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DraftSight Professional 2017 Dimension Offset Distances

By MJ Smyth January 10, 2017
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DraftSight Professional 2017 Dimension Offset Distances

There are many ways to spoil the look and feel of a drawing. Too many text styles, too many linestyles, badly placed text, incorrectly sized blocks, I could go on, but I think you get the idea. One of the … Continued

A New Year, A New DraftSight

By MJ Smyth January 3, 2017
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A New Year, A New DraftSight

It’s the first blog post of 2017, so let me start by wishing you all a Happy New Year! 2016 was a very busy year for us all here at DraftSight. The team worked diligently on making sure that DraftSight … Continued

DraftSight Professional 2017 and the Heads Up Display

By MJ Smyth December 27, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 and the Heads Up Display

There are many new features in DraftSight Professional 2017 and one of my favourites is the Heads Up Display. I know, that sounds like something in a high end car, but it’s not, it’s more useful than that! Let me explain … Continued

DraftSight Professional 2017 and Predefined Layers

By MJ Smyth December 13, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 and Predefined Layers

I previously wrote about The Importance of CAD Standards: Layers. If you haven’t read it, basically the blog post talked about what layers are, how you create them, why you should use them and so on. There’s no reason for … Continued

DraftSight Professional 2017 and DGN Support

By MJ Smyth December 6, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 and DGN Support

There are two commonly used CAD File Formats. The first being DWG which DraftSight natively supports and the second being Microstations DGN.  Previous versions of DraftSight did not support this file format, but with DraftSight Professional 2017, we are delighted … Continued

DraftSight Professional 2017 New Features

By MJ Smyth November 29, 2016
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DraftSight Professional 2017 New Features

DraftSight 2017 is now available to the general public. Over the next few blog posts, we are going to cover some of the new features within DraftSight Professional 2017. So, you’re probably wondering just what these new features in DraftSight Professional 2017 … Continued

DraftSight and Units

By MJ Smyth November 15, 2016
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DraftSight and Units

When I draw in DraftSight, everything I draw is at full size, I don’t draw to scale. This is generally the accepted practice within the CAD world I inhabit!  I’m not saying there is anything wrong with drawing to scale, … Continued

Using Drawing Templates in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth November 8, 2016
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Using Drawing Templates in DraftSight

I want my drawings to look good. I want them all to have the same look and feel. If someone picks up one of my drawings, I want them to recognise them as mine. If I send a drawing to … Continued

DraftSight the Purge…

By MJ Smyth November 1, 2016
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DraftSight the Purge…

In previous blogs, I’ve spoken about layers, linestyles, textstyles, blocks and so on. Over the course of a project, these can build up within your drawing and increase the file size substantially. Back when I first started in the CAD … Continued

The Beauty of Auto-save & Backup

By MJ Smyth October 26, 2016
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The Beauty of Auto-save & Backup

I’ve been working with various CAD systems since back in 1992. My first CAD system was based on an old NEC 8088 chip with 640k of Ram, Dos 3.1, Dual 5 1/4″ Floppy Drives and a Hercules Mono Graphics card … Continued

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