![]() The software provides a feature called PDF Underlay. The solution can import DGN files that users can edit directly within the software. They will also be able to save or export the drawings into various image file formats. For instance, users will be able to attach image files with different file formats to their drawings (e.g. It supports a wide variety of file formats. ![]() Product Definition Manager to improve drawing, annotation and MBD related areas.DraftSight is a highly interoperable 2D CAD design and drafting solution. More recently, I am now employed by Dassault Systemes as SOLIDWORKS Sr. ![]() I've created this website to provide current information about SolidWorks from a variety of contributors. I've worked to utilize the SolidWorks' user environment to simplify drafting and design activities for 20+ engineers. Since 1998, I've been used SolidWorks non-stop. I authored several custom functions, one of which was published in the March 1997 issue of Cadalyst Magazine. I utilized AutoLISP and many other AutoCAD customization features to streamline drafting activities for 6+ drafters and designers. There is now the Education Premium Service for educators which includes curriculum materials, network licensing and telephone and email support.Īs a drafter, mechanical designer and CAD engineer, I've been in the mechanical design field since 1991.įor the first 8 years of my career, I was an AutoCAD professional. Service optionsĭraftSight offers a variety of support options, including no-cost community support (mentioned above), as well as fee-based Premium Services that may include telephone and email support, network licensing and access to DraftSight APIs. He also stressed the value the user base in improving DraftSight. Aaron Kelly adds, “we fixed a bunch of bugs that people reported”. The addition of Command Variables Enhancement allows users to set and change system variables directly from the command line. This enables users to write add-on programs for DraftSight in C++ and other supported programming languages. Other updates in the general releaseĪPI support for DraftSight is now available, for a fee. SwYm communities have profiles, blogs, micro-blogging, “iQuestions”, wikis, media sharing spaces (data, audio, video, and even 3D), status updates, and more all within one online user interface. DraftSight is community drivenįree support, training and enhancement requests may be conducted through the DraftSight online community, based on Dassault Systemes’ SwYm online collaboration and social innovation platform. As of today’s general release, DraftSight will now also support these languages in the Help file, meaning that DraftSight is now fully localized (all 14 versions will be released at once for each update). Language supportĪlso according to Kelly, since the beta 3 release, the DraftSight user interface has simultaneously supported 14 languages at once (English, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Korean, Polish, Russian, Czech). In a conversation I had with Aaron Kelly, Senior Director of DraftSight at Dassault Systemes, he stated that this number is “a lot more than we expected.” He added that the total number of full DraftSight activations is over 95,000. ![]() The very long beta release of the Windows version has ended with an impressive 400,000 450,000 downloads (as of 5:00PM ET on February 22, 2011) from the DraftSight website. DraftSight is a no-cost 2D CAD application for CAD professionals, students and educators which allows them to create, edit and view. The big news from Dassault Systemes today is that they just announced the general release of DraftSight for Windows. ![]()
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