DraftSight, hey it's free.
March 02, 2019
DraftSight, hey it's free.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with DraftSight
Free and worth the price. I've used DraftSight for side work on and off, and on occasions where AutoCAD was needed and not available. It's close enough and does basic editing of 2D dwg files in model space or paper space. It'll take some time to poke around and find what you're looking for. It's good that many AutoCAD commands are aliased at the command line so you don't have to find the button or remember what the DraftSight name for the command is, you can just type 'stretch' and you'll get what you need.
- When you don't have autocad and you need it, DraftSight is free and you can download it.
- One time a guy at work asked me for a basic .dwg editor and I was like, no problem guy, download DraftSight and you're good!
- One time we brought a temp on at work and didn't have another copy of AutoCAD, so we set him up with DraftSight and it worked out.
- Adding text to dimensions could be better.
- Stability could be better.
- It's free, so the investment is pretty minimal if you're not paying the drafters.
- If you're paying AutoCAD drafters to figure it out and scratch their heads, just pay for AutoCAD LT instead.
I've used probably 10 different versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT and other 2D vector CADs like microstation. DraftSight provides similar basic drafting capability at no purchase cost. AutoCAD LT is probably a lot faster to use for anyone with experience with AutoCAD products, and hey, you can license it for $40 a month.