{"id":4145,"date":"2016-03-10T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2016-03-10T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:42:47","slug":"whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-customizable-ribbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-customizable-ribbon\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in DraftSight 2016: Customizable Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be taking a closer look at the\u00a0new\u00a0features presented in\u00a0DraftSight 2016.<\/p>\n<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-10856\" 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>Customizable Ribbon<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Boost your productivity<\/p>\n<p>Customize the tabs and panels of the Ribbon to group the tools you need.<\/p>\n<p><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>From the drop down menu at the top left of the DraftSight screen, choose either the \u201cClassic Default\u201d OR the ribbon based \u201cDrafting and Annotation\u201d workspace mode.\u00a0To make customizations to the Interface, click on the \u201cManage\u201d tab and select the \u201cInterface\u201d tool.\u00a0In this dialog box, select \u201cInterface\u201d to first customize the Quick Access Toolbar.Click on the plus symbol to the left of the first item to expand the window and right click inside it to create a new Quick Access Toolbar\u00a0then\u00a0select the new item and give it a specific name\u00a0such as\u00a0\u201cMY CUSTOM ACCESS TOOLBAR\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The new DraftSight 2016 has many great improvements that are for ALL Free, Professional and Enterprise level users.\u00a0The new enhancements improve user efficiency and productivity when creating a new project or editing an existing drawing. In addition, this new release has been improved for faster performance especially when zooming, regenerating and panning in the model.\u00a0This video provides a quick overview of the new DraftSight 2016 features and commands in 4 major areas:<br \/>\n\u2013 User Interface<br \/>\n\u2013 Visibility &amp; Selection<br \/>\n\u2013 Layer Management<br \/>\n\u2013 Annotation<br \/>\nDraftSight 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>Originally posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2016\/03\/whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-customizable-ribbon.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be taking a closer look at the\u00a0new\u00a0features presented in\u00a0DraftSight 2016. 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