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CAD Standards – Text

By MJ Smyth June 18, 2020
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CAD Standards – Text

Carrying on from last weeks blog about CAD Standards, I’d like to expand to Text Standards. Very often, I see drawings with multiple Text Styles and Text Heights.  It makes drawings look messy and in some cases, illegible.  I have … Continued

Spell Checking in DraftSight 2020

By MJ Smyth April 15, 2020
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Spell Checking in DraftSight 2020

It’s been a crazy time recently, which is why my last four blogs have been about how you can use DraftSight® at home to continue your business and support the people working on the front line in these tough circumstances. … Continued

DraftSight: Write Loads with Text Codes

By DraftSight March 30, 2020
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DraftSight: Write Loads with Text Codes

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. Continuing the theme of using shortcuts in DraftSight, today’s blog will be exposing hidden … Continued

DraftSight – Personalize and Disguise (Oblique, Cloud, and Mask)

By DraftSight September 2, 2019
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DraftSight – Personalize and Disguise (Oblique, Cloud, and Mask)

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. During these past few weeks of learning to draw in DraftSight, I’ve noticed that … Continued

DraftSight: Styles for Miles (Text and Dimension Options)

By DraftSight August 22, 2019
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DraftSight: Styles for Miles (Text and Dimension Options)

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. Whenever I insert Text or Dimensions in my DraftSight drawings, I always personalize their … Continued

DraftSight: Fillet O’ Furniture?

By DraftSight July 8, 2019
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DraftSight: Fillet O’ Furniture?

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. As I’ve gotten farther along in my DraftSight journey, I’ve started incorporating more detail … Continued

DraftSight: Case by Case

By DraftSight July 4, 2019
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DraftSight: Case by Case

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. Being new to CAD drawing, I’m a big fan of anything that gives my … Continued

DraftSight – Tailoring with Text

By DraftSight June 24, 2019
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DraftSight – Tailoring with Text

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. Following my last couple blogs regarding the CCS icon for orientation and the Trim … Continued

Text Codes in DraftSight

By MJ Smyth December 31, 2018
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Text Codes in DraftSight

Hidden away in DraftSight are some quick and easy Text Codes that I use on a regular basis.  What are they? How do I use them? What do they do? Well let me explain! So, what are they? They are … Continued

Jumbled Text – A DraftSight Adventure

By MJ Smyth November 22, 2018
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Jumbled Text – A DraftSight Adventure

I was out in a clients office last week.  They were having an issue with a DWG file sent to them by an Architect.  The file was created on a Mac, but that shouldn’t, ordinarily be an issue. The issue … Continued

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