Item: DraftSight
Rating: 4
Author: Verified User

DraftSight is used as a low-cost alternative to AutoCAD to interpret AutoCAD files.

Not in the same league. AutoCAD seems to just work. Draftsight doesnt.

Great for opening DWGs terrible at exporting them

Eric Pellerin
(Vendor Representative) commented 5 years ago
Hello - I'm sorry to hear that we haven't lived up to your expectations as of yet. We are continually improving DraftSight and are striving to be a valuable 2D/3D CAD Tool. Feel free to reach out to the DraftSight Community if you ever get stuck: http://www.draftsight.com/community
Review author
commented 5 years ago
I would like amend my review but it wont let me to increase the rating to 6 out of 10. What I have found is that files natively created in AutoCAD often wont open in draftsight fully. Biggest issue is XRef missing as many people in industry do not flatten these documents correctly before sending them out. I have found that documents created with draftsight will export for use in Cinema4D but as stated above I cannot seem to export complex DWGs that were created in AutoCAD for use with Cinema4D. I imagine that all of the linework needs exploding which I had not done, but this defeats the point of importing polylines which can then be extruded. Exploded linework cannot be extruded.
Eric Pellerin
(Vendor Representative) commented 5 years ago
Hello - Glad to hear that your impression has improved. To amend your review, please visit this page: https://www.trustradius.com/profile/reviews and click "Actions" next to the review. If that doesn't work, you can also email support@trustradius.com.

Export function really lets down this piece of software. PS. Libre CAD is free.

Overall Satisfaction with DraftSight