2D and 3D CAD solution
DraftSight is a paid powerful fully-featured 2D and 3D CAD solution tool designed by Dassault Systèmes for Windows users. The software offers a better 2D drafting and 3D design experience for engineers, architects, and construction solution providers. It’s also a valuable tool for professional CAD users, educators, and designers.
The software comes with documentation and webinars that beginners can use to understand how the program works. Aside from Windows users, those who use macOS can also access this software. Other apps that fall in the same graphic and design category include AutoCAD, Sweet Home 3D, MockPlus, and Canva.
DraftSight is a wonderful 2D and 3D CAD solution tool that comes with several formatting and editing tools. With DraftSight, you can create, view, markup, and edit any 2D and 3D DWG file faster and efficiently. DraftSight natively runs on DXF and DWG formats.
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Additionally, you can easily change from 2D drafting to 3D designs, and back again to improve designs when using this software. Draftsight can integrate with other programs of Dassault Systèmes and SOLIDWORKS. This lets you manage your design from idea inspiration to the final product.
Is DraftSight the same as AutoCAD?
Draftsight has an easy-to-use interface that resembles similar to the AutoCAD interface. Users who have experience with AutoCAD will find Draftsight easy to use. Additionally, DraftSight can open AutoCAD files which makes it all more convenient if you are working with colleagues using AutoCAD.
Provides Documentation
As mentioned, the design software comes with several features that users will enjoy. One of them is the documentation feature. After designing a project you can export it into a PDF using the PDF Underlay.
Batch printing
Another feature that comes with this CAD software is known as Batch Printing. If you don’t want to go through the stress of printing your design one by one, you can use the batch printing feature to print multiple projects at once. Additionally, all the batch files will be saved together so you can access them later.
Is DraftSight free?
Unfortunately, there's no free version of Draftsight. However, users can download the free 30-day trial before committing to buy the full version. Within this trial period, users will get full access to this powerful CAD software.
