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Electrical Drafting in DraftSight
Well over 50 percent of the CAD work I do in DraftSight is electrical related. That’s everything from Lighting, Data and Power Layouts to Board Schematics. Over the years, I’ve created and downloaded many blocks for my Electrical Library. Some … Continued
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
Converting a Drawing from Inches to Millimeters
A mistake I often see from new CAD Users is that they are drawing using the wrong units. I live in Europe, so the standard unit of measurement over here is Decimal, that means Metres, Centimetres, Millimetres and so on. … Continued
CAD Standards – ByLayer for Blocks
When creating any entity in DraftSight, you have the option, in its properties, to give it a colour. I always select ByLayer. Why? Well it’s simple, it just means that if I put that block into a drawing, I know … Continued
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
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
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
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
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
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