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Efficiently Organize Your Designs with DraftSight’s Powerful Layers Manager

By DraftSight June 28, 2023
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Efficiently Organize Your Designs with DraftSight’s Powerful Layers Manager

Organizing your drawing files by Layer is one of the core tasks for most drafters. The Layers Manager provides easy access to all the functions you’ll need to create and manage your layers, along with their visibility, properties, and behavior. … Continued

Did You Know You Could Do That in DraftSight?

By DraftSight March 3, 2022
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Did You Know You Could Do That in DraftSight?

Ramon Busboom, an Industry Business Consultant at Dassault Systèmes, recently presented a highly rated 3DEXPERIENCE World 2022 session that explores some hidden gems for the common DraftSight users and reviews some use cases that are slightly off the beaten path. … Continued

Select Smarter and Faster! DraftSight Smart Select

By Lynn Allen January 4, 2022
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Select Smarter and Faster! DraftSight Smart Select

Select Smarter and Faster!

Are you getting the most out of your CAD software?

By DraftSight July 22, 2021
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Are you getting the most out of your CAD software?

Changing business conditions make financial reviews, budgeting, and resource planning all the more critical. It’s important to make sure your spending, tools, and solutions are aligned with business objectives. Even with the increasing prevalence of 3D design applications, 2D CAD … Continued

Hit the Ground Running
Making the Switch with Lynn Allen: DraftSight Tips for AutoCAD Users

By Lynn Allen June 17, 2021
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Hit the Ground Running<br>Making the Switch with Lynn Allen: DraftSight Tips for AutoCAD Users</br>

One of the common questions I get about DraftSight is how long it takes to become productive and comfortable transitioning from AutoCAD® (or any other CAD software). Of course, we’re all different, but my answer remains the same “almost no … Continued

Freedom of Choice – DraftSight Gives you Affordable Product Options

By DraftSight April 28, 2021
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Freedom of Choice – DraftSight Gives you Affordable Product Options

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. AutoCAD® is the industry leader, and it comes with 40 years of … Continued

Save Time (and Clicks!) by Customizing Mouse Gestures in DraftSight!
Making the Switch with Lynn Allen: DraftSight Tips for AutoCAD Users

By Lynn Allen April 21, 2021
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Save Time (and Clicks!) by Customizing Mouse Gestures in DraftSight!<br>Making the Switch with Lynn Allen: DraftSight Tips for AutoCAD Users<br>

Today I’m going to tell you about a great feature that allows you to quickly execute your favorite DraftSight commands.  You SOLIDWORKS users should find this tool very familiar! Similar to AutoCAD®, we have the ability to customize the buttons … Continued

Lynn Allen Talks DraftSight

By MJ Smyth July 15, 2020
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Lynn Allen Talks DraftSight

Change, in the CAD world, is slow.  Users like their particular choice of CAD software and are very hesitant to move to something else.  Users have concerns over file compatibility, if they will need retraining, if the software is reliable, … Continued

DraftSight: Smart Calculator

By DraftSight April 23, 2020
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DraftSight: Smart Calculator

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog will be covering Smart Calculator in DraftSight, which I recently discovered in … Continued

Aliases in DraftSight

By DraftSight April 16, 2020
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Aliases in DraftSight

Visit DraftSight.com to explore DraftSight 2019 and learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Today’s blog will be covering how to customize your Aliases in DraftSight. In doing … Continued

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