To get back up and running, we decided to reset DraftSight by closing the application and renaming the DraftSight user configuration folder located in:Ĭ:UsersAppDataRoamingDraftSight_old Disconnecting the external monitors or using the Windows key + P to cycle though the Multiple Display options would not bring the panel back to the user interface. Yet in the image below, the Properties tab is missing within the red highlighted window. All settings within DraftSight stated it was enabled. Try as we might, we were not able to retrieve the missing panel though conventional means. You can see why the customer wanted the panel back. The missing panel was Properties, shown in the default orientation on the right side, which contains many useful tools and information about selected entities. Upon moving the computer from one location to another, a user interface panel in DraftSight was accidently set to floating and then “lost” on one of the external screens. I was recently working with a customer in a similar situation, three monitors at home and two at the office. Likely, you are like me and moving your laptop from one location to another and neither location has an identical hardware setup. With the new year comes more of the same, most of us are still working remote a majority of the time. Plus, if you have SOLIDWORKS on a Network, you can easily add DraftSight using the same SOLIDWORKS Network License Manager.ĭraftSight is a strong alternative to AutoCAD, and transitioning to DraftSight will not affect your productivity or efficiency, but it will affect your wallet! It is an extensive documentation tool that delivers feature-rich 2D drafting and 3D modeling capabilities at a reasonable cost.Happy New Year! Even though it is the third week of January. It requires 7GB of diskspace to install and 8-16GB RAM to run.ĭraftSight requires 1GB diskspace to install and 2-8GB RAM to run.ĭraftSight has a much lighter footprint and provides 99% of the same functionality.ĭraftSight offers flexible Licensing Options: Yearly subscription, Perpetual licenses (you own it), floating Network licenses (no longer offered by Autodesk), and/or connected to the Cloud. You know what they say about looking, sounding and acting like a duck?ĭraftSight is no duck, and it is not AutoCAD.ĪutoCAD has years and years of development, meaning, it is a LARGE software product. DraftSight has many more file type options to save your DWG files.TBLayers, found on the Status Bar, allows you to assign a Layer per Object Type.Auto Dimension tools creates dimensions automatically for everything that is selected.PowerTrim and Extend tools trims or extends entities by dragging the cursor across them.Nothing new to learn here! The similarities continue: Customized Aliases can be created in DraftSight as well.ĭraftSight also ACTS like AutoCAD, your projects begin in the same manner – specifying the drawing units and all the settings that pertain to a new project. You do not need to retrain your brain, just type in the AutoCAD command and DraftSight will figure it out. However, AutoCAD’s commands have been mapped using Command Aliases to launch the same commands you know and love. So DraftSight LOOKS the same as AutoCAD, and, it also SOUNDS the same – it speaks the same language! Well, almost. DraftSight’s command names are different. Create your design in Model Space, Annotate and print/plot in Sheets (same as Layouts). We have the Command Window with the ‘Command:’ prompt to type in commands.The cursor can be set to the traditional crosshairs.Collapsible Palettes can float or be docked.The Quick Access Toolbar contains those frequently used tools.The Ribbon contains all your commands that you already work with.
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