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DraftSight helps small company evolve into a global designer
December 10, 2023

DraftSight helps small company evolve into a global designer

Darryle Ziegler, CTS-D, CTS-I | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

DraftSight Professional

Overall Satisfaction with DraftSight

We create system schematics, mounting mechanical, and product designs with it.
Drawing clear and accurate schematics is a large part of what we do to help installation of systems go quickly and correctly.
Mounting drawings have the same value, the speed and accuracy of global installations counts on our drawings to be clear and correct for each installation we support.
  • Runs smoothly
  • Minimal lockups
  • Runs lean and starts quickly
  • In my experience, it crashes when copying text information into a text element
  • Cost
  • Speed
  • Ease of use
  • Our savings on CAD software per year is roughly 90%
We have used AutoCAD in the past and it often had extended hang times when working on drawings.
DraftSight has cut that almost completely out, processing and rendering times are so fast.
The cost of DraftSight compared to AutoCAD was also a huge impact for us.
This was a huge savings on our operating costs because we are a small company.

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

I often recommend DraftSight to colleagues that are struggling with other CAD programs or looking to start using CAD more in their environment.
It's easy to use and the learning time is short compared to other CAD software.
Also the transition from AutoCAD to DraftSight is very quick. For those that have used AutoCAD before, the transition is very easy because many of the functions are similar and a lot of the commands are also very similar.
The startup and processing time for actions is short and speeds up the design process.
The cost impact is also significantly less than other CAD software, this helps a lot with multiple users and our operating costs.