DraftSightfor Mac
App info
A Tool for Architects
DraftSight is a unique tool for Mac that is widely used among designers, professional CAD users, educators, and architects. It is a powerful drafting software for creating CAD projects and 2D drawings. Moreover, DraftSight is a highly interoperable app that can open and save DXF and DWG files. In addition, this software is full of various tools, such as editing and formatting.
About DraftSight
DraftSight does not need much space on your Mac, but it is such powerful software and offers various features and tools. They will help you to draw various documents or create new ones from scratch. You can also customize the layout in many different ways.
This application is free, so it is perfect for those who are on a budget. However, you may not find all tools that you require, and there are some bugs that some users find uncomfortable.
Benefits of DraftSight
The main benefit of DraftSight is that it is highly interoperable. It allows users to work with lots of file formats. Also, such formats like .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .bmp can be attached to the drawings and users can save documents in numerous formats. There is also a Cartesian Coordinate System, which helps users to keep all items organized. Furthermore, you can customize the DraftSight using its API. In addition, there is a special feature that helps users to add different elements to drawings, such as hyperlinks, masks, tables, arcs, points, blocks, and lines.
Conclusion
DraftSight is a powerful drafting software for Mac users. It is free to use and offers many helpful features that can be advantageous for multiple professional architects.
- It runs very quickly and smoothly
- Easy to use
- Lots of customizable options
- There are a few bugs
- Not all of the features of the professional version are available