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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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
DraftSight Professional – Hidden Gems
In todays blog, we are going to cover some of the lesser known functions within DraftSight Professional. I like to call these tools “Hidden Gems”. For instance, did you know about the Preview Recent Documents feature? You can hit F4 … Continued