blog, I talked about customising DraftSight using Alias commands.  Today I’m going to talk about customising the Draftsight interface by creating a Custom Toolbar.  Why might you do this?  Well, you can create a Toolbar with all … Continued

DraftSight: Review with Layer Preview!

By DraftSight November 11, 2019
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DraftSight: Review with Layer Preview!

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. Once again, I found myself browsing the DraftSight YouTube channel and discovered their Tips … Continued

DraftSight: Let’s talk Paste as Block

By DraftSight November 7, 2019
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DraftSight: Let’s talk Paste as Block

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. Recently, when I was browsing the DraftSight YouTube channel, I was introduced to the … Continued

Customising Commands in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth November 5, 2019
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Customising Commands in DraftSight

I’ve said it before in these blogs, I’m old school when it comes to entering commands in DraftSight.  I use the keyboard for practically everything and I’ve customized DraftSight with, what I call, 2 finger commands.  Why?  Well, they’re generally, … Continued

DraftSight: Save Time with Rich Line

By DraftSight November 4, 2019
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DraftSight: Save Time with Rich Line

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. Continuing the theme of discovering more time efficient and accurate ways to work in … Continued

DraftSight: Mirror, Mirror

By DraftSight October 31, 2019
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DraftSight: Mirror, Mirror

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. DraftSight’s countless drawing options and alternatives ensure that anyone can find the command they … Continued

Creating a LineStyle in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth October 29, 2019
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Creating a LineStyle in DraftSight

Sometimes, when creating a drawing, you need a LineStyle that is different to anything you have installed.  Perhaps it’s to highlight a service or a boundary and you just need to make it stand out. Well, in today’s blog, we … Continued

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