INSERTING FORMULAS IN TABLE CELLS WITH DRAFTSIGHT

With DraftSight 2019 users now have the ability to add formulas to their tables, just like one can add in a spreadsheet program. This feature is available in DraftSight 2019 Professional, Premium, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus.

Use the formulas in the cells with Arithmetic Operators and Sum, Average and Count.

• Sum - Used to calculate the sum of the values from the defined cells.
• Average - Used to calculate the average of the values from the defined cells.
• Count - Used to Count the number of defined cells.

A formula should always start with the equal sign (=).

To start with, you need to insert a Table in to your drawing. To do so, click on the Annotate Tab and select Table from the menu.

Once you have inserted your table, you can populate it to suit your needs. In the example below, I’ve created a small table showing Door Types, Quantity, Price and Cost.

The Cost column for door is specified in column C4 and the value for each row in it is calculated by multiplying B3 and C3 and other rows are filled by copying the formula.

User can specify cells and ranges of cells within a formula by selecting them or by referring to them using column and row labels.

If you click in a Cell, you’ll notice a new Property Table Menu for the cell appears. You can use this menu to Insert, Remove and Size Columns and Rows.

You can also Merge and Format Cells and, if you click on the Formula button, you will see a list of supported Formulas within DraftSight 2019 Professional, Premium, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus.

I have used a simple formula in creating the table as example Likewise many

Formulas can be used as we use in a spreadsheet in the DraftSight table.

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• Image Tracer to convert an imported raster image type file (ex. floor plan, logo) into vectorized line entities to make layout designs
• Formulas in Tables to support basic formulas in table cell such as sum, count, average, equations
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For large organizations with many users or multiple sites that require a strong 2D drafting and 3D design experience to assist meet their needs on drafting, modeling, prototyping, manufacturing, laser cutting and 3D printing. It includes all the time- saving productivity functionalities, APIs, full technical support, deployment, a network license additionally to the complete 3D and constraints capabilities that are exclusive to Enterprise Plus version.

• All Premium features that are listed within the DraftSight Premium section
• A network license to enable simultaneous usage and compliance across the organization
• The Deployment Wizard to enable large groups of users to put in or upgrade DraftSight
• Full technical support to answer questions or troubleshoot issues associated with DraftSight

This offering can be purchased through a reseller and is out there as Subscription or Non-Subscription (one-time purchase). It runs on Windows with a minimum of two licenses SolidNetWork License (SNL) is required. Should a customer prefer Dassault Systèmes License Server (DSLS) the minimum order is 5 licenses. Email and telephone full technical support are included.

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DraftSight 2020 Automatic Add & Arrange Dimensions

For the past few years DraftSight has introduced a lot of productivity enhancement tools, likewise in 2020 also they introduce automatically add & arrange dimensions. Dimension drawings automatically to save hours of time per drawing, improve consistency and reduce manual tedious tasks.

Steps:

1. Select All Entities > Right-Click > Dimension Bounding Box > Create

2. Type AUTODIMENSION > In the Properties Pane, select the entities for Horizontal Dimension scheme, Vertical Dimension scheme, Dimension Placements and Origin

3. At the bottom of the property pane > Preview and Apply.

4.





 For Auto-Arrange Dimensions, Goto Annotate Tab > Select Auto Arrange, Alias –ARRANGEDIMESIONS > Specify the spacing value in the Dimension Palette and use the Thumbwheel to adjust the spacing of the dimensions.

I believe that the above mentioned steps gives a better understanding of how to use the tool. Moreover, Auto-Arrange dimensions allow the user to save a lot of time while giving them direct control over dimension placement. They increases productivity by reducing a significant amount of time while inserting and adding dimensions to drawing.

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DraftSight 2019 – New and Improved Features for 2D CAD Users

          DraftSight 2019 (Professional and Enterprise Editions) has had exciting new features and improvements that would be useful to the 2D CAD users who create Drawings (DWG) files compatible with AutoCAD.

New Features in DraftSight 2019

ü Using _VECTORIZE_IMAGE Command, a user can convert raster image in BMP, JPEG, PNG format into vectorized line entities.  This Image Tracing ability improves productivity for Raster to Vector Conversion requirements. o This is ideally suited for architectural floor plans, logos and simple images using curves. üGenerate 2D Floor plan Drawings from 3D Data sets created in HomeByMe web-based design application (.DSHBM File format) used for home and space planning, using DSHOMEBYME Command. üIMPORTSVG enables a user to import SVG format files into DraftSight and insert it as a block. üPre-defined Frames and Title Blocks are provided, according to Engineering Standard and can be used using the TB_FRAME command by the user specifying the size and scale. üBLOCKATTRIBUTEMANAGER enables the user to Manage Block Attribute Properties and settings in Block Definitions. üTable Cells can now use formulae with arithmetic operators along with Count, Sum and Average functions (establishing a relationship with values from other cells). üTrim and PowerTrim commands can now be used to trim Hatches and Gradients including associativity while using the Divide option. üMoving entities by click and drag with the mouse are now easy and simple. üLaser Cutter output can have line-width control using the hairline option for printout

New Improvements in DraftSight 2019

üCENTERMARK command improves the display of center marks according to standards üViewport Layer Freezing, freezes specified layers in new viewports on layout sheets or freezes selected layers only in the current layout viewport üHigh resolution (4K) Display friendly SVG scalable icons for User interface ü3D Mouse support for 2D and 3D Drawings in DraftSight environment – very high productivity for users with simultaneous pan and zoom (for drawings) and rotate for models. üImport and Attach tools unified in a new ribbon tab for ease of use

Enhances in DraftSight 2019 API

üEnhancements include üGet toolbar ID üInsert and modify curved text üAccess and modify custom entity üEnhancements to existing options for exporting drawing models or sheets to PDF files.

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