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DraftSight
Developer(s)Dassault Systèmes
Initial releaseOctober 15, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-15)
Stable release
DraftSight 2024 / November 6, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-11-06)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows MacOS Linux
Available inEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Turkish
TypeCAD
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.draftsight.com

DraftSight is paid professional 2D CAD software for engineers, architects, designers, drafters, students, and educators. Dassault Systèmes developed it to allow users to create, edit, and view DWG and DXF files.

Technical Characteristics

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DraftSight runs on Windows® Operating Systems and Mac OS. It allows users to access DWG / DXF files regardless of the CAD software used to create them. Due to the variety of data it can manage, the DWG file format is widely used by architects, designers, and engineers worldwide.[1]

DraftSight is available as an annual subscription. There is also a 30-day free trial version.

Supported Features

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  • Reading and editing DWG/DXF files
  • File save to DWT/DWG/DXF, ability to revert to previous versions
  • Creation of binary or ASCII DXF files
  • Ability to attach image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, & .tiff)
  • Ability to attach external reference drawings
  • Print to (.plt, .jpg, .pdf, .png, .dwf& .svg.)
  • Save as (dwg, .dxf, .dwf, .dwt, .dws, .shp, .wmf, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .sld, .svg, .tif, & .stl)
  • Multi-page PDF creation
  • Export to (.dwg, .dwf, .dwfx, .eps, .stl, .wmf, .bmp, .emf, .jpg, .pdf, .png, .sld,.svg, .tif formats.)

References

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  1. ^ Ponce, Genaro (25 January 2019). "DWG File (AutoCAD) – All You Need to Know". All3DP.com.