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Lynn Allen


In her 20+ year career as a global technology evangelist, including her current role at Dassault Systèmes, Lynn Allen has spoken to more than a half-million professionals at events in over 50 countries throughout the world. Her online presentations and videos have easily reached over five million individuals. Her passion and strength is connecting with users, helping them embrace change, and shining a light on new technology.

For over 20 years she wrote a column for Cadalyst magazine and was the voice behind the popular Cadalyst “AutoCAD Video Tips.” The author of three technology books and a social media master, Lynn has more than 22,000 followers on Twitter, with over a quarter-million impressions every month.

Lynn has provided the keynote at many STEM conferences and is very focused on showing our youth they can change the world in a positive way through technology.


DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Answers: Which DraftSight is Right for You? Video
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Answers: Which DraftSight is Right for You?   21 Nov, 2022
By: Lynn Allen

Every office's needs are different, find out from Lynn which package fits your CAD needs best.

DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Gives 6 Reasons to Move to DraftSight! Article
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Gives 6 Reasons to Move to DraftSight!    27 Sep, 2022
By: Lynn Allen

Lynn explains the top reasons why you might be ready to switch to DraftSight. What's the first and biggest reason? To save money!

Lynn Allen DraftSight Insight Video
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Explains Speedy Block (and Nested Block) Editing in DraftSight!   16 Mar, 2022
By: Lynn Allen

Use the Edit Component tool to easily edit all of your blocks.

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Lynn Allen Shows You How to Easily Create (and Update) Multilines in DraftSight with Richlines!   24 Jan, 2022
By: Lynn Allen

DraftSight’s Richline command makes it easy to create and update multilines.

DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Shows You Productivity Features in DraftSight Video
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Shows You Productivity Features in DraftSight   17 Dec, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

Learn about some time-saving tools you’ll find in DraftSight.

Lynn Allen Explains How to Open Your DraftSight Files in AutoCAD Video
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Explains How to Open Your DraftSight Files in AutoCAD   17 Aug, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

Find out how your DraftSight files open in AutoCAD and discover all the SAVEAS options available.

Lynn Allen Teaches You How to Make Your DraftSight UI Feel Like AutoCAD Video
DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Teaches You How to Make Your DraftSight UI Feel More Like AutoCAD   6 Jul, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

Learn a few additional steps to make your DraftSight workspace even more comfortable.

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DraftSight Insights: Lynn Allen Shows You How to Save Time by Assigning Layers to Object Types   2 Jun, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

Learn how to save time by assigning layers to object types in DraftSight!

DraftSight Insight: Keep on Workin’ — Your Files are Safe! Video
Keep on Workin’ — Your Files are Safe!   5 Apr, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

DraftSight Insight: Your data is preserved when shared between AutoCAD and DraftSight and vice-versa. Find out more with Lynn Allen!

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Become a DraftSight Layer Tools Expert with Lynn Allen   3 Mar, 2021
By: Lynn Allen

Learn where all DraftSight's Layer tools are kept and how to use them.