PacktLib: Getting Started with DraftSight
Getting Started with DraftSight
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Introduction to DraftSight
Downloading and starting DraftSight
Understanding the user interface
Configuring DraftSight
Starting and setting up a drawing
Opening, saving, and closing drawings
Summary
Drawing with Precision
Defining coordinates
Drawing lines and deleting
Graphical auxiliary tools
Visualization tools
Exercise 2.1
Summary
Starting to Create Projects
Drawing circles and arcs
Drawing rectangles and polygons
Selecting entities
Moving, copying, and reflecting
Rotating and scaling
Offsetting and stretching
Trimming and extending
Filleting and chamfering
Exercise 3.1
Summary
Structuring Projects and Following Standards
Creating and managing layers
Applying colors, linestyles, and lineweights
Exercise 4.1
Summary
Inquiring Projects and Modifying Properties
Measuring distances and angles
Measuring areas
Obtaining coordinates
Verifying and modifying properties
Exercise 5.1
Summary
Creating Complex Projects
Creating text styles and applying text
Creating polylines
Creating multiple equally spaced copies
Creating other entities
Creating tables and table styles
Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
Exercise 6.1
Summary
Creating and Applying Components
Creating components (blocks)
Inserting components
Exporting components
Editing components
Applying attributes
Cleaning the drawing
Exercise 7.1
Summary
Applying Fills and Patterns
Applying patterns
Applying gradients
Editing fills and patterns
Exercise 8.1
Summary
Documenting Projects
Creating linear dimensions
Creating angular dimensions
Dimensioning arcs and circles
Ordinate dimensions and leaders
Editing dimensions
Creating and managing dimension styles
Exercise 9.1
Summary
Printing Efficiently
Creating and managing sheets for printing
Configuring sheets
Creating and managing print styles
Creating viewports
Adjusting viewport visualization, scale, and layers
Previewing and printing
Exercise 10.1
Summary
Advanced Tools
Referencing external drawings and images
Advanced layer commands
Exercise 11.1
Summary
Index
