DraftSight 2018 – New Features 2
In this weeks blog, we’re going to continue on explaining some of the new features in DraftSight Professional 2018. As we all know, in previous versions of DraftSight, if you used the Copy and Paste commands, your entities were pasted … Continued
DraftSight 2018 – New Features
I mentioned a range of new features in DraftSight 2018 in last weeks blog. This week, and for the coming weeks, I’m going to go into a bit of detail on these features and explain how they work. First up … Continued
Pumpkin Project
You might not be aware of it, but Halloween as we know it, started life a long time ago as the old Irish festival of Samhain. So, given the fact that I’m Irish, I thought I’d create a stencil for a … Continued
DraftSight 2018 Launches
DraftSight 2018 was released this week and is now available for download from DraftSight.com We’re very excited by the new features in this latest release of DraftSight and we think you will be too! So, just what are these new … Continued
House Project – Part 3
We left our house project last week looking a little bare… So, over the last few days, I’ve created some layers and fine tuned the locations of the windows and doors. Most importantly, I mirrored the base-plan. Why? I hear … Continued
House Project – Part 2
At the end of my last blog, we had left the house project looking like this. Just a lot of lines, looking like a badly laid out grid! Thanks to the power of the Trim and Offset commands and some … Continued
House Project
I’m getting some work done in my house over the next few months and thought that having a set of layout plans would make life easy. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a set, but I did have a JPG image that … Continued
Imperial to Decimal
From time to time, I come across drawings in the Imperial System. Generally, these are on older projects or projects where I’ve collaborated with overseas design team members. All my work is done in the Decimal System, so how do … Continued
When Is a Line Not a Line?
When is a line not a Line? When it is a Pline or a Spline! So, we all know what a Line is. It’s the most basic of elements in a DraftSight drawing. As you can see below, each segment … Continued
Discover the Ultimate Two-Handed Design
Brought to you by our partners at 3DConnexion: Imagine going through your day with one hand tied behind your back. Think of all the things you do on a daily basis for which you use two hands. Getting dressed, making … Continued