Challenge

Provide solutions for sheet metal and pipe work, including programming laser cutter machines and press brakes, while ensuring ease of use and knowledge sharing among employees.

Solution

Dumaco, a metalworking company with over 700 employees and seven locations, uses SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and DraftSight 2D CAD to provide solutions for all sheet metal and pipe work. Dumaco is satisfied with both programs because they are easy to use, easy to share knowledge, and achieve what they want to do very quickly.

Results

DraftSight is more cost effective than other CAD vendors and fully compatible with DWG files, making it a viable alternative for users who need to collaborate with other CAD users or work with legacy DWG files.
Dumaco can effectively serve all its customers regardless of their software by using DraftSight and SOLIDWORKS together.
The integration of DraftSight with SOLIDWORKS using the same network license manager enables the company to add DraftSight licenses to existing network license pools.

The Dumaco brand was officially launched in 2018 as a one-stop shop for all metalworking needs. Originally comprised of three companies that combined forces, today Dumaco has over 700 employees in its Montfort, Netherlands, headquarters and six additional locations. The company offers solutions for all sheet metal and pipe work at the component level and complete sheet metal assemblies with the option of mechanical post-processing, post-treatment, or coating.

"We use SOLIDWORKS® 3D CAD and the DraftSight® 2D drawing package," explains Team Leader of Innovation, Frits Van Den Hogen. "Many customers work in 3D assemblies, but you also have a group of customers who are still in 2D migrating to 3D." By using DraftSight and SOLIDWORKS together, Dumaco can effectively serve all its customers regardless of their software. The company also uses DraftSight to help program its laser machines and press brakes.

Easy to Use and Access

DraftSight is a professional grade 2D CAD software that can create, edit, view, and markup any 2D drawing or DWG file. The feature-rich software is used across architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and other industries. "I use DraftSight to read and edit drawings from our customers so that they are technically correct and manufacturable with our machines," says Maurice Van Lieshout, Engineer at Dumaco. "DraftSight is very fast and easy."

Because Dumaco already used SOLIDWORKS network licenses, it quickly integrated DraftSight with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD using the same network license manager. This enabled the company to add DraftSight licenses to existing network license pools, which freed up the use of DraftSight across the organization.

"We can achieve what we want to do very quickly. What is sometimes even more difficult in 3D is sometimes easier to adjust in 2D. Yes! And that's the advantage of working with DraftSight!"

—Maurice Van Lieshout, Engineer

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"We are satisfied with [both] programs," states Van Den Hogen. Dumaco loves both products because they are easy to use, and it is easy to share knowledge, even with production staff, by using viewers. According to Maurice Van Lieshout, Engineer, "We can achieve what we want to do very quickly. What is sometimes even more difficult in 3D is sometimes easier to adjust in 2D. Yes! And that's the advantage of working with DraftSight!"

DraftSight is more affordable than AutoCAD® and fully compatible with its DWG files, making it a viable alternative for users who need to collaborate with AutoCAD users or work with legacy DWG files.