DraftSight Tutorial-1(Create a new drawing session)

Create a new drawing

Click the New icon on the Standard toolbar. The Select Template dialog box is displayed. Drawing templates act as a basis for finished work and set up the required drawing environment. Select a Default Drawing Template i.e standard.dwt from the Specify Template dialog box. Click Open.

Setting drawing unit system

In order to set drawing units click on Format in Main menu and select Unit system from dropdown. Settings dialog box, provides the ability to set Base Angle, Length Type and Precision, Angle Type and Precision, as well as Units scale for the drawing. There are five different units systems are available such as scientific, decimal, engineering, architectural and fractional. The default units system is the Decimal system and can be applied to either English (inches) or metric values (millimeters).

Set Drawing Boundary

The Drawing Boundary defines the extent of the grid display and restricts the graphics area. The Drawing Boundary can be helpful for printing/plotting; if we set graphics area so that it scales directly to the default drawing sheet. Boundaries are expressed as a pair of Points in the World Coordinate System (WCS), a lower left and an upper right limit. For example, to set limits for an A4 (metric) vertical sheet size, set the lower left as 0,0 and upper right as 210,297. Usually drawing boundaries are relative to the paper size to be used when printing or plotting a drawing. Default drawing sheet sizes - Millimeters are:

·         A4 - 210 x 297

·         A3 - 297 x 420

·         A2 - 420 x 594

·         A1 - 594 x 841

·         A0 - 841 x 1189

Default drawing sheet sizes - Inches are:

·         A - 8.5 x 11.0

·         B - 11.0 x 17.0

·         C - 17.0 x 22.0

·         D - 22.0 x 34.0

·         E - 34.0 x 44.0

To set drawing boundary Click Format, Drawing Boundary from the Main Menu.

Default:

Options: OFF, ON or

Specify lower left corner>>   ↲

Enter

Specify upper right corner>> ↲

Enter

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