{"id":241099,"date":"2024-07-08T17:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/?post_type=product&p=241099"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:23:11","slug":"draftsight-essentials","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftSight Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our virtual training courses are instructor led and delivered online. Each course is packed with interactive demonstrations,\u00a0<\/b>hands-on exercises\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0plenty of time to ask questions<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites<\/h4>\n

Experience with the Windows\u00ae operating system.
\nHave DraftSight installed or access to one of our training machines.<\/p>\n

Description<\/h4>\n

The goal of this course is to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimise your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximise quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.<\/p>\n

Course Outline<\/h4>\n

Lesson 1: User Interface
\nLesson 2: View Commands
\nLesson 3: Coordinates
\nLesson 4: Creating a Simple Drawing
\nLesson 5: Modifying Entities
\nLesson 6: Properties and Layers
\nLesson 7: Dimensions
\nLesson 8: Text
\nLesson 9: Blocks
\nLesson 10: Custom Blocks
\nLesson 11: Entity Groups
\nLesson 12: Printing<\/p>\n

Course Syllabus<\/h4>\n

DraftSight Essentials<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclaimer<\/h4>\n

The course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration may be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.<\/p>\n

Information for Attendees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The goal of this course is to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimise your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximise quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":241405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"Our virtual training courses are instructor led and delivered online. Each course is packed with interactive demonstrations,\u00a0<\/b>hands-on exercises\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0plenty of time to ask questions<\/b>.\r\n

Prerequisites<\/h4>\r\nExperience with the Windows\u00ae operating system.\r\nHave DraftSight installed or access to one of our training machines.\r\n

Description<\/h4>\r\nThe goal of this course is to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimize your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximize quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.\r\n

Course Outline<\/h4>\r\nLesson 1: User Interface\r\nLesson 2: View Commands\r\nLesson 3: Coordinates\r\nLesson 4: Creating a Simple Drawing\r\nLesson 5: Modifying Entities\r\nLesson 6: Properties and Layers\r\nLesson 7: Dimensions\r\nLesson 8: Text\r\nLesson 9: Blocks\r\nLesson 10: Custom Blocks\r\nLesson 11: Entity Groups\r\nLesson 12: Printing\r\n

Course Syllabus<\/h4>\r\nDraftSight Essentials<\/a>\r\n

Disclaimer<\/h4>\r\nThe course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration may be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.\r\n\r\nInformation for Attendees<\/a><\/strong>","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,53],"product_tag":[63,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-241099","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cad","7":"product_cat-training-course","8":"product_tag-cad","9":"product_tag-draftsight","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The goal of this course is to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimise your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximise quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TMS SolidWorks Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-06T12:23:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/\",\"name\":\"DraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-08T16:18:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-06T12:23:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Training Courses\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"DraftSight Essentials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/\",\"name\":\"TMS SolidWorks Solutions\",\"description\":\"Just another TMS site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TMS SOLIDWORKS Solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/TMS_logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/TMS_logo.svg\",\"width\":247,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"TMS SOLIDWORKS Solutions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/5128525\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"DraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions","og_description":"The goal of this course is to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimise your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximise quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.","og_url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/","og_site_name":"TMS SolidWorks Solutions","article_modified_time":"2025-08-06T12:23:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/","url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/","name":"DraftSight Essentials | TMS SolidWorks Solutions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-08T16:18:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-06T12:23:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DraftSight_400x400.jpg","width":400,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/draftsight-essentials\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Training Courses","item":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/training\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DraftSight Essentials"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/","name":"TMS SolidWorks Solutions","description":"Just another TMS site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#organization","name":"TMS SOLIDWORKS Solutions","url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/TMS_logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/TMS_logo.svg","width":247,"height":70,"caption":"TMS SOLIDWORKS Solutions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/5128525\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/241099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=241099"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=241099"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=241099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}