{"id":4327,"date":"2016-05-11T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2016-05-11T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:21:06","slug":"whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-drawing-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-drawing-tabs\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in DraftSight 2016: Drawing Tabs"},"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-10861\" 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>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.<\/p>\n<p><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>You\u2019ll also notice familiar-looking drop-down file menu structure; new, open, save, close, etc.\u00a0Adding a new drawing or deleting a drawing couldn\u2019t be any easier. To add a drawing, just click the plus button. To delete a drawing, click the X button.<\/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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>User Interface<\/li>\n<li>Visibility &amp; Selection<\/li>\n<li>Layer Management<\/li>\n<li>Annotation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><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. It is supported on Windows\u00ae, Mac\u00ae and Linux operating systems.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2016\/05\/whats-new-in-draftsight-2016-3.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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