red beard
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2006
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI USA
I originally learned CAD on Autocad and used Autocad LT for several years before switching to Draftsight. Today I went to start Draftsight and it wouldn't start-program stopped working error. I hadn't updated it in awhile, so I figured that I would install the latest version. Hopefully that would fix my issue.
The install seemed to go fine, but when I went to start it, the splash screen would come up and the program window would come up for a split second and then close.
Apparently this is a common problem. I looked on the draftsight forums and there is about 50 different solutions to this issue. I spent about three hours this morning trying to get it to work, but no luck. This isn't the first issue I've had with Draftsight, so I'm ready to move on.
I'm looking for suggestions, and it doesn't have to be free. I would like something with a similar interface as Autocad.
I downloaded the BricsCAD trial, and that seems pretty nice. The 2D version is $590 for a permanent licence which doesn't seem too bad to me.
The install seemed to go fine, but when I went to start it, the splash screen would come up and the program window would come up for a split second and then close.
Apparently this is a common problem. I looked on the draftsight forums and there is about 50 different solutions to this issue. I spent about three hours this morning trying to get it to work, but no luck. This isn't the first issue I've had with Draftsight, so I'm ready to move on.
I'm looking for suggestions, and it doesn't have to be free. I would like something with a similar interface as Autocad.
I downloaded the BricsCAD trial, and that seems pretty nice. The 2D version is $590 for a permanent licence which doesn't seem too bad to me.
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