[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":113},["ShallowReactive",2],{"PSO_ePm5diFTbL6wVExbFzLjNAjf8M0w76B1L8bNMAs":3,"article_boost-productivity-draftsight-2016_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":111,"_apollo:identified":112},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","boost-productivity-draftsight-2016","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":110},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":46,"globalTags":50,"products":53,"disciplines":67,"seo":99,"__typename":109},"cG9zdDozNDUzNQ==","Boost Your Productivity with DraftSight 2016","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fboost-productivity-draftsight-2016","\u003Cp>With over 8 million downloads worldwide, DraftSight is a powerful, professional-grade 2D CAD…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-1024x481.png.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-768x361.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-150x150.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-1024x481.png.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-300x141.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-768x361.png.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-1536x721.png.webp 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsample_1-2048x962.png.webp 2048w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>With over 8 million downloads worldwide, DraftSight is a powerful, professional-grade 2D CAD product providing architects, engineers, and construction service providers (AEC), as well as professional CAD users with a robust and reliable design experience. Even students, educators and CAD hobbyists use DraftSight to create, edit and view their native DWG files.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You will find a user-friendly interface in DraftSight with no learning curve if you’re transitioning from other popular 2D CAD software tools. Whether you use DraftSight, DraftSight Professional or DraftSight Enterprise, you can start designing and documenting right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What’s new in DraftSight 2016?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>DraftSight 2016 features faster performance, advanced customization and annotation capabilities to increase your productivity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Customizable Ribbon – Boost your productivity\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Create your own workspaces in addition to the ones we created for you. Customize the tabs and panels of the Ribbon to group the tools you need.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"ds-video\">\u003Ca data-3ds-videoplayer=\"modal\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=HCy-DTOOLxs\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan class=\"ImageCover Border Block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\u002F\u002Fimg.youtube.com\u002Fvi\u002FHCy-DTOOLxs\u002Fhqdefault.jpg); width:100%; height: 100%;\">\u003Cspan class=\"Btn--circle isCenter\">\u003Ci class=\"Icon Icon--playBig\">\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>Do more with DraftSight Professional 2016\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>DraftSight Professional 2016 enables you to take your experience to the next level as it includes additional rich functionality and productivity tools. You can easily attach a PDF to your drawing, add standard hardware, holes, symbols and tables to your design. 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Developers and users alike can easily connect DraftSight with other solutions and products enabling far more integrated experiences and workflows.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>DraftSight Professional includes add-ons for SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, the Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and GEOVIA Surpac.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F3dexperience_2.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34540\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F3dexperience_2.png.webp 500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F3dexperience_2-300x287.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3-1024x533.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34541\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3-1024x533.png.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3-300x156.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3-768x400.png.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3-1536x799.png.webp 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fgeovia_3.png.webp 1574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Get more with DraftSight Enterprise 2016\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>DraftSight Enterprise 2016 includes all of the features and benefits of DraftSight Professional 2016 plus flexible licensing to enable concurrent usage and technical support to help manage mission critical CAD requirements and compliance across your organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>New DraftSight User Groups\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>We are also happy to announce DraftSight User Groups to support our ever-growing global CAD community. This is an open forum where you can meet with peers to learn more about DraftSight, ask questions, watch technical presentations, and share experiences. It’s a group set up by users for users in your local communities to help you get the most out of DraftSight.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first DraftSight User Group meeting was recently held in New England. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.solidworks.com\u002Fswcommunity\u002F2015\u002F11\u002Ffirst-ever-draftsight-user-group-meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read all about it here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fneadug_group1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34542\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fneadug_group1.jpg.webp 585w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fneadug_group1-300x115.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>A second DraftSight User Group for the Dallas Fort Worth area has just been \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fswugn.org\u002Fswugn\u002Fcalendar\u002Fugdetails.htm?id=581\" target=\"_blank\">listed here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Interested in starting a DraftSight User Group in your area? DraftSight User Groups are part of the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN). \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fswugn.org\u002Fswugn\u002Fbenefits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003C\u002Fa> to get started and also learn about the benefits of being a DraftSight User Group leader and\u002For member.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.DraftSight.com\u002FDownload\" target=\"_blank\">Download DraftSight 2016 today\u003C\u002Fa> and see how you can be more successful in creating any kind of 2D drawing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>DraftSight 2016 is available in 14 languages: English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. 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