DraftSight
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
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
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
DraftSight – PrintStyles
PrintStyles… You may have heard of them, but for a lot of users they are a dark art. Today I’ll try to explain simply what they are and why you might consider using them. So, lets start with what they … Continued
DraftSight: Split this, Weld that
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. Now that I’ve started drawing more detailed architectural designs, I’ve found myself running into … Continued
DraftSight 2019 – Match Properties & Get Properties
In todays blog, I am going to take a look at a couple of tools in the Properties Menu, I’ll explain what they do and how you use them. Don’t worry, they are not overly complicated, but they are tools … Continued
Xrefs, Why Would I Use Them?
For those of you unsure about what an Xref / Referenced Drawing is, let me explain. Basically, an Xref is an externally referenced DraftSight drawing. It’s no difference from any other DraftSight drawing, there is nothing particularly special about it … Continued
DraftSight 2019 Pricing Structures
DraftSight 2019 has been with us for a few months now, so I thought I’d use today’s blog to talk about the new pricing structure. Of course, there is an elephant in the room, so we might as well deal … Continued
Draw Compare Tool
This is something that I briefly covered back in a Hidden Gems blog in 2016, but I thought I’d talk about it in a little more detail today. What is it? Well, it is the Draw Compare tool in DraftSight 2019 … Continued
DraftSight: Chamfer your Chamber
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. After learning how to use DraftSight’s Fillet feature (mentioned last blog) I noticed the … Continued