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DraftSight: Customize your Ribbon

By DraftSight October 3, 2019
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DraftSight: Customize your Ribbon

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. Throughout my DraftSight journey, I’ve mentioned how the ribbon is customizable, but I’ve never … Continued

Starting A Project in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth October 1, 2019
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Starting A Project in DraftSight

I’m often asked how I start a project in DraftSight, why my drawing files are so small and why they are so quick to load.  Well, in today’s blog, I’ll walk you through what happens when I get a drawing … Continued

DraftSight: Delete Duplicates!

By DraftSight September 30, 2019
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DraftSight: Delete Duplicates!

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. Throughout my CAD learning journey, I’ve realized how important it is to declutter your … Continued

DraftSight: Region Adhesion!

By DraftSight September 26, 2019
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DraftSight: Region Adhesion!

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. From a new drawer’s prospective, DraftSight’s functions that make the designing process more efficient … Continued

Inquiry Tools in DraftSight 2019

By MJ Smyth September 20, 2019
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Inquiry Tools in DraftSight 2019

One of the things in CAD that makes it superior to paper based drafting, is the ability to be exact down to minute levels.  Of course, if you’ve no way to see what these measurements are, then that’s not of … Continued

DraftSight: Dimension Prevention! Pt.2 (Dimensional Constraints)

By DraftSight September 12, 2019
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DraftSight: Dimension Prevention! Pt.2 (Dimensional Constraints)

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. Since my last post on Dimensional Constraints, these icons have become some of my … Continued

Mask Command – DraftSight 2019

By MJ Smyth September 10, 2019
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Mask Command – DraftSight 2019

What is the Mask command in DraftSight 2019?  Well, to put it simply, it masks, or hides an area of a drawing.  Now, why would you want to do that?  Well, perhaps there are areas of your drawing that don’t … Continued

DraftSight: Dimension Prevention! (Dimensional Constraints)

By DraftSight September 9, 2019
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DraftSight: Dimension Prevention! (Dimensional Constraints)

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. This post revises the topic of using constraints in your DraftSight drawings for improving … Continued

Zoom a Viewport to Scale

By MJ Smyth August 27, 2019
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Zoom a Viewport to Scale

This week, a client asked if I could explain how to set a viewport to a specific scale.  It’s not the easiest thing to get your head around, so it took a little time for me to explain.  I thought … Continued

DraftSight Add-In Manager

By MJ Smyth August 20, 2019
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DraftSight Add-In Manager

If you are anything like me, then you probably have as many Add-Ins loaded in DraftSight as possible. If you are unsure what Add-Ins you do have loaded, or if you would like to disable one so it doesn’t start … Continued

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