Dassault Announces Beta of DraftSight
DraftSight, a new 2D drafting program from Dassault Systemes, is available in public beta for free, and to enterprises for a small fee (to access extended features and support). It can be downloaded here. The tool is meant to offer all of the same functionality in AutoCAD, and to read and author data in DWG files just as AutoCAD does. Despite similarities to SolidWorks’ DWG Editor product, DraftSight is altogether separate and different (based on different technology). Continue Reading
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