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DraftSight? Good program but you are on your own, especially at license renewal time when it locks up.
June 09, 2021

DraftSight? Good program but you are on your own, especially at license renewal time when it locks up.

Mark Horton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Paid

Overall Satisfaction with DraftSight

I use the program to generate proposal drawings.
  • Provides 2.5 dimensional drafting at a fraction of the cost of AutoCAD.
  • No learning curve when switching from AutoCAD.
  • Annual license renewal system is broken; has been broken for years.
  • Support for the program is almost worthless.
  • During most of the year, the drawings I make with DraftSight help us make sales and communicate critical installation details to our clients.
  • At renewal time, about four years out of six the license renewal activation has failed. It is incredibly difficult to get any support once this occurs. No drawings can be completed or even viewed. No proposals can be sent out.
SOLIDWORKS is incredibly difficult to learn and very cumbersome for complete industrial plant design. Much faster to draw 2D in DraftSight or AutoCAD.
If you are working on an urgent sales proposal drawing at the time of annual license renewal forget it! the program will lock up and no one will respond to assist you. Even if you leave a message stating the urgency of the situation, no one will respond! You are paying for something that doesn't work when you need it.