CAD
How to Move Origin in CAD: Everything You Need to Know
Understanding the Origin Point in CAD and How to Move Origin An origin is a beginning or starting point, and in nearly all of your interactions within the drawing area, you will be entering coordinates to define points. For example, … Continued
What is the Best Laptop for CAD?
Picking the perfect laptop for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) depends on your project’s complexities, your budget, and your unique needs. CAD software doesn’t shy away from pushing hardware to its limits, with complex calculations and detailed rendering at the forefront. Operating … Continued
DraftSight and the Curious Persistence of 2D CAD – Part 1
Drafting has been around for thousands of years. Almost anything built or manufactured up to the 20th century was designed and drawn by hand first. Throughout those many centuries, drafting tools (though evolving) remained pretty much the same. Things like … Continued
Let DraftSight Help You Enforce Your CAD Standards
Consistency and standardization are an important aspect of drafting and design. Professional CAD departments employ standards to achieve this goal. DraftSight can help you verify and enforce your standards with its built-in Drawing Standards tool. The first thing you’ll need … Continued
5 CAD Trends – Shaping the Future of Design and Engineering
Across industries and sectors, businesses are finding themselves with more to do and fewer resources. The global pandemic has changed design and engineering forever. Successfully getting from design concept to completion requires pivoting and adapting to changes in market and … Continued
DraftSight 2021 SP0 Now Available
Well, the keen eyed users out there will have noticed that DraftSight 2021 has arrived. So what can you do with this new version of DraftSight that you couldn’t in previous versions? Let me tell you just some of the … Continued
Which version of DraftSight should I buy?
One reason DraftSight® has become one of the top five CAD products (by seat count) is that when it comes to drawing technology, one size does not fit all. Autodesk AutoCAD is the industry leader, and it comes with all … Continued
Drawings in the era of Big Data
There has been a surge of interest regarding “big data” — AKA business analytics. Thanks to new ways to store, access, and process vast amounts of information, engineering and manufacturing can now reach into every process, every bit of information, … Continued
Opening legacy DWG files from other CAD Applications
Opening, editing and saving DWG files is always a challenge when we don’t have a specific CAD software for it. Many times we receive this data from other companies and just need to make some changes – but it always … Continued