DraftSight V1R1.3 (SP3) Release Notes

System requirements

No new hardware or graphics requirements. For minimum system requirements, click here.

Note: Outdated graphic drivers might need updating.

Installation Notes

No changes to installation process.

For more information download the DraftSight Premium Installation Guide.

Activation

No changes. The Activation dialog (free Version *only*) is still displayed at start up.

New Features

  • Added  3D mouse support in DraftSight
  • Added Proxy configuration support in DraftSight. This will enable drawings, which have extrernal references located on proxy servers, to be opened.
  • Printing enhancements. Provided printing configurations in DraftSight and provide a way to assign print configuration to multiple sheets.

Resolved Issues

#Description
623115 MacOS: The confirmation mail from 'activation@draftsight.com' doesn't reach, and making actively is not completed
622210Empty entry in Help Files 
621644Application instability when run 'DisplayImageFrame' command *file specific*
620998STF: Alpha test for Print - When trying to import a .config file, users are confused as to whether they are importing from a DWG, or a config file 
619731Mac Lion : Instability when Save AS.. DWT (template) file 
619560Mac Lion OS : DraftSight does not start on Mac Lion OS 
617429View>>Display>>CCS Icon command menu should launch 'SETCSICNDSP' command.
616692SELECT cmd: Dimensions placed on hidden layer are selected when window / cross select (lay. Defpoints = frozen) 
616691Possibility to highlight/edit just the nested blocks structure that has been selected 
616596PRINT cmd: it's no longer possible to print out areas with hatched dots
616175ESNAP: Extension esnap does not work
616100dsTextJustification_e.dsTextJustification_BottomCenter setting wrongly affect InsertSimpleNote method 
615227Chinese font: The character of the double-byte space is displayed by question mark '?'
614983When opening this drawing, DraftSight freezes.  *file specific*
613811LISP iso command (isometric) related functionality leads to instability in DraftSight V1R1.2 
613221Block Attribute properties (color, LT, LW) changes into selected one
613174*Foreign languages* SHEET cmd: Error when activating sheet by specifying name in language other than English 
612828Dimension Text does not appear after turning 'On' the Off or 'Frozen' layer.(Issue only with most of True type fonts) 
611889PAN cmd: Drawing geometry is 'erased' by UI elaments placed in GA (e.g. toolbar) while panning; it is restored after end cmd
610840*German language Settings only* Error Check instability 
610493DWG file version name is wrong in save/saveas dropdown list for Simplified Chinese version
610124Block Definition/ Block entities option to set 'Convert to block' as default
608769Language' Command: DraftSight cannot recognize local command name for French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. 
608103Particular DWG file can not be opened in DraftSight (ODA dependency) 
605004Japanese: The license agreement of the MAC version is garbled. 
604259HP DesignJet 600 - Can not plot 
600843Polar coordinates are all the time ‘relative’ with or without ‘@’sign - Absolute not honored 
596823German: difference help -> command line 
596701Print: I want to enable conversion of PrintStyle (ctb - stb) > 'Unrecognized command CONVERTPSTYLES. Press F1 for help.'
595758(GA) DraftSight Crash Report: FunctionDisplacement='0x1713b' FunctionName='CFxException::Install' 
583582STF Custom paper size is not honoured in the DraftSight Print dialog box
582987Multiple Sheet printing option 
580514MAC OS - Wrong Pagelayout page in the Help 
580199When change the layer of a Block with Attribute, the new layer's LineColor and LineWeight prop. are applied on the Attribute 
580176PRINT cmd: Command doesn't send to the printer the name of the drawing > In printer queue all drawings are shown as 'Document1'
579066DraftSight causes display driver to stop. Freezes and unable to start
578238UTF DraftSight should support 3dconnexion (3D Mouse) as SpacePilot or SpaceExplorer
577294LANGUAGE cmd: Help topic doesn't provide a complete list of supported languages and their values 
576589Need a command like ACAD PAGESETUP 
574601Ability to pre-configure and save print settings per Sheet
570033Wrong terminology used for an option setting 
558391ARSIMP.shx can not type a single 'I' character in Text editor (Note) 
544422Paperspace page options like sheet size presentation 
536464Sheet: No ability to customize sheet size according with paper size