dimensioning problems with draftsight 2018

#Dimensioning problems with draftsight 2018 free#

Instead, after you type in a command like 'line', it prompts for 'First Point', then 'Next Point', collecting coordinates one at a time. Although you can enter coordinates by typing them, qcad doesn't let you do entire command and coordinates like 'line 0,0 20,20' in one go. Rather it assumes most users will use the mouse, and that advanced users will use a combination of the command line with coordinates selected by mouse, not typed. QCAD doesn't seem to support command-line control in that way. The reason given for the change to a charging model is due to DS2019 having been 'extensively re-written to provide 3D functionality and investing in other technologies including a Cloud based version' - Solidworks Lite, maybe ? It seems a bit mean to me to disable the 2D versions, many of the users of which (me included) would not be interested in the 'robust 3D capabilities' for the 2D drawings they produce.Īh with you. I couldn't copy & paste the contents of the message box & have yet to find a way of saving a screenshot as a picture to be able to upload it here, unfortunately.

#Dimensioning problems with draftsight 2018 free#

The 'Important Notice' I received says 'all free versions of DraftSight will cease to run after ', so you could be disappointed come the end of the year - that statement doesn't leave much room for misunderstanding, though maybe not if your copy of DS can't 'phone home' ?. My copy of Draftsight is copyrighted 2012 and, as far as I know, has no connectivity to Dassault Systems. Just to go back to the original comment for a moment. I've also tried LibreCad which is very seems very similar to QCAD but doesn't handle dwg at all well, at least for me, it is very clunky if I open a dwg, and won't save in that format To do it in QCAD it seems to be 5 clicks and 2 lots of filling in boxes. I was using that as an example, the point I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to make is that in DS and AC you can draw a line from a point in a set direction and a set length with 2 clicks and a command line.

Pressing the shape tools button opens up the usual ways of drawing polygons (not just pentagons as implied by the icon):Ĭlicking a polygon button allows the number of sides to be selected: That's one way of doing it! I know you Northerners are tough guys, but that's like learning to swim by jumping off the high diving board at an Olympic Swimming Pool. Try as I might, it takes a lot more clicking of various tools and boxes in QCAD. Type 2 (no need to click into command line)ĩ operations. Set ortho on (this stays on nearly all the time until you turn it off) So to take a perhaps silly example, to draw a hexagon with side length 2 units in DS or AC I would fuel gauge-like button allows any line angle to be set.red circled vertical line draws only vertical lines.red circled horizontal line draws only horizontal lines.red circled cross draws only vertical or only horizontal lines.Ringed in green at the bottom are the line angle controls. In line and other drawing modes, Snap and other control buttons appear in the left hand panel. Commands speed up operations when you know what you're doing but they take some learning. In general it's easier to drive QCAD on the buttons. You can type commands as described by Brian or - usually - there's a button.