2D CAD
Enhanced Organization with Merge Layers
DraftSight is a powerful 2D CAD tool extensively employed across diverse industries, such as architecture, manufacturing, and engineering, offering a multitude of features geared towards optimizing the drafting and design workflow. Among these features is the new Merge Layers command, … Continued
DraftSight Wins G2’s Best Estimated ROI Award
As companies evaluate their technology budgets, it’s crucial for them to consider the cost-effectiveness of their software. Your 2D CAD software should provide the necessary capabilities while benefiting your bottom line. Choosing the right solution can help you maximize your … Continued
Dumaco: A One-Stop Metalworking Shop
Dumaco leverages both DraftSight and SOLIDWORKS better to serve its customers’ 2D and 3D needs.
A Leadership Perspective: How DraftSight 2D CAD Offers a Superior Design Solution
Today’s competitive business markets find executives tasked with achieving more, in less time, with fewer resources, while also minimizing the impact of increased costs. Across all industries and sectors, leaders are looking for new ways to be innovative without incurring … Continued
DraftSight Offers a Solution to CAD Users Impacted by Changes
Trapped in a Rigid CAD Licensing Model? 2023 is off to a rocky start for some CAD users, as one of the larger software providers continues to make changes to its licensing model. In January, the provider removed a 5 … Continued
Our Most Popular DraftSight Blogs in 2022
If 2022 taught us one thing, it’s that organizing for the future starts now. Our clients are embracing new methods for innovating and operating in order to stay competitive and relevant. For DraftSight, 2022 has been a year of exciting … Continued
HeatTek Inc. – Supporting Growth with SOLIDWORKS and DraftSight
In today’s world of 3D parts and assemblies, SOLIDWORKS® 3D design software helps customers quickly respond to customer demands and shorter delivery lead times by increasing efficiency and throughput for 3D needs, such as large-assembly design. But 2D drawings are … Continued
The Curious Persistence of 2D CAD – Part 2
In the first part of this series, we introduced you to a bit of history regarding the drafting profession. Only recently have computers taken over from the manual drawing paradigm to produce 2D CAD drawings. The proponents of 3D models, … Continued
DraftSight and the Curious Persistence of 2D CAD – Part 1
Drafting has been around for thousands of years. Almost anything built or manufactured up to the 20th century was designed and drawn by hand first. Throughout those many centuries, drafting tools (though evolving) remained pretty much the same. Things like … Continued
Follow the Leader in DraftSight
Today’s topic is all about Leaders. You’ll use them to draw leader lines that connect annotations to a drawing entity. Did you know that in DraftSight, you have three different ways to create them, with each type offering more drawing … Continued