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Six-Session DraftSight Webinar Series Features Comprehensive Mechanical Design Training

By Mike Fearon August 19, 2014
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Six-Session DraftSight Webinar Series Features Comprehensive Mechanical Design Training

Join DraftSight Training Specialist Mark Lyons for a six-part, all-encompassing, hands-on training series where attendees will work to complete a mechanical design project from start to finish. During each one-hour session, Lyons will work alongside you to build upon work

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A Webinar Lesson from DraftSight: Remember, Learning Starts by Doing

By Mike Fearon July 24, 2014
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A Webinar Lesson from DraftSight: Remember, Learning Starts by Doing

How much do you remember about the news you read two weeks ago? What do you recall from a trade show presentation you sat through in June? Unless you’re blessed with an eidetic memory, you generally may not remember much

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Recorded Webinar: Project-Based Learning with DraftSight

By Mike Fearon July 2, 2014
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Recorded Webinar: Project-Based Learning with DraftSight

On Wednesday, July 9, join DraftSight for a project-based learning webinar! (note: the recorded webinar is now available by clicking here) What’s a project-based learning webinar? It’s an opportunity for you to learn while designing in DraftSight. Led by our

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5 Favorite Free Tools for Engineers

By Jeremy Regnerus June 10, 2014
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5 Favorite Free Tools for Engineers

As an engineer or designer, you’re quite accustomed to software that requires significant resources—both in terms of time and cost—to successfully deploy and integrate into your product development processes. Did you know, however, that there are some very useful tools

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Leveraging 2D in a 3D World

By Jeremy Regnerus May 13, 2014
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Leveraging 2D in a 3D World

In the 80s, I amassed a large collection of cassette tapes, stoked by the ability to record whatever songs I wanted in whatever order. We’ve all done it, created those infamous mixed tapes! Then along came CDs, which provided a

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Don’t pay thousands to upgrade your 2D CAD software

By SOLIDWORKS March 26, 2014
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Don’t pay thousands to upgrade your 2D CAD software

On April 8,2014, Microsoft will end support for their Microsoft XP operating system.  According to their website:  If you continue to use Windows XP after support ends, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security

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DraftSight V1R5.0 includes new features for free, Enterprise and Professional versions

By SOLIDWORKS January 20, 2014
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DraftSight V1R5.0 includes new features for free, Enterprise and Professional versions

Discover what’s new in the Enterprise Pack Offering for DraftSight. The new release of DraftSight, V1R5.0, includes new, user-driven features to help companies and educators reduce software compliance issues and deployment challenges, and enhance customization and integration. Highlights of New

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See what’s new in DraftSight!

By Matthew West September 17, 2013
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See what’s new in DraftSight!

Late last week, the DraftSight team rolled out a NEW version of DraftSight: DraftSight V1R4.0. This version includes product enhancements to the free version of DraftSight for Windows plus unique enhancements to the Enterprise Pack Offering for DraftSight that can

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Easily manage and edit your 2D data with Enterprise PDM and DraftSight

By Kurt Lundstedt January 31, 2013
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Easily manage and edit your 2D data with Enterprise PDM and DraftSight

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM) 2013 now has an add-in for DraftSight Premium that can be downloaded from the customer portal.  This add-in allows DraftSight Premium customers to work with vaulted 2D files directly from within the DraftSight environment.  DraftSight Premium

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DraftSight passes the 2 million download mark

By Matthew West March 14, 2012
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DraftSight passes the 2 million download mark

At SolidWorks World 2012 last month, CEO Bertrand Sicot talked at length about the size of the SolidWorks community. With 1.7 million licenses sold, it's getting big. But there was another number he threw out as well–one that was even

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Tips on free software for 2D CAD

By Matthew West May 23, 2011
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Tips on free software for 2D CAD

Did you know that there is free to download a program for 2D CAD, developed by Dassault Systemes?   The product is called DraftSight and can be downloaded here !

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Welcome to a better way to read, write and share DWG files – and the place to do it all.

By Matthew West June 28, 2010
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Welcome to a better way to read, write and share DWG files – and the place to do it all.

Download our free* software and start working with your DWG files. Then start sharing, connecting and interacting with the 3DSwYm DraftSight™ community members. The DraftSight 2D CAD Product. Public Beta Now Available. DraftSight is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users

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