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3 Ways to Clean Drawings Efficiently

By SKA May 17, 2018
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3 Ways to Clean Drawings Efficiently

  When we work on large drawings there are so many properties in the project that we don’t use, like layers, block definitions, line styles, dimension styles and others.   Drawings downloaded from the web, for example, often have many … Continued

Linking Documents and DraftSight

By MJ Smyth April 29, 2018
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Linking Documents and DraftSight

Many years ago when I trained as a Draftsman, text was the bane of my life.  I would spend hours with my pens and stencils slowly putting text on my drawings.  It was time consuming and back breaking!  I remember … Continued

Explaining Linestyles in Draftsight

By MJ Smyth April 29, 2018
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Explaining Linestyles in Draftsight

You’ve used them in all your drawings, but have you ever given any thought to the humble Linestyle?  In today’s blog, we’ll explain how Linestyles are formed.  It’s not overly complicated, and once you understand it, you’ll be able to … Continued

Recording Macros in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth April 9, 2018
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Recording Macros in DraftSight

There are two pieces of software synonymous with the engineering world.  The first, obviously, is CAD. The second is the spreadsheet.  It doesn’t really matter which spreadsheet you use, most, if not all allow you to use Macros. Most users out … Continued

Simple License Options…

By MJ Smyth March 28, 2018
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Simple License Options…

Buying a CAD package shouldn’t involve tearing your hair out trying to understand which package you need and what price it is going to cost you this year.  It should be a simple affair, or at least we here at … Continued

Headboard Project Part 1

By MJ Smyth March 17, 2018
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Headboard Project Part 1

In today’s blog, I’m starting a new project and will use DraftSight to design a piece of furniture.  It’s not what I would normally use DraftSight for, but it’s a very versatile CAD program and will handle with ease all … Continued

Printing to PDF

By MJ Smyth February 26, 2018
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Printing to PDF

A user posted a query on the blog about getting a third party to print his drawings to scale, even if they are not familiar with DraftSight.  I’m happy to say that the solution to this is quite simple and … Continued

Creating a Snowflake in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth December 15, 2017
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Creating a Snowflake in DraftSight

Considering the time of year it is, I thought we should have a seasonal blog.  Today we’re going to draw a snowflake in DraftSight. To the experienced CAD user, this will seem a very simple affair, but for users with less … Continued

House Project – Part 3

By MJ Smyth October 10, 2017
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House Project – Part 3

We left our house project last week looking a little bare… So, over the last few days, I’ve created some layers and fine tuned the locations of the windows and doors. Most importantly, I mirrored the base-plan. Why? I hear … Continued

House Project – Part 2

By MJ Smyth September 30, 2017
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House Project – Part 2

At the end of my last blog, we had left the house project looking like this. Just a lot of lines, looking like a badly laid out grid! Thanks to the power of the Trim and Offset commands and some … Continued

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