DraftSight

[macduff]

Do you folks see the new software? OMG...it is awesome! Goodbye 2D Editor!

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/#vid1

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[fcsuper]

And maybe good bye to AutoCAD

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[macduff]

LOL! Good one Matt!

I wonder if this is DDS comeback to the Autodesk lawsuit they won againist Solidworks?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[ctopher]

Auto-who?


Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[ShaggyPE]

Its funny that legitimate Autocad equivalents are available for free... and that autodesk is still trying to sell it.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[macduff]

Dustin, yeah it is...isn't it?

Did you download and test drive? It seems it has some solidworks functionality in functions. It's pretty cool!

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[fcsuper]

Actually, Autodesk didn't win a lawsuit against SolidWorks. They almost lost it. SolidWorks settled with some rather unimportant concessions just to close the issue. Autodesk still cannot claim ownership of DWG as a trademark or a file format name.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[ctopher]

DraftSight is nice, but I have no use for it.
If I need something in 2D, which is rare, I'll create it in SolidWorks. I like using only one CAD program.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[fcsuper]

It is useful when trying to bridge the gap to electrical engineering and facilities.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[joek10087]

I don't think it's that great. Dwgeditor does the same thing as Draftsight.

 

[SnowCrash]

I tried to run the downloaded file and got a W7 error message, "Requires Elevation."
Apparently I am not administrator enough to use this . ;-)

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE

 

[TheTick]

Our manufacturing engineer started using it. Likes it better than the other knock-offs he has used.

 

[MikeHalloran]

Drat; no Linux version.


Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[rockguy]

There will be both a mac and linux version in the fall.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP

http://www.axiscadsolutions.com

http://www.robrodriguez.com

http://www.robrodriguezblog.com

Eastern Region SWUGN Representative

http://www.swugn.org

http://www.nvtswug.com

SW 2007 SP 2.0

 

[11991]

I am not sure if this is the correct place to ask a question re: DraftSight or not but here goes.
Anyone know how to get shut snap off so that mouse will move smoothly and be capable of stopping on a line or point?
Thank You in advance

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Currently, the best place for DraftSight questions is

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/community/

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

FYI ... A new forum has been started for DraftSight.
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