So, yes, I’ve introduced you to a new command that had been hiding in the shadows, but it also demonstrates a different point, and maybe one we’ve forgotten about during the last year. Now she’s even a happier DraftSight user than she was before.
How’s that for easy? I know Jane will be happy because it’s exactly what she needed. You can also choose to explode it if you need individual entities. The command will quickly create a block of your view, and you can place it as you would any other block. When you first start the command, you’ll see a dialog box where you can choose to insert the projection as a block, have it replace an existing block, or even write it to a separate DWG file. It works by creating a flat representation of 3D solid objects and regions, projected to the drawing’s X-Y plane of the active Custom Coordinate System (CCS). Right now, it’s only available from the Command Window, as it has not been given an alias yet, which is why Jane (and I) didn’t find it when we typed in FLATTEN. And lo and behold, the command she needed had slipped in under the radar, deep inside the 2020 SP2 version. Guess what? I had no idea what to tell Jane – so I reached out to the product team to see if they had an answer. So, she reached out to Yours Truly for an answer. Jane’s company primarily uses SOLIDWORKS to create 3D models and has found a need for a tool in DraftSight that would work like the FLATTEN command in AutoCAD.
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Recently, someone (let’s call them “Jane”) told me they left their old, expensive, software and made the switch to DraftSight. People still found a way to reach out, however, they just did it in different ways – usually via email. I love being able to talk shop at events (which you know if you’ve ever stopped me to chat). More to the point, and more than the actual event itself, is the interaction I have with all of you – the wonderful users. One of the things I missed most during the lockdown of 2020, was attending live events.
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