{"id":4089,"date":"2016-02-22T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T11:32:28","slug":"boost-your-productivity-with-draftsight-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/boost-your-productivity-with-draftsight-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Your Productivity with DraftSight 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With over 8 million downloads worldwide, DraftSight is a powerful, professional-grade\u00a02D CAD product providing architects, engineers, and construction service providers (AEC), as well as professional CAD users with a robust and reliable design experience. Even students, educators and CAD hobbyists use DraftSight to create, edit and view their native DWG files.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sample_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sample_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will find a user-friendly interface in DraftSight with no learning curve if you\u2019re transitioning from other popular 2D CAD software tools. Whether you use DraftSight, DraftSight Professional or DraftSight Enterprise, you can start designing and documenting right away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s new in DraftSight 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DraftSight 2016 features faster performance, advanced customization and annotation capabilities to increase your productivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/free-software\/draftsight-request\" target=\"_blank\">Download DraftSight 2016 today<\/a> and see how you can be more successful in creating any kind of 2D drawing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customizable Ribbon<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Boost your productivity<\/p>\n<p>Create your own workspaces in addition to the ones we created for you. Customize the tabs and panels of the Ribbon to group the tools you need.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wz0BYNoPmQc?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drawing Tabs<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Seamlessly switch between open drawings<\/p>\n<p>Drawing Tabs have been added to the top of the drawing window area. Simply hover over one tab to see a preview of the drawing, its different layouts and switch quickly to the desired view.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/trAjXk45lZg?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>LayerState Manager<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Create and manage configurations of layers<\/p>\n<p>Easily switch between layer configurations you create. You can also show, hide or change the color of layers to display different views of the same project.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XCuZTCoHCLk?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Selection Methods<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Isolate, hide or search for entities in your drawings<\/p>\n<p>Find similar entities with SelectMatching. Show or hide parts of your drawing with the IsolateEntities and HideEntities commands. The IsolateLayers command has been improved with a new option to fade and lock remaining layers.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bTR5TR6Rcb8?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annotation Scaling<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Easily scale annotations on layout sheets and printouts<\/p>\n<p>All annotations can now be displayed with consistent and uniform sizes across all viewports.\u00a0Seamlessly adjust the size and scale of your dimensions, texts, hatches and blocks.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U9GKA7SPg5Y?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiline Block Attributes<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Create block attributes with paragraphs of text<\/p>\n<p>Easily create multiline text block attributes and use all formatting options of multiline texts.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HCy-DTOOLxs?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do more with DraftSight Professional 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DraftSight Professional 2016 enables you to take your experience to the next level as it includes additional rich functionality and productivity tools. You can easily attach a PDF to your drawing, add standard hardware, holes, symbols and tables to your design. Additionally, you can add user defined elements like blocks, graphically compare similar drawings to easily find differences, and batch print multiple files without having to open them.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/toolbox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/toolbox.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/design_library.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/design_library.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A powerful API supports various programming languages including C++, Tx, lisp, VSTA, DCL, Visual Studio, COM and Active X. Developers and users alike can easily connect DraftSight with other solutions and products enabling far more integrated experiences and workflows.<\/p>\n<p>DraftSight Professional includes add-ons for SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, the Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and GEOVIA Surpac.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/3dexperience_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/3dexperience_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/geovia_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/geovia_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get more with DraftSight Enterprise 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DraftSight Enterprise 2016 includes all of the features and benefits of DraftSight Professional 2016 plus flexible licensing to enable concurrent usage and technical support to help manage mission critical CAD requirements and compliance across your organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New DraftSight User Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are also happy to announce DraftSight User Groups to support our ever-growing global CAD community. This is an open forum where you can meet with peers to learn more about DraftSight, ask questions, watch technical presentations, and share experiences. It\u2019s a group set up by users for users in your local communities to help you get the most out of DraftSight.<\/p>\n<p>The first DraftSight User Group meeting was recently held in New England. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/2015\/11\/first-ever-draftsight-user-group-meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read all about it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter colorbox-28624\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/neadug_group1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A second DraftSight User Group for the Dallas Fort Worth area has just been <a href=\"http:\/\/swugn.org\/swugn\/calendar\/ugdetails.htm?id=581\" target=\"_blank\">listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in starting a DraftSight User Group in your area?\u00a0DraftSight User Groups are part of the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN). <a href=\"http:\/\/swugn.org\/swugn\/benefits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to get started and also learn about\u00a0the benefits of being a DraftSight User Group leader and\/or member.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/free-software\/draftsight-request\" target=\"_blank\">Download DraftSight 2016 today<\/a> and see how you can be more successful in creating any kind of 2D drawing.<\/p>\n<p><em>DraftSight 2016\u00a0is available in 14 languages: English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. 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