Polar (Polar Guides): The Polar command draws at exact angles at fixed intervals, starting from 3 o'clock (or East), and at additional angle increments. With Polar on,the angular direction and the distance from the last Point selected will be tracked and displayed according to the settings.

ESnap (EntitySnap): The ESnap command provides the ability to detect and snap to geometrically significant Points on drawing entities, for example; end points, intersections, and center Points.  Snapping to a significant Point provides an exact position for drawing and editing commands. The ESnap command opens the Pointer Control settings of the Drafting Options dialog box so that you can set EntitySnap.

ETrack (Entity Tracking Guides): The ETrack command helps you draw entities at specific angles or in specific relationships to other entities. With ETrack on, temporary alignment guides help you create entities at precise positions and angles. ETrack works with ESnap and polar angle settings. You must set an EntitySnap before you can track from an ETrack Point.

Draw Toolbar: The Draw toolbar contains all commands that relate to drawing 2D geometrical entities. You can use these drawing tools to create new entities such as Lines, Arcs, Infinite Lines, Polygon, PolyLine, Rectangle, Ellipse, Hatch, Notes and Circles.

Modify Toolbar:  The Modify toolbar includes all the commands to modify the entities in your drawing. You can change entities within your drawing using the Delete, Copy, Mirror, Move, Offset, Pattern, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Chamfer, Fillet, Split, Extend, Trim, and Explode.

Layer Tools: Draftsight fully supports all the layer commands you would expect, including Hide Layer, Show All Lyaers, Freeze Layer, Thaw all Layers, Lock Layer, Unlock Layer and Isolate Layer.

Compatibility: Read DWG and DXF Versions 2.5 through 2012. Write DWG and DXF Versions R12 through R2012. Saves to PDF, PNG, TIF, SAT and STL as well.

Blocks: Full support for blocks and block attributes including save as external file, and explode.

Dimensions: Fully associative dimensions, horizontal, vertical, aligned, radius, diameter, ordinate, baseline and chain.

Support for Model and Sheet Tabs: You change the drawing environment between the Model Tab (for drawing entities) and Sheet Tabs (for layouts for printing/plotting). Create your design in the Model (Model tab), and then create layouts to print/plot your drawing on a Sheet (Sheet tab).

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