Today, 02 November 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the initial release of AutoCAD LT. The press release was issued on this date for the new “low-cost windows CAD package”. AutoCAD LT retail price in 1993 was US$495 for a…
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One of our favorite (now EX) Autodeskers is Heidi Hewett. She recently blogged on exploding TEXT into line segments. We have also covered this topic back in 2015, and we covered how to explode linetypes into line segments. We have…
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Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016 has been released. It should first become available via the Application Manager, and soon thereafter via the Knowledge Network Downloads page. The big news for this service pack is that it…
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Ever wanted to know the differences between AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, and the AutoCAD Design Suite? Or maybe the differences between AutoCAD for Windows and AutoCAD for Mac OS? Check out the links below. Compare AutoCAD vs. AutoCAD for Mac OS…
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Dell and Autodesk are working together to provide CAD professionals with a budget priced workstation solution. For less than US$1000, you can purchase a Dell Precision T1700 workstation that includes a one year desktop subscription of AutoCAD LT (or another…
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Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2015. Be sure to read the download page and the readme file (English only). This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 installed as a standalone application…
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Here is a quick tip on drawing tangent lines and arcs. Before getting started, you can easily drawing tangent arc and line segments when using POLYLINEs, but we are going to discuss using plain LINE and ARC entities. Let’s say…
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“What is the difference between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT?” Autodesk provides a comparison matrix that highlights some of the differences. (That particular document compares the 2008 versions). But there really doesn’t seem to be a comprehensive comparison of what the…
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