DraftSight 2011

Free 2D CAD software to ease working with your legacy data

SolidWorks DraftSight 2011 2D CAD design software is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD solution from SolidWorks and Dassault Systèmes for users who want a better way to create, edit and view DWG files. SolidWorks DraftSight 2011 2D CAD design software is easy to use and is available for professional CAD users, students and educators to download and activate for FREE.

SolidWorks DraftSight 2011 2D CAD design software's user interface is familiar to those who have used other 2D CAD solution and is available in multiple languages including English, Chinese, traditional Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian. SolidWorks DraftSight 2011 2D CAD design software has a small footprint, should take a few minutes to download, and supports Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and the Mac. (Linux coming soon).

SolidWorks DraftSight 2011 2D CAD design software was built with CAD users in mind and includes:

User Environment & Features

• Cartesian coordinate system
• 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 TTF fonts
• LineStyle files
• Hatch pattern files
• Templates

Interoperability

• Read and write support for DWG/DXF files*
• Save DWG/DXF files back to previous versions*
• Create binary or ASCII DXF files*
• Attach image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, & .tiff)
• Attach external reference drawings
• Print to file (.plt, .jpg, .pdf, .png, & .svg)
• Save as .wmf, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .sld, .svg, .tif, & .stl file formats
• Multi-page PDF creation
• Publish to eDrawings or Drawings Now

Productivity Enhancers

• Consolidated options dialog
• Enhanced, easy to read, command prompts
• Home palette
• Smart calculator
• Quick print
• Context sensitive help

Setup and Administration

• Support for Windows®, Mac & Linux operating systems
• Multi-language character set support including Unicode fonts
• Customizable interface: command aliases, double-click actions, menus, right-click menus, shortcut keys, toolbars, etc.
• Quick and free to download
• Fast “one-click” installation

Entities

• Arcs, circles, & lines
• Notes & SimpleNotes
• Tables
• Blocks and BlockAttributes
• Ellipses & elliptical arcs
• RichLines, PolyLines, 3D PolyLines, & Splines
• Points & rings
• Hyperlinks
• ViewPorts
• Masks & region
• ISO, ANSI & Traditional Hatch patterns
• Solid & gradient Fill
• Dimensions: Arc length, radius, diameter, baseline, linear, ordinate, etc.
• Tolerances, Leaders & CenterMarks

Drafting Tools

• Snap & Grid
• Chamfer & Fillet
• Tracking guides & Polar guides
• Get area, distance, or coordinates information
• Double-click editing
• Undo/Redo
• EntityGrips, EntitySnaps, Entity
• InfiniteLines, Rays & Reference Points
• Select entities using filters, SmartSelect, or by window, crossing window, crossline, polygonal window, etc.

Drawing Setup Tools

• Customizable coordinate system
• RichLine styles
• Layer manager
• Table styles
• Points format
• Text Styles
• Unit system
• Multiple layout
• Dimension styles
• Named page layouts

Edit Tools

• Move, scale & rotate
• Stretch & change length
• Mirror, copy, offset and pattern copy
• Trim & extend
• Split & weld
• Edit blocks in-place or isolate for edit
• Open reference drawings from within the base drawing
• Clip references and images
• Modify Hatch and fill pattern, origin, etc
• Edit note properties: direction, justification, line spacing, text height, TextStyle, etc.

To learn more about DraftSight 2011 2D CAD software, contact MLC CAD Systems at 800-364-1652, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact your local MLC CAD Systems location for more information.