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Mouse Gestures in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth May 31, 2018
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Mouse Gestures in DraftSight

Mouse Gestures… It’s another one of those lesser known features in DraftSight.  In today’s blog, I’ll do my best to explain just what Mouse Gestures are and how to use them. Basically, you can use Mouse Gestures as a shortcut to … Continued

Clean and Go in One Command

By MJ Smyth May 25, 2018
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Clean and Go in One Command

I’ve spoken previously about the Lisp capabilities of DraftSight Professional and also about cleaning your drawings. In today’s blog, I’m going to talk about using Lisp to quickly clean your drawing and then exit DraftSight Professional, all with one command! So, … Continued

Importing Survey Data into DraftSight Professional 2018

By MJ Smyth May 23, 2018
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Importing Survey Data into DraftSight Professional 2018

Earlier this week, I was asked if Survey Data could be imported into DraftSight Professional.  I wasn’t sure, so I asked if a copy of the Data could be sent to me for inspection. I received a CSV file and … Continued

3D in DraftSight 2018

By MJ Smyth May 18, 2018
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3D in DraftSight 2018

We are all aware of the excellent 2D features available within DraftSight Professional 2018, but did you know that you can also draw in 3D?  Well you can!  So, in today’s blog, we are going to create a simple 3D … Continued

3 Ways to Clean Drawings Efficiently

By SKA May 17, 2018
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3 Ways to Clean Drawings Efficiently

  When we work on large drawings there are so many properties in the project that we don’t use, like layers, block definitions, line styles, dimension styles and others.   Drawings downloaded from the web, for example, often have many … Continued

Linking Documents and DraftSight

By MJ Smyth April 29, 2018
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Linking Documents and DraftSight

Many years ago when I trained as a Draftsman, text was the bane of my life.  I would spend hours with my pens and stencils slowly putting text on my drawings.  It was time consuming and back breaking!  I remember … Continued

Explaining Linestyles in Draftsight

By MJ Smyth April 29, 2018
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Explaining Linestyles in Draftsight

You’ve used them in all your drawings, but have you ever given any thought to the humble Linestyle?  In today’s blog, we’ll explain how Linestyles are formed.  It’s not overly complicated, and once you understand it, you’ll be able to … Continued

Have You Updated Yet?

By MJ Smyth April 20, 2018
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Have You Updated Yet?

No doubt you upgraded to the latest version of DraftSight last October when DraftSight 2018 was released, but did you know that DraftSight 2018 SP2 was released recently?  It’s simple to upgrade, just follow these simple steps! Download the correct … Continued

Recording Macros in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth April 9, 2018
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Recording Macros in DraftSight

There are two pieces of software synonymous with the engineering world.  The first, obviously, is CAD. The second is the spreadsheet.  It doesn’t really matter which spreadsheet you use, most, if not all allow you to use Macros. Most users out … Continued

Simple License Options…

By MJ Smyth March 28, 2018
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Simple License Options…

Buying a CAD package shouldn’t involve tearing your hair out trying to understand which package you need and what price it is going to cost you this year.  It should be a simple affair, or at least we here at … Continued

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