DRAFTSIGHT 2D CAD

FREEDOM TO DO MORE WITH BETTER 2D DRAFTING AND 3D DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Streamline your design process and deliver great designs through a seamless combination of powerful 2D drafting and 3D modeling capabilities.

DRAFTSIGHT

DraftSight® provides an intuitive 2D drafting and 3D design experience for architects, engineers, construction service providers, professional CAD users, designers, makers, manufacturers, educators, and hobbyists. DraftSight enables you to create, edit, view, and mark up anykind of DWG file. It offers a familiar user interface that facilitates a quick transition from comparable CAD applications.

WHY CHOOSE DRAFTSIGHT?

• We work constantly on DWG or DXF files
• We create layouts of installations, building complexes
• We use laser machines to cut sheet metal
• We introduce corrections to architectural and related documentation
• In the manufacturing process, we need to measure an element that is not dimensioned in the drawing
• We would like not to wonder in what DWG version we need to save our file

BENEFITS

• Create, edit, view, and mark up any type of 2D and 3D DWG file
• Choose from flexible offerings to suit various business and budget needs
• Reduce time spent on drafting, design, and documentation with powerful capabilities
• Make significant savings over comparable CAD applications Connect with other Dassault Systèmes solutions, like 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace, GEOVIA, DELMIA, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, SOLIDWORKS PDM, and more, for CNC machining, 3D printing, manufacturing, and otherdownstream uses
• Experience reliable DWG file compatibility for current orlegacy projects
• Minimize learning curve with a familiar user interface and commands
• Customize and automate using macros and APIs, and easilytransition existing workflows from other applications
• Easily deploy and manage network licensing and access fulltechnical support to maximize production

CAPABILITIES

Essential 2D drafting

• Draw fundamental elements such as lines, polylines, arcs, circles, ellipses, tables, hatches, clouds
• Perform move, copy, rotate, mirror, pattern, scale, trim, chamfer, or split actions with modify tools
• Measure and annotate distances between objects with dimension tools
• Import, create, and manage layers, blocks, and external references, and output drawings to a plotter, printer, or file

Advanced 2D drafting and APIs for customization

• Speed up your production workflows by using APIs for automation and customization
• Save countless hours of design time by eliminating manual or tedious tasks with tools like Drawing Compare, Power Trim, Insert Centerlines, Pattern Along a Path, Curved Text, Batch Printing, and more
• Convert raster images like floor plans and logos to vectorized line entities in seconds with Image Tracer
• Easily insert standard hardware from a fully defined library of bolts, screws, nuts, washers, and pins, generate holes and callouts, create a bill of materials, add balloons, and more with the Toolbox
• Import or export various file types and formats including PDF, DGN, SVG, XLS, and DSHBM (HomeByMe)

Robust 3D design and powerful integrations

• Create anything from essential 3D shapes to sketch-based complex 3D solids, and generate 3D surfaces
• Expand your design workflows through seamless integration with SOLIDWORKS Visualize for rendering and SOLIDWORKS Simulation for analysis. Use 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace Make to connect with manufacturers worldwide for 3D printing or other processes.
• Control drawing entities parametrically by specifying geometric and dimensional properties with 2D constraints

Support for many users and multiple sites

• Enable concurrent usage and compliance across your organization with network licensing
• Access full technical support to resolve issues and eliminate downtime

NEED A DETAILED COMPARISION BETWEEN THESE OFFERS?

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ESSENTIAL TOOLS

Draw Tools (Line, Polyline, Arc, Circle, Ellipse, Table, Hatch, Cloud, Block…

Modify Tools (Move, Copy, Rotate, Array, Scale, Trim, Chamfer, Split…)

Layer, Block, Group, Print

Standard Compliant Drawings

Polyline Editing

Auto-Hiding of Palettes

Community Forum Support

Entity Highlighting

Hatch Layer

Discarding Duplicate Entities

Quick Modify: Copy/Move/Rotate/Scale

Insert Centerlines

SVG scalable icons for HD displays

Hairline Option for Printout

Pasting to Active Layer

Layer Preview

Block - Redefine Base Point

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Mechanical Toolbox (BOM, Revision Table, Hardware, Holes, Welding/Surface/Finish Symbols)

Design Resources Library

Batch Printing

Batch Printing

Drawing Compare †

Pattern Along a Path

Automatic Dimensioning*

Automatic Dimension Arrangement*

Automatic Dimension Line Gaps after Repositioning*

Thumbwheel on the Dimension Palette*

Right Click to Select Arrow Heads*

Split Dimension

Mass Properties Calculations

Auto-Completion Commands

Arrow Key Nudging Entities

Quick Input Methods

Curved Text

Spiral, Helix

Using Formulas in Table Cells

Viewport Layer Freezing

Block Attribute Manager

G-Code Generator

Predefined Layer Support

Dimension Snap Offset Distances

Power Trim

Dimension – Auto-Placing with Widgets

Image Tracer †

PREMIUM TOOLS

3D Tools

Constraints

INTEROPERABILITY TOOLS

AutoCAD® Dynamic Blocks Import*

3DEXPERIENCE® Marketplace Integration

HomeByMe Integration †

3D ContentCentral Integration* †

3DEXPERIENCE, GEOVIA, DELMIA, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, PDM Connectors

PDF Import/Convert & Underlay

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DGN Import/Convert & Underlay

CUSTOMIZATION TOOLS

Application Programming Interface (API)

Macro Recording

ENTERPRISE TOOLS

Network License

Deployment Tool

Technical Support (Telephone, Email)

* New feature in DraftSight 2020
† Feature currently unavailable in Mac versions
** 3rd Party PDF Import/Convert for DraftSight Plugin available