![]() I can probably rationalize that over $180 for, say, NanoCad with it's horrid licensing limits(*). "Summer sale", whatever the hell that means, is $800 for a 3 year term. Now I'm faced with contemplating a subscription to ACAD LT. Geez what a difference! I haven't used Autocad in about 8 years and I was instantly back on track getting the job done in about a third of the time and with NO frustration. In a fit of frustration with some of Draftsight's own idiocy I downloaded the trial form of ACAD Lite. Kcress - RE: Draftsight 2019 - no longer Free itsmoked (Electrical) 21 Jul 19 03:30 What the hell's wrong with them? How hard is it to keep track of how many copies of a license are running on the planet? NanoCAD does offer floating licences except they demand the floaters be on the same network. So that would mean I'd have to buy 2 copies even though only one would ever be running at a time. I work on drawings at home and at the office and they're allowing only one CPU period. I'd probably go with DraftSight except their licensing sucks for me. (Free for hobbyists or companies doing less than x$ business.) It's also twice the price of DraftSight.Īs for DraftSight ransoming our drawings, is that really true? Can't we store them on our hardware and access them with any DFX or DWG tool? This is not like Fusion360 where you really are ransomed except they have a really generous licencing agreement. I hope nanoCAD doesn't pull the same trick on us. Kcress - RE: Draftsight 2019 - no longer Free SBaugh (Mechanical) I'm glad to hear there are some alternatives. It would appear and in the time it took to read the file name it would vaporize it and my antiV would pop up a window to inform me of a 'save'. ![]() Hilariously my anti virus program found and nixed the keycracker every time it opened. I thought about using a cracked version to keep the files on MY computer instead of their cloud. So today the same thing 'you must activate (again!)' but with that nasty in- red you shall bend over after December. Really aggravating, especially since the activation process was broken about half the time. I've always cursed the Dassault idiots because on two computers at least one would be whining about needing to be "activated" every rare time I opened it. I use DraftSight about 10 times a year to cobble up a cnc router part or a field wiring diagram. Not only does DraftSight offer both perptual and term licenses, but the term license cost outweighs that of AutoCAD and offers networking capbilities.Just smashed my face into this too. How You Can Potentially Save Money Switching From AutoCAD to DraftSight However, if you use 2D files on any kind of regular basis, if you are an existing SOLIDWORKS user, or if you are a casual AutoCAD user, DraftSight is a 2D CAD solution that can address your needs and reduce costs. If you only need to open 2D CAD files once or twice a year, then AutoCAD’s new token licensing model might be a fit for you. Plus, with DraftSight, you have the added benefit of the software integrating with SOLIDWORKS, unifying not only your software solutions, but the software vendors you must manage. Network licensing helps reduce overall operational costs. These options make it so that users can get exactly what they want from their 2D drafting tool. Networking licensing options that allow you to share licenses among user groups.Subscription and term licensing options so that your software has the latest enhancements.Perpetual licenses to allow you to own the software.Enter DraftSight.ĭraftSight not only offers the same reliability and functionality you expect from a 2D drafting tool, it also gives you flexibility in licensing. What if we told you Dassault Systèmes offers a nearly identical 2D tool, with more licensing flexibility, for a fraction of the cost? Not to mention, it also integrates directly into your SOLIDWORKS design environment. DraftSight: A Flexible Alternative to AutoCAD On the surface, this seems like a good compromise for light users, but companies need to pay close attention to their usage – the cost of daily tokens can add up quickly. For many companies, this is not cost-effective because they do not work exclusively in 2D, so users are not working daily within the software.įor lighter AutoCAD users, Autodesk did introduce “flex” licensing, where companies can purchase tokens to pay only for days when they use the software. Not only did Autodesk eliminate perpetual licensing back in 2016, but over the last two years, they have slowly worked to phase out network licensing options, requiring any user that needs access to the software to have their own login. AutoCAD has been a staple in 2D CAD for years, but with Autodesk's recent changes to their licensing models, it has become a tool that no longer offers versatile licensing options. In today's 2D CAD environment, there is a plethora of choices and capable tools.
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