Creating Blueprints (DraftSight) is intended to provide you with the fundamentals behind modeling with a 2D CAD system such as DraftSight. By the end of this course, you should be comfortable with all exercises presented in the recommended DraftSight training manual from Dassault Systemes.
*This course is eligible to be part of the DASI Solutions Apprenticeship Program, certified by the U.S Department of Labor.
Prerequisites: None
Course Price: $300
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- 01User Interface
Overview
Command Exercise
DraftSight Window
Title Bar
Pull-Down Menu
Toolbars
Graphics Window
Command Line
Status Bar
Shortcut Menus
Dialog Boxes
Keyboard Options
Help Menu
- 02Creating a Simple Drawing
New
Line
Delete Command
Rectangle
Circle
Drafting Settings
Arc
Undo and Redo
Polygon
0
- 03Coordinates
Coordinate Systems
CCS Icon
Inquiry
Units
Coordinate Entry
Snap from Entity
Snap Drawing Boundry
0
- 04Modify Commands
Selecting Entities
Move Command
Copy Command
Offset Command
Mirror Command
Rotate Command
Scale Command
Trim Command
Extend Command
0
- 05Properties and Layer Toolbars
Layer Command
Active Layer Command
Color Control Command
Line Style Control Command
Line Weight Control Command
Layers Manager Command
Property Painter
Properties Command
0
- 06Drawing Files
New, Save, Open
File Management
File Utilities
0
- 07Advanced Commands
Point & Point Format
Mark Divisions
PolyLine
Explode
Edit PolyLine
Blocks
Insert Blocks
Clean
Export Drawing
Hatch
Pattern
Stretch
Change Length
Split
Fillet
Chamfer
Entity Grips
Egrip Settings
0
- 08View Commands
Dynamic Plan
Dynamic Zoom
Zoom Window
Zoom Previous
Zoom Options
Rebuild
Named Values
Multiple View Titles
0
- 09Text and Dimensions
Simple Note
Note
Text Style
Edit Annotation
Find and Replace
Spell Check
Dimensions
Dimension Style
Edit Demension Location
Edit Dimension Text
Edit Dimension Properties
