Item: DraftSight
Rating: 9
Author: Kenneth Perepelkin

Overall Satisfaction with DraftSight

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Draftsight is the go-to software we use when editing our .dwg and .dwt files. It allows easy transferability between these files and our survey software through which the bulk of our onsite work takes place, but its real advantage over other more expensive CAD programs is its intuitive interface, which makes training new users easy. Add to that its customizable desktop and simple to use functions and regular users of AutoCAD feel very comfortable migrating over to it.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Importing and exporting different CAD formats
Intuitive interface.
Customizable workspace.
Simple to us functions.
Uncluttered workspace.

Cons

Some of the printing features are a bit clunky. Reviewing print results can be onerous.

Most Important Features

CAD transferability.
Simple to use functions
Intuitive.
Easy to train new people on.

Return on Investment

The program has allowed our company to provide files to our clients that easily integrate with their own existing CAD software.

Key Insights

Do you think DraftSight delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with DraftSight's feature set?

Yes

Did DraftSight live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of DraftSight go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy DraftSight again?

Yes

Other Software Used

AutoCAD, SketchUp, ARCHICAD

Likelihood to Recommend

Quick alterations to existing DWGs are a snap with Draftsight. Our company doesn't use this software for drawing buildings from scratch but instead, we use a specialty survey-based software to export to DWT. The translation is buggy so using Draftsight to edit the file is essential to providing the exact product our clients want.
Having previous experience with AutoCAD I would also give this program a thumbs up recommending it to someone new to CAD and wanting a solid alternative to more expensive programs. Draftsight is less suited to someone wanting to create 3D models. I would suggest they look at other Solidworks packages for that.

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Intuitive, adaptable software for those new and old CAD users.

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