Author: Antone

  • Getting started with Draftsight Tutorial

    Getting started with Draftsight Tutorial

    Are you longing to know how to use Draftsight? Here are some basic knowledge to help you smoother your landing. If you have not done so yet, go and download your free copy of this free CAD software 3ds.com. We’ve had a talk about Draftsight here in the past, and I will recommend you give […]

  • Best Mouse for CAD in 2023

    Best Mouse for CAD in 2023

    Choosing the best mouse for CAD is an important task for designers. The mouse is the main input device which, as a CAD drafter, you will be spending approximately 8 hours a day holding. Here’s a rundown of what you should consider while choosing the best mouse for CAD work in my opinion.  Best CAD […]

  • Why Compliance Is Crucial To CAD Businesses

    Why Compliance Is Crucial To CAD Businesses

    Companies can categorize compliance as their ability to conform to rules and regulations. These could be those they set for themselves, but also those of the area where you operate. Along with being compliant with the authorities, there are business-related benefits for these companies that they cannot ignore. Computer-aided design (CAD) is an area of […]

  • How Drafting Companies Benefit From Managed IT Services

    How Drafting Companies Benefit From Managed IT Services

    Most companies have separate departments managing different tasks. You, too, might have a dedicated team of IT specialists for all your software and hardware needs. But what if you learned that your in-house team might not be able to handle everything on their plate?  That’s where outsourcing comes in. Outsourced work sounds like you’re cheating […]

  • Top 5 Tips To Keep Your Business Data Secure

    Top 5 Tips To Keep Your Business Data Secure

    Although new technologies and the internet have brought about several benefits in the business world, they also come with some risks. Along with these benefits, hackers and other unauthorized users utilize them to get into a company’s system to steal or alter data.   That’s why, despite a growing emphasis on data security, hackers continue to […]

  • Expanding Your CAD Career Into A Successful Small Business

    Expanding Your CAD Career Into A Successful Small Business

    The CAD market grew by more than 3.4% in 2021, according to PRNewswire. This high demand for CADs is why freelance CADs like you should step away from doing all the design work. Instead, you should follow this guide for starting your own CAD business and rake in the professional and financial rewards. Tools and […]

  • 6 Tips To Secure Your CAD Data Files

    6 Tips To Secure Your CAD Data Files

    Keeping Computer-Aided Design (CAD) files safe and secure must be the priority for any business with online operations. However, the task may be burdensome as the majority shift to remote processes.   These files are digital files holding 2D and 3D designs. Generally, it contains a blueprint, technical drawing, and schematics or 3D rendering of an […]

  • 4 Essential Prototyping Tips

    4 Essential Prototyping Tips

    Designing and building prototypes of new products lets businesses identify and fix design flaws before they head into the production of the final version. Prototyping is a critical part of the overall process, and you need to get it right. Below are four tips for more effective prototyping. 1. Keep It Simple Keeping your prototype […]

  • How To Create The Perfect Prototype For Your New Product Design

    How To Create The Perfect Prototype For Your New Product Design

    Perhaps you’ve come up with a great new invention idea. Ideally, you’d like to develop this idea into a real serially-manufactured product that will be put on store shelves around the world, and your company will make a lot of money selling it. The bad thing is that the “make a lot of money selling […]

  • Tips to Help You Enhance Your CAD Skills and Designs for CNC Machining

    Tips to Help You Enhance Your CAD Skills and Designs for CNC Machining

    If you currently work with CNC machining using CAD software, even if you consider yourself to be highly skilled, there is always room for improvement. To make better products you need to sharpen your skills and create better designs. Interestingly, once you already have the ability to carry out CAD design, it can be easy […]

  • Which Degree Is Best For CAD? The Course To Becoming a Draftsman

    Which Degree Is Best For CAD? The Course To Becoming a Draftsman

    So you’re keen on becoming a Draftsman? Looking for the right CAD Degree for your career? Well, I’m here to help. In this article I’ll try to break it all down for you into simple sections, starting with why a CAD Degree or a Draftsman course is useful, what Degrees and Certificates are available in […]

  • Modifying objects in Draftsight Part 2

    Modifying objects in Draftsight Part 2

    We have previously seen how simple it can be to draw simple shapes and modify them using Draftsight. We are going to continue in this post and hopefully get to a better stand point, in order to be able to dive into more serious drafting examples later on. What is more important at this point […]

  • CAD for iPad

    CAD for iPad

    Drafting app for the iPad; Interested or Not? The fast-pace of our modern society hobbled by the ever increasing time the average person spends in traffic, means that more and more people are having to work on-the-go. This is why we now see certain apps like; Evernote, Waze, Skype etc. being widely used because they […]

  • Modifying objects in Draftsight

    Modifying objects in Draftsight

    We have learned earlier how to create basic objects in Draftsight. The next most important thing to learn after that is: How modifying objects in Draftsight is done. Most time you need to combine basic shapes to create complex shapes, and here is where the Modify toolbar comes to help. We together will be going […]

  • Playing with LINES and ANGLES in Draftsight

    Playing with LINES and ANGLES in Draftsight

    We have seen briefly how you can draw a line in Draftsight when we’ve learned how to draw basic shapes in Draftsight. It is clear that knowing how to draw a line is the first thing first to know while learning Draftsight and this is true for any CAD software out there. Today, we are […]

  • Drawing basic shapes in Draftsight Part 2

    Drawing basic shapes in Draftsight Part 2

    We have seen how to use few of the real basic commands in Draftsight in Drawing basic shapes in Draftsight Part 1, now we need to end with learning how to Draw the following object: Drawing an Arc, A circle, a line and an Spline. Drawing an Arc in Draftsight In order to draw an […]

  • Drawing basic shapes in Draftsight

    Drawing basic shapes in Draftsight

    Here is a quick Draftsight tutorial where you will get a first glimpse of how to handle basic commands from the Draw toolbar. Drawing with Draftsight is a heavily computer-assisted task where the name CAD, you will notice in the following that once you understand the concept of letting your path being guided by the […]

  • 3D Scanner VS. 3D CAD in 3D Printing

    3D Scanner VS. 3D CAD in 3D Printing

    Anyone looking to delve into the field of graphics design, engineering/architectural modelling or the field of 3D printing must have either come across the phrases 3D scanners, computer aided design or is sure to come across them as he or she progresses in the chosen design field therefore having some knowledge on what today’s topic […]

  • One more thing before you start with Draftsight

    One more thing before you start with Draftsight

    We’ve looked at many basic tricks one should know when starting with Draftsight. Here are few more thing we should look at in the following paragraph. they will in the future help us more understand what we are doing in Draftsight while working on real project. I would like to mention that these are just […]

  • 10 affordable 3D Printers

    10 affordable 3D Printers

    Everyone is joining the 3D revolution; kids of 9 building robotic arms, moms are designing aesthetically pleasing furniture and dads are creating unique toys for the kids which makes the manufacturing niche of 3D printing one of the most accepted design trends of the 21st century. And unlike the old days, of 3D printers costing […]