Checking the Spelling of Text without Using Microsoft Office Libraries

For checking the spelling of text in your drawing, you can use Microsoft Office spell checker, as well as Hunspell free open source spell checker library.

Hunspell is available in the application and includes the following built-in dictionaries:

• English (United States)
• English (United Kingdom)

Additional Hunspell dictionaries are available in the dictionary portal. Several dictionaries are available in different languages. To install a dictionary, download the corresponding files from the corresponding dictionary folder.

The workflow for using the Hunspell libraries from the portal includes the following steps:

• Download the dictionaries and store them on the correct location on your machine
• Enable Hunspell option for spell checking (Options dialog box)
• Specify the dictionary to use

Best Practices

Best practices to improve text accuracy:

• Choose the dictionary according to the language
• Add custom words to the dictionary
• Use AI tools

To add a new Hunspell dictionary for another language:

1. In a web browser, access the dictionary portal:

   https://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries/tree/main/dictionaries

2. Open the folder corresponding to the language you need and download the files with the following extensions:
   • .aff - Affix file
   • .dic - Dictionary file
3. Rename the files according to the language ISO codes.

   Example:

   • Rename index.aff to en_GB.aff
   • Rename index.dic to en_GB.dic
4. Copy the files to the following path:

   [Local drive]:\Users\AppData\Roaming\DraftSight\<Version>\Support\Dictionaries

   Note: Avoid replacing of existing dictionary files to prevent interferences with the existing content and show different results and suggestions.

5. Restart the application after copying the dictionary files.

   Once you have copied the files, the corresponding language will be available in the Options dialog box.

   To check the list of languages for which there is an available dictionary, click File Location > System > Dictionary Files > Main Dictionary Files.

To enable Hunspell libraries for spell checking:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
   • Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).

     In the Options dialog box, click System Options .

   • Type SystemOptions.
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. In General, expand Spell Checking and select Hunspell to use the Hunspell build-in libraries to check the spelling within the text entities in the drawing.
4. In the Options dialog box, click File Location .
5. In System, expand Dictionary Files > Main Dictionary Files and select the language.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click OK.