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Easily creates plant layouts, P&ID diagrams, and photo-realistic renderings
Industrial design is part art, part science. Designers are creative and collaborative, yet technical and analytical. Whether working on cars, appliances, or equipment and machinery, they need industrial design software that lets them stay agile and innovative, but also maintains links to past designs, templates, and drawings.
Industrial design software helps you:
The industrial design tools you choose can have a big impact on your success. In such a fluid and forward-thinking industry, old systems are quickly becoming out-of-date and inefficient. DraftSight easily integrates with your existing tech, yet also supports legacy users and data. Here’s how today’s industrial engineering and design software can help.
Every industrial engineering software use case is unique. If you work with hard-to-handle materials, one-of-a-kind equipment, or just need to put traditional building blocks together in new ways, the ability to make small tweaks without going back to the drawing board is essential. The ideal CAD solution lets you diagnose and fix potential design problems before the prototyping stage, so you can get it right the first time.
One of the biggest benefits of CAD software for industrial design is that your team can quickly explore ideas, analyze designs, and determine the best concepts. The software can make many calculations without manual input, and it will automatically save components, dimensions, angles, and measurements. Industrial design software also makes it easy to share and collaborate, whether your team is across the office or across the world.
Industrial designers and engineers are visionaries, but communicating that vision isn’t always easy. Software for industrial design allows you to create clear, standardized, and legible drawings so that both clients and other departments can understand your team’s ideas. It isn’t just art for art’s sake, either. A clear vision can help you prepare better quotes and shorten the proposal process.
Easily creates plant layouts, P&ID diagrams, and photo-realistic renderings
Integrates seamlessly with your existing tech stack and employee skill sets
Flexible seats with network licensing, along with flexible workflows.
See how a leading maker of equipment for hard-to-handle materials uses DraftSight to accelerate drawing, layout, and P&ID development.
Professional 2D CAD with powerful productivity tools and an API to accelerate your design projects
Securely share data and effortlessly connect people, data, and project management
Industrial designers use a variety of software for different needs. 2D CAD software like DraftSight is a must-have for creating product concepts, blueprints, instructions and more. Most industrial engineers and designers also use 3D CAD, such as SOLIDWORKS, from the same maker as DraftSight. They might also use finite element analysis software to test their product’s reaction to heat, vibration or fluid flow and graphical programming environments to test and validate systems.
The best 2D CAD software for industrial design will be intuitive, easily integrate with your existing systems and have all the functionality you need –and nothing you don’t. DraftSight is available in five versions , with the option to connect to the cloud for even better collaboration. From basic drawing tools to parametric constraints and 3D tools, check out our feature comparison chart to see which version is best for you.
The cost of industrial design software depends on the features and number of licenses you need. Basic features with a single license can be very affordable, and you can even find free versions. There are also basic versions available for students, educators and hobbyists. On the other hand, CAD software for large enterprises can run into the thousands of dollars. That’s where DraftSight’s convenient, flexible network licensing can make a big difference. We also offer a free 30-day trial with no payment method required.