Free DraftSight Alternatives

The best free alternative to DraftSight is FreeCAD, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to DraftSight and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to DraftSight are LibreCAD, Onshape, BRL-CAD and QCAD.

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  1. Archimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. It is a robust system built over Eclipse’s Rich Client Java Platform fully based on plug ins. This means it is easily extensible but also has a pretty thin core that allows you to select the features you...

    50 Archimedes CAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. BabaCAD icon
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    First Bosnian Computer Aided Design software. 2D vector geometries polyline, circle, arc, hatch, block, georeferenced raster images. Commercial BabaCAD for Mac (23.99) available on MAC APP STORE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. FreeDraft icon
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    Free CAD software for your DWG and DXF files: A new 2D CAD product that provides professional CAD users, with a better way to read, write and share DWG files. Portable 2D CAD application for Windows with DWG/DXF support

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Medusa4 icon
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    MEDUSA4: The comprehensive 2D/3D design automation suite for mechanical, plant, construction and automotive engineering

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5.  2 likes

    Multilanguages CAD 2D/3D by STS with a library of more than 200 symbols frequently used in the architectural drawing

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. SAMoCAD icon
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    SAMoCAD designed to create simple drawings, primarily to architectural drawings. Development of the program is far from complete, but it is already possible to draw. There is partial DXF format support, at the moment almost all drafted in the program can be saved in DXF and can...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. View, print, and review all types of eDrawings files

    Built-in Viewer View and print native SolidWorks®, AutoCAD®, DWG, and DXF™ files.

    Drawing Layout Open individual views in a drawing and arrange them as desired, regardless of how the views were arranged in the origi.

    22 eDrawings Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Autodesk® DWG TrueView™ software is a free* stand-alone DWG™ viewer with DWG TrueConvert™ software included. Built on the same viewing engine as AutoCAD® software, DWG TrueView enables you to view the latest DWG and DXF™ files, just as you would in AutoCAD.

    12 Autodesk DWG TrueView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Viewer only, no editing/creation

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    • Autodesk DWG TrueView is Free and ProprietaryDraftSight is Paid and Proprietary
  9. CAD X11 Free icon
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    CAD system ideally suited for drafting (strengths in mechanical drafting) and light wireframe and surfacing modeling on Windows 7, Vista, or XP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. gCAD3D icon
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    gCAD3D is a 3D CAD CAM application that features an integrated 3D OpenGL viewer, a program interpreter for geometry and NC-commands in 3D, an integrated NC-processor, and a programming interface for user programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. NttCAD icon
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    NttCAD: free, simple 2D/3D CAD software, multi-platform (works on Windows, Mac, linux...). Programmable in Java language. Small program size and fast download. Saves in autocad dxf, svg and NttCAD formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  12. Design Review lets you view, mark up, print, and track changes to 2D and 3D files. Work with: DWF, DWFx, DWG, and DXF (requires DWG TrueView); Adobe PDF; as well as.bmp, .jpg, .gif, .pcx, .pct, .png, .rlc, .tga, .tif, .mil, .cal, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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