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That completes our series of blogs on the New Features within DraftSight Professional 2018.
The location of the dimension depends on which quadrant I select.Īs you can see, the new Dimension Bounding Box makes the placement of Dimensions in DraftSight Professional 2018 a very simple and pain free task. If I then select an Arc or a Circle, I get an icon with 4 different quadrants. If I then insert another dimension, you can see that the previous dimension automatically adjusts its position to allow for the new dimension. If I click on the yellow half, the dimension appears at the top of the Bounding Box, and if I click on the blue half, the dimension appears at the bottom of the Bounding Box. When I select my first line, you will see a new icon appear. Next, we need to insert some dimensions on to our drawing. To do this, select your entities, right click and select Dimension Bounding Box then click on Create. So, how do I use this new feature? Well the first step is to create a Dimension Bounding Box. In DraftSight Professional 2018, we have introduced a new featured called the Dimension Bounding Box to make managing dimensions a lot easier. This was time consuming and was listed as an enhancement request from many DraftSight users. When using previous versions of DraftSight, users often have to line up dimensions manually to make the drawing look aesthetically pleasing and legible. Next up on our new features is the Dimension Position Right First Time feature. In DraftSight Professional 2018, users can now easily move any dimension by simply clicking on it and dragging it to the desired location.Īs you can see, moving dimensions within DraftSight Professional 2018 has got a lot easier! While this did work, it was far too many steps to perform such a simple task.
Previously in DraftSight, the user had to select the dimension they wanted to more and use the “ dimension handles” to move it.
The first of these new features is Re-position Dimensions. Purchase DraftSight Professional 2018 for as low as $99 here.Today, both of the new features we are going to talk about in DraftSight Professional 2018 deal with Dimensions. We think you’ll find both of these new features in DraftSight 2018 will save you time and speed up the drafting process. Once you have set your increments, click OK to save. To do this, click on the Manage Tab -> Options -> Drawing Settings -> Arrow Key Movement. You can change the default increments used by Arrow Key Movement to suit your needs. You can also use the command to move Text, Dimensions, Notes Balloons and Symbols. You can move many types of entities such as Lines, Polylines, Circles, Arcs, Hatches and Blocks and so on. Once you’re happy with the position, just click on Escape to quite out of the command. Next, just hold down the Shift key and press your Arrow keys to move the selected entities.
So, how do we do this? Well first off, select the entity you would like to move either by clicking on them, or dragging a windows over them. What are Arrow Key Movements? Well, Arrow Key Movements allows the user to quickly and accurately move entities by using the Arrow Keys. Once there, click on Use Dashed Entity selection and then click on OK.Īrrow Key Movements is another new feature in DraftSight 2018. Faa uso de 'snap to grid' para facilidade de. Calcule as medidas de qualquer objeto, incluindo comprimento, rea e volume. Crie entidades, mova e guarde-as em bibliotecas para uso futuro. Faa uso de ferramentas que permitem abrir, ler e editar todas as verses dos arquivos. To do this, click on the Manage Tab -> Options -> System Options -> Display and Element Colors. Com Draftsight, grtis no significa menos poderoso. You can of course revert back to the old method of displaying highlighted and selected entities. As you can see, these colours make it far easier for the user to see what items are highlighted or selected. Selected Entities are now highlighted with the colour Blue. In DraftSight 2018, Entity Highlighting has been improved and now selected entities are highlighted, by default, with the colour Orange. If you had a complex drawing, this could make it difficult and confusing to see just what entities you had selected.
So, what is Entity Highlighting? Well basically, in previous versions of DraftSight, when a user selected an Entity, it displayed as a Dashed Line Type. Real design freedom is letting you work the way you want to work. More options, choices and tools to suit your specific needs and preferences. This week, and for the coming weeks, I’m going to go into a bit of detail on these features and explain how they work.įirst up is Entity Highlighting. DraftSight is a feature-rich 2D and 3D CAD solution for architects, engineers and construction service providers, as well as professional CAD users, designers, educators and hobbyists. I mentioned a range of new features in DraftSight 2018 in last weeks blog.