Comments on: DraftSight: Learn the Basics in 1 Hour

By: Andoni

Andoni — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:27:12 +0000

Hi Leon, I hope our article helped you somewhat. If you’re looking for further help from users who have experience with DraftSight, you might find it useful to visit – https://cadanswers.com/

By: LEON VAN DER WALT

LEON VAN DER WALT — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:04:16 +0000

got DS 3 months ago and have some of the basics worked out
I draw in 2D – electrical diagrams of wiring and meters in commercial buildings for a non technical department to be able to verify meter readings for clients
i must get to understand GRID as some drawings you have multiple meters and modems on same floor so the repeated diagram must be spaced properly and i believe the GRID option will help me do this
ANY TUTORIALS THAT CAN EXPLAN THIS TO ME

By: Andoni

Andoni — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:32:35 +0000

In reply to William Bernick.

Hi, Bill. You can try your luck asking for help at https://cadanswers.com/. The users there might be able to point you in the right direction if you want to learn about CAD.

By: William Bernick

William Bernick — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:08:55 +0000

request info to be tutored.. in CAD… to complete Structural..drafting/drawings….in whatever File is available…

PLEASE ADVISE THANK YOU Bill Bernick UXBRIDGE ON….

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:39:39 +0000

In reply to Beatrice Dohrn. I'd recommend asking Draftsight or AutoCAD related questions to the community at CAD Answers

By: Beatrice Dohrn

Beatrice Dohrn — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:26:31 +0000

I have a library of Autocad files. When I open any of them in Draftsight the screen is blank. If I hit print the preview shows the drawing, so it’s there…. I also can’t see any line that I draw, etc…. Can’t find anything… Can you help?

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:31:05 +0000

In reply to George McKinney. The closest I can find is this DraftSight Getting Started book on Amazon.

By: George McKinney

George McKinney — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:58:22 +0000

In reply to luke. Luke, you didn't answer the question as to availability of printed Dassault’s official Getting Started guide, Ito would like to have that document.

By: Martin Windsor

Martin Windsor — Thu, 16 May 2019 21:46:59 +0000

What is the best way to familiarize oneself with the Draftsight drawing setup tools for the various drawings sizes — 8 1/2 x 11 (A), 11 x 17 (B), etc.?

By: luke

luke — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:35:16 +0000

In reply to Greg Weitz. We don't but I would post questions like this to the community at CAD Answers.

By: Greg Weitz

Greg Weitz — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:01:34 +0000

Hello, I need to know to use DraftSight to do material take offs from a CAD DWG file. Do you have a tutorial for that?

By: luke

luke — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:41:33 +0000

In reply to Tommy Tyler. Maybe a better solution would be to get a tablet like a Kindle? It's the closest experience to reading documents without printing hundreds of pages.

By: Tommy Tyler

Tommy Tyler — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:47:27 +0000

As a user of an old bootleg copy of AutoCAD for over thirty years, I’m looking forward to migrating to DraftSight. I can’t tell you how many hundreds of hours I have spent trying unsuccessfully to trace over photo images on AutoCAD. Your guides are well written and illustrated. I like to have hard copies available, so I’ve printed them. Do you know anyone who sells printed copies of Dassault’s official Getting Started guide ? I don’t look forward to printing 180 pages on my printer.

By: Luke Kennedy

Luke Kennedy — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:10:02 +0000

In reply to Allan B. Hey Allan! Our software, Scan2CAD, is used for converting your designs (for example. images or vector pdfs) to a CAD/CAM format. If I understand you correctly, you're looking for 3D design software. In which case you might want to checkout SolidWorks

By: Allan B

Allan B — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:19:51 +0000

Hello, I have had draft sight for a while now but haven’t learned how to use it. I am a tool grinder and it would probably be useful for doing drawings of cutting tools. I would be interested in learning how to draw a 3 flute spiral tap for instance. This would include all the dimension and different views on a template.
Could you please tell me if you offer a program to do this?
Thank you,
Allan