- Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:34 pm
#299980
Anyone found an alternative to Draftsight now its not free and they have gone down the subscription route?
Apps I have tried but don't totally float ma' boat, are :-
AutoDesk 360 - Works but it's Cloud based so you have to upload to the Cloud. Just to much o' a faff! I just want to check over a DWG I've just published to make sure it's tickety boo before I send it to someone.
LibreCAD - works fine with DXF but despite what it claimed it did not like our DWG files because they were more recent than AutoCAD 2007 and while we could export our DWGs at some ancient version to suit LibreCAD we can't ask all our Consultants to do the same.
Microspot DWG Viewer 2 - Just terrible considering they want £48 and it can't handle Paper Space at all! Hellish interface clunkier than a very clunky thing.
QCAD - Costs £33 so not horrendous cost wise but DraftSight was free
QCAD has a rather funky approach to Model Space and Paper Space which I suspect will confuse some. Good interface generally and fairly intuitive other than using "Blocks" for Model and Paper space.
Apps I have tried but don't totally float ma' boat, are :-
AutoDesk 360 - Works but it's Cloud based so you have to upload to the Cloud. Just to much o' a faff! I just want to check over a DWG I've just published to make sure it's tickety boo before I send it to someone.
LibreCAD - works fine with DXF but despite what it claimed it did not like our DWG files because they were more recent than AutoCAD 2007 and while we could export our DWGs at some ancient version to suit LibreCAD we can't ask all our Consultants to do the same.
Microspot DWG Viewer 2 - Just terrible considering they want £48 and it can't handle Paper Space at all! Hellish interface clunkier than a very clunky thing.
QCAD - Costs £33 so not horrendous cost wise but DraftSight was free

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