As written on the title, DraftSight is a CAD software (Computer Aided Design) which is free for personal users but still required registration. Master installation is quite mild, around 65 MB. Much smaller than similar CAD software. Much smaller than similar CAD software but still support the field of 3-dimensional drawing.
The appearance similar to other CAD software like AutoCAD, ProgeCAD, etc. So you will not be confused to use it.... [ Continue reading... ]
X-ref, which stands for External Reference is the command to use external sources to the drawing. By using external sources, the process of drawing will take less time because it no longer draw all sections. This is needed much when using a section that is similar to many drawing.
to use the command X-ref, please go directly to the Insert menu and choose X-ref Manager as shown in the figure below.
Select an external image to be used and... [ Continue reading... ]
ProgeCAD is one of Computer Aided Design software to drawing every technical drawings. Technical drawings always contain a variety of sizes and dimensions so that the supporting information clearly legible.
If you want to find some dimensions in a section to calculate material needs for example.
CAD software that most widely used is AutoCAD.
Even so ... the use it not much different. Even the command used to create object is similar.... [ Continue reading... ]
To create a block, steps taken is by typing block in the command line and will bring up a dialog window block definition.
But there is a faster way.... using the command copy and paste as block in the right click menu.
This can be done on both ProgeCAD and AutoCAD.
But this interactive tutorial is created using ProgeCAD.
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The idea is simple. Use the hatch to find the area of difficult field. For example, you want to know the middle areas of the three circles intersection. Calculate the area by using the menu Inquiry - Area, do not get precise results when applied to fields such as on the image. Follow the trace images below for more details. First, fill hatch in where you want to count their extent. Second, right click the hatch and select properties. find... [ Continue reading... ]