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The only thing I can see is the font is different.īut I have also tried re-doing it with the same standard font (ariel) I used before but that doesn't work either. What's more is I have done a similar thing only 2 days ago (draftsight drawing with text) which did work.ĭrew boxes in draftsight - added text and then managed to get it to save and render fannying around with creating a dummy drawing like at the beginning of this post. I'm proper scratching my head now as I can't work it out. The file when reopened in draftsight is complete with text. I've tried every option (i think) within the exporting options in draftsight and it will not render the text in preview on when imported into laser cut. Except the text in the shapes is missing.Ĭlick open and it opens in lasercut with the text missing from the shapes. This time when trying to import the file in, it is there from the get go. When saving a draftsight drawing, instead of going 'save as', I click 'export'.Īs you can see from the little window, everything is there.Ĭlick browse under the destination heading to make sure it exports as a DXF. What appears to be happening is I have to make a dummy drawing and save it to be able to use the previous saved drawing.įor information purposes, maybe the above is irrelevant as I have found a way around this. Go to lasercut and click to export drawing Aĭrawing A does not show in preview window, it is just blank.Ĭlick open and it renders nothing on lasercut.ĭrawing A now shows in preview and when exported, renders fine in lasercut. You have to change only those properties that you want be different. Note: If you want to create a new Layer with properties similar to that of an existing Layer, select that Layer in the Layers Manager, then click New.

Save as DXF (call this drawing drawing A) To create a new Layer: In the Layers Manager dialog box, click New. I'm having mixed results using Draftsight.įirstly, I draw something up in draftsight. I can work the laser and cut simple things using the lasercut software. I have an OK grasp of Draftsight and know what type of DXF I should be saving/exporting as. I'll try and keep it as short, sweet and simple as possible as it's confusing me and may not be able to explain it properly without it sounding like gobbledy gook so bare with me.

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Archive drawings are a crapshoot but most can be made to work with a little editing.Hi guys, this is going to be a long one so sit down with a cuppa. I've already started to discipline myself to use only Librecad for new drawings and that's going well. dwg (again not 100%), hence my Progecad-on-windows backup. dwg files (odaf file converter) won't open when converted to dxf, but Librecad can open. It's really a remarkable piece of open-source work if you give it a chance. When it's all said and done, Librecad will be my go-to 2d cad application. Lots of features are missing, and some of the frequently used DS/Autocad commands must be accomplished in 2 or 3 stebs using multiple commands. For the most part, Librecad is very capable, but you've got to think more like the old days on the board (manual drafting). Hello there, Ive been using Arch since 2012 and recently I gave a chance to Manjaro, but in the migration lapse Im having a problem with.1 answer Top answer: Linux support for Draftsight has been terminatedimageDraftSight no longer available on LinuxDraftSight was discontinued for Linux now available. This is my backup for when Librecad is too cumbersome or fails for certain operations.

#Draftsight forums windows#

I have one older (2nd gen i5) thinkpad with windows on it, Progecad installed and 100% working.

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On Mint 19, a new enough version is available in the software manager, and I installed it. I've never cared much for Qcad, but I finally installed Librecad (actually on 18.3 I'm using an appimage, although an older version can be installed with synaptic but doesn't show up in software manager). Works in Mint 18.3 under wine 1.6.2, but not 100%.

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Since the DS announcement last week, I was able to install an old friend from my Windows days: Progecad 2009.

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All this said I continued to use it because after 30+ years of autocad experience, it has been the best free alternative without a learning curve, and capable of opening and editing my sizable archive of. Dassault-Systemes has also been a pain, and their forum for DS is very poor. DS is a pretty comprehensive and feature rich 2d program, although a couple of versions have been broken. Been using Draftsight since the first version was released and it has been an up-and-down experience. I've been looking at alternatives myself.