![]() ![]() Spell Check will continue to analyze the rest of your selected text until it finds any other misspelled or unknown words, or until completion. You can ignore it or all instances of it, change it to one of the suggestions, type in your own, add it to the custom dictionary, or switch to one of the other supplied language dictionaries. In our example shown below, Spell Check has found the string “ASME” which is not in either its main or custom dictionary. You can find it right next to the Find Text tool in the Text panel. DraftSight provides you with a powerful spell-checking tool that can help you fix those spelling errors that we all make. Misspellings happen, and they can make you or your company look bad. Use the Search and Replace tool to ensure you get them all, quickly and accurately. So the next time the supplier changes for a part that may be called out a few dozen times in your general notes, don’t panic. You can specify your text search to look in the active sheet or area, the entire drawing, or a specified selection set.īy accessing the Options dialog box, you can include or exclude seven types of text entities, and specify search criteria, such as matching the case, whole or partial words, or even the use of wildcards in your search string. The Find and Replace dialog offers you a lot of flexibility and functionality. ![]() But it also bundles in the ability to replace, select, or zoom to your specified text string. Yes, it will find a specified text string in Notes, Dimension Text, and Annotations in your drawing. Within the Text panel in the Annotate tab of the DraftSight ribbon, you’ll find an icon labeled Find Text. Navigate to your pre-typed file that’s been saved as either an ASCII TXT file or an RTF (Rich Text Format), and your typing troubles are over. Once created, all that’s left for you is to create a Note text box in your drawing, right-click, and select Insert Text. They don’t even need DraftSight, just their favorite word processing program. Wouldn’t it be great to have all those notes typed up by someone who knows what they’re doing? Go ahead and pass it off to the summer intern or the admin staff – let them spend a fraction of the time it would take you to create them. ![]() It’s bad enough when we just have a few lines of text to enter, but when you get assigned to create a general notes sheet… well, you might prefer having a root canal scheduled that day.īut DraftSight has a terrific solution for you. ![]() We tend to make errors and misspellings as our two forefingers dance across the keyboard. In fact, a lot of CAD drafters are notoriously bad at it. Instead, it’s about a few features that you may not be familiar with when working with Notes. In fact, it’s so similar that most people already feel comfortable using the Note feature in DraftSight, so this post isn’t on how it works. Why is it so highly functional? When it’s combined with a text style that utilizes a TrueType font, you have pretty much the same functionality that you’ll find in your favorite word-processing software. You have two options for adding text in DraftSight the very basic SimpleNote and the highly functional Note entity. There’s just no way to fully convey your design intent without adding verbiage. While AutoCAD requires approximately 7GB of disk space and 8-16GB RAM, DraftSight only needs approximately 1GB of disk space and 2-8GB RAM.Annotating your drawings is as old as drafting itself. DraftSight is also a lighter weight solution. DraftSight allows you to save back to a Release 12 Drawing file (R12 Drawing), whereas AutoCAD only goes back to Release 14. Some compatible customizations include:ĭraftSight even stands above AutoCAD in some respects. If you have any existing customization, you can bring those over into DraftSight. DraftSight also has robust API, allowing you to write your own customizations in your desired language. When you type in AutoCAD commands, they are automatically translated to the corresponding DraftSight command. The interface as a default has many similarities, and you can tweak it to be even closer if desired, minimizing the learning curve. ![]()
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