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Saving time and legacy data at Young Industries

By Randall Newton June 21, 2020
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Saving time and legacy data at Young Industries

The design and manufacture of equipment for industrial processing of dry bulk materials is an exacting, mostly custom process. Every project requires following multiple sets of regulations and often the equipment is built to fit into an existing plant. Young … Continued

CAD Standards Are Important

By MJ Smyth June 11, 2020
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CAD Standards Are Important

The first blog I ever wrote here was about the Importance of CAD Standards and it is as relative today as it was back then.  Why?  Well, because some design team members still refuse to use them! Two weeks ago, … Continued

Ten Years of DraftSight

By MJ Smyth June 4, 2020
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Ten Years of DraftSight

DraftSight is coming up on it’s 10 year anniversary, time sure does fly! To celebrate, you can get 10% off Professional and Premium during the month of June. Some of you might remember 2009 with fondness. I don’t.  It was … Continued

DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

By DraftSight May 21, 2020
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DraftSight: Auto-save and Backup

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 is long overdue, because I’ll be covering DraftSight’s Auto-save and Backup features. … Continued

Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

By MJ Smyth May 21, 2020
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Nested Viewports – A Quick Tip

Today’s blog ties in with last weeks blog on Model Space, Sheet Space and Viewports.  If you use a lot of Viewports in your drawings, then you will often have overlaid or “Nested” Viewports. Moving between them can be frustrating to … Continued

DraftSight: Selection Filter

By DraftSight May 14, 2020
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DraftSight: Selection Filter

Visit DraftSight.com to learn how you can experience the freedom to do more with a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience. Following my blog on the Select Matching command, it’s become one of my most used DraftSight features. Whenever … Continued

DraftSight: Attach Image (Dare to Compare Pt. 2)

By DraftSight May 11, 2020
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DraftSight: Attach Image (Dare to Compare Pt. 2)

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 furthering my post on the Draw Compare feature in DraftSight, … Continued

DraftSight 2020 Using Lisp to Customize Commands

By MJ Smyth May 7, 2020
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DraftSight 2020 Using Lisp to Customize Commands

Over the last couple of blogs, I’ve spoken about ways you can customize your DraftSight 2020 experience.  In today’s blog, I’ll talk about another – LISP. So, what is LISP? LISP is a programming language that has been around since … Continued

DraftSight: Get Mass Properties

By DraftSight May 7, 2020
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DraftSight: Get Mass Properties

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 blog will be finishing up the posts on the drop down menu of … Continued

DraftSight: Get Properties and Coordinates

By DraftSight May 4, 2020
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DraftSight: Get Properties and Coordinates

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 continuing the posts on features in the Inquiry icon’s drop-down … Continued

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