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DraftSight Tutorials

DraftSight Tutorials are specially designed to introduce DraftSight basic and well as premium functions to CAD Users.  Premium features are marked as [Premium] which are not available in the Free version of DraftSight.


Check – List of AutoCAD Commands in DraftSight


0.0 Quick Start :

  • How to Activate DraftSight

1.0 Introduction :

  • DraftSight User Interface
  • File Locations
  • Window Management
  • Drawing Boundary

2.0 File Management:

  • ‘Save’, ‘Save as…’ or ‘Export’
  • Export Table Data into Excel  – (DraftSight 2017)
  • Drawing File Properties
  • Publish eDrawings from DraftSight

3.0 Drawing Basics:

3.1 Draw:

  • Line, Infinite Line, Richline and Ray…!
  • Arc and Circle
  • Centerline 

# Block:

  • Make Block
  • Insert Block
  • Define Block Attribute Definition
  • Remove Attribute [Premium] (DraftSight 2018)

# Polyline:

  • Create Polyline
  • Edit  PolyLine
  • Covert Region to Polyline – Area Boundary Method

# Text

  • Note & Simplenote
  • Curved Text [DraftSight 2018]

# Markup:

  • Revision Cloud
  • Mask
  • Tables

3.2 Modify:

  • Copy, Move, Rotate & Scale
  • NOTEOPTIONS: Text Editing Options
  • Power Trim (DraftSight 2015)
  • Quick Modify (DraftSight 2015)
  • Discard / Delete Duplicates (DraftSight 2015)

4.0 Dimensioning Entities

  • Dimensioning in DraftSight – Part 1
    • Smart Dimension
  • Dimensioning in DraftSight – Part 2
  • Dimension Palette (DraftSight 2015)

5.0 Formatting Styles:

  • Format Lines: LineStyle, LineColor & Lineweight

6.0 Layers Manager:

  • Layers Manager

7.0 Views:

  • Zoom & Pan
  • Roll View &  Animated Rendering

8.0 Printing and Plotting:

  • Print
  • Print Configuration
  • Batch Print (DraftSight V1R5.0)



9.0 Tools in DraftSight:

  • Design Resources  (DraftSight 2015) [Premium]
  • References Manager (XRef)
  • Mass Properties Calculations (DraftSight V1R5.0) 
  • Macro Toolbar
  • Drawing Standards (DraftSight V1R5.0)
  • Entity Group (DraftSight V1R5.0)
  • Managing Profiles
  • Customize UI : (command:CUSTOMIZE)
    • Commands
    • Interface
    • Mouse Actions
    • Keyboard
    • UI Profiles
    • Create/Load Customization file
    • LOADCUSTOMIZATION (Menuload)
  • Mouse Gestures

10.0 DraftSight Default Add-ins

  • DraftSight + EPDM
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  • DrawCompare in DraftSight
  • 2D G-Code Generator
  • DraftSight ToolBox
    • ToolBox Standards
    • Hardwares
    • Surface Finish Symbols
    • Balloons
    • BOM Table
    • Revision Table

# External :

  • How do I uninstall DraftSight?^

Whats New!

  • DraftSight 2018
  • DraftSight 2017
  • DraftSight 2016
  • DraftSight 2015
  • DraftSight V1R5.0

  • For Latest Release information of DraftSight : Click here
  • DraftSight Getting Started Guide^

DraftSight Video Tutorials :

  • DraftSight Basics [Video] Tutorial$
  • DraftSight API [Video] Tutorial$

More On DraftSight From CadOasis !

  • DraftSight References
  • DraftSight Automation
  • DraftSight Customization
  • DraftSight Tips & Tricks
  • DraftSight Troubleshooting

  • CadOasis.com in DraftSight

Notes:

  • Whenever necessary we will provide DraftSight version name in which particular functionality is introduced.
  • We will also mention whether functionality is available for Free users or Premium users.
  • If anything omitted or removed will be shown in Strikethrough for reference.
  • Some Posts and Pages are available for Registered members only and will be mentioned as such next to Title text.

Acronyms & Symbols :

  1. DraftSight – DST
  2. Graphic Area – GA
  3. Dialog box – db
  4.  $ –  CadOasis Premium Membership
  5. ^  – External Link (Outside CadOasis.com)

Important Note: Currently at CadOasis we are not supporting Linux and Mac OS. However readers can post their comments and expect other reader with those OS will respond to those comments.


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