| Quote: A no-cost, easy-to-use 2D CAD product that is available for Windows®, Mac® and Linux®. Users can create, edit and view DWG files with DraftSight.
DraftSight Features
DraftSight™ was built with CAD users in mind and includes:
User Environment & Features
* Cartesian coordinate system * Command line input * Traditional toolbars and menus * Wheel-mouse pan & zoom * Blocks & reference files * Layers & layer manager * Polygonal ViewPorts * ViewPort locking * Freeze, lock or turn off layers per ViewPort * Background masks for notes * Property manager * View proxy objects * Dynamic pan & zoom * Command aliases * Menu files * CTB and STB print style tables * SHX and TTF fonts * LineStyle files * Hatch pattern files * Templates
Interoperability
* Read and write support for DWG/DXF files* * Save DWG/DXF files back to previous versions* * Create binary or ASCII DXF files* * Attach image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, & .tiff) * Attach external reference drawings * Print to file (.plt, .jpg, .pdf, .png, & .svg) * Save as .wmf, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .sld, .svg, .tif, & .stl file formats * Multi-page PDF creation * Publish to eDrawings or Drawings Now
Productivity Enhancers
* Consolidated options dialog * Enhanced, easy to read, command prompts * Home palette * Smart calculator * Quick print * Context sensitive help
Setup and Administration
* Support for Windows®, Mac & Linux operating systems * Multi-language character set support including Unicode fonts * Customizable interface: command aliases, double-click actions, menus, right-click menus, shortcut keys, toolbars, etc. * Quick and free to download * Fast “one-click” installation
Entities
* Arcs, circles, & lines * Notes & SimpleNotes * Tables * Blocks and BlockAttributes * Ellipses & elliptical arcs * RichLines, PolyLines, 3D PolyLines, & Splines * Points & rings * Hyperlinks * ViewPorts * Masks & region * ISO, ANSI & Traditional Hatch patterns * Solid & gradient Fill * Dimensions: Arc length, radius, diameter, baseline, linear, ordinate, etc. * Tolerances, Leaders & CenterMarks
Drafting Tools
* Snap & Grid * Chamfer & Fillet * Tracking guides & Polar guides * Get area, distance, or coordinates information * Double-click editing * Undo/Redo * EntityGrips, EntitySnaps, Entity * InfiniteLines, Rays & Reference Points * Select entities using filters, SmartSelect, or by window, crossing window, crossline, polygonal window, etc.
Drawing Setup Tools
* Customizable coordinate system * RichLine styles * Layer manager * Table styles * Points format * Text Styles * Unit system * Multiple layout * Dimension styles * Named page layouts
Edit Tools
* Move, scale & rotate * Stretch & change length * Mirror, copy, offset and pattern copy * Trim & extend * Split & weld * Edit blocks in-place or isolate for edit * Open reference drawings from within the base drawing * Clip references and images * Modify Hatch and fill pattern, origin, etc * Edit note properties: direction, justification, line spacing, text height, TextStyle, etc.
* Uses the Teigha™ Classic for .dwg files and Teigha for .dwg files specifications from the Open Design Alliance.
DraftSight and the DraftSight logos are trademarks of Dassault Systèmes in the US and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2010 Dassault Systèmes.
*Standalone license. Activation required.
**DraftSight supports Ubuntu®, Fedora®, Suse®, and Mandriva®. For information regarding system requirements for DraftSight on Linux® | |