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If you’ve been following our blogs, you will have noticed the last paragraph on every blog tells you the all free versions of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 12/31/2019. So, whether you are installing DraftSight fresh or upgrading from Draftsight 2018 or older, this blog will help you through the process.
To install DraftSight 2019, go to www.draftsight.com and download the correct version for your operating systems. Various operating systems are currently supported, and they are:
- Windows 32bit and 64bit
- Mac OS X (beta)
- Fedora Linux (beta)
- Ubuntu Linux (beta)
Once you’ve downloaded the correct version for your operating system, just run the installer and follow the onscreen prompts. The steps below are for the Windows version of DraftSight 2019.
If you have a serial number, enter it when requested, if not, select the Free 30-day trial option.
To continue, read and accept the End User Licence Agreement.
DraftSight 2019 will then continue to install.
Just click on Finish to complete the install.
If you already have a previous version of DraftSight installed, you may get the following warning.
If you do, simply click on Yes and the installer will remove the previous version of DraftSight whilst retaining any custom configurations you may have.
Once the files have been removed, installation continues as normal.
Just as in a clean install, click on Finish to complete setup.
If you did have a previous version of DraftSight installed, you may get the Migration Assistance dialogue box. This allows you to migrate settings from previously installed versions of DraftSight. Just select where you’d like to migrate the settings from, which profile and the profile settings. By default, DraftSight will select the previously installed version, the Active Profile and all the Profile Settings. Once happy, just click on OK and the migration will proceed.
It only takes a matter of moments for the process to complete. Click on OK and DraftSight is installed.
And that is it. That’s all you need to do to either install DraftSight fresh, or to upgrade to DraftSight 2019.
IMPORTANT:
DraftSight 2019 for Windows® is offered in paid versions only.
Once you download and install DraftSight 2019 (free 30-day trial or purchased version), you will no longer be able to re-download or access any previous free version of DraftSight (2018 or earlier). All free versions of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 12/31/2019.
Learn more about DraftSight 2019 here.
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Cad Software Draftsight Free For Mac
| Developer(s) | Dassault Systèmes |
|---|---|
| Stable release | V1R3.0 / October 7, 2012; 4 months ago |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
| Type | CAD |
| License | Freeware, Proprietary |
| Website | DraftSight.com |
DraftSight is a proprietary freeware 2D CAD (computer-aided design or computer-aided drafting) product for engineers, architects, designers, draftspeople, students and educators. The product was developed by Dassault Systèmes and lets users create, edit and view DWG and DXF files.
DWG files contain the binary data for CAD design and it is the drawing format for many CAD programs. DWG is a long-time abbreviation for “Drawing.” A DXF, or Drawing Exchange File, is used to convert CAD files into a generic format that can be read by other CAD software products.
DraftSight competes against more than three dozen 2D or 2D/3D hybrid products on the market.[1] General availability of DraftSight for Windows was released in February 2011 and was downloaded more than 1.8 million times as of December 2011.[2]
Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish and Russian.
[edit]Portability
DraftSight loads quickly and has a file size of 76 MB. The activated DraftSight application folder takes up 185 MB. The software itself uses ARES from Graebert GmbH as platform.[3]
[edit]File formats
DraftSight allows users to access legacy DWG/DXF files, regardless of which CAD software was originally used to create them. According to industry estimates, there are more than three billion DWG legacy files in existence.[4] As stated on its Homepage DraftSight uses the Teigha Classic for .dwg files and Teigha for .dwg files specifications from the Open Design Alliance to interpret the dwg-file format.[5]
[edit]Platforms/operating systems
DraftSight runs on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (general release), Mac OS X and Linux (Mac and Linux are currently in beta).
[edit]DraftSight functions
- Read and write support for DWG/DXF files
- File | Save to DWT/DWG/DXF files back to previous versions ( need email activation)
- Create binary or ASCII DXF files
- Attach image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, & .tiff)
- Attach external reference drawings
- File | Print to .plt, .jpg, .pdf, .png, & .svg file formats.
- Save as .wmf?, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .sld, .svg, .tif, & .stl
- Multi-page PDF creation
- Publish to eDrawings or Drawings Now
- File | export | Export To *.bmp, *.emf, *.jpg,*.pdf, *.png, *.sld,*.svg, *.tiff file formats.
[edit]Release History
- Initial beta release for Windows: June 2010
- Mac beta I release: September 2010
- General release for Windows: February 2011
- Linux beta release: March 2011
- Mac beta II release: March 2011
- Service Pack V1R1.4 for all platforms (Linux/Mac as beta): January 2012
- Service Pack V1R2.0 for all platforms (Linux/Mac as beta): May 2012
Draftsight Support
[edit]Features
DraftSight was designed for professional CAD users and includes the following features:
- Command-line input
- Traditional toolbars and menus
- Wheel-mouse pan & zoom
- Blocks & reference files
- Layers & layer manager
- Polygonal ViewPorts
- ViewPort locking
- Freeze, lock or turn off layers per ViewPort
- Background masks for notes
- Property manager
- View proxy objects
- Dynamic pan & zoom
- Command aliases
- Menu files
- CTB and STB print style tables
- SHX and TrueType fonts
- LineStyle files
- Hatch pattern files
- Templates
[edit]Online user community
Dassault Systèmes hosts an open, on-line SwYm (See What You Mean) community for DraftSight users to ask questions, express opinions, collaborate, solve problems and share ideas. According to Machine Design magazine, engineers are increasingly turning to industry-specific social networking sites to collaborate on projects.[6] The community also holds an abundance of training resources.
Draftsight For Mac Reviews
[edit]References
- ^List of computer-aided design editors for architecture, engineering and construction
- ^DraftSight Surpasses One Million Downloads
- ^Interview With Aaron Kelley On DraftSight at Deelip.com
- ^Estimate of the number of DWG legacy files.
- ^DraftSight Features
- ^Machine Design Magazine: “DraftSight has a social networking side.”