AutoCAD LT - Government Subscription

Key Features of AutoCAD LT

Professional architects, engineers, and designers use best-in-class AutoCAD LT® features to get their work done with speed and precision.

AutoLISP Use AutoLISP in AutoCAD LT to streamline workflows and enforce CAD standards through automation	Activity Insights Access and track version history data using detailed multi-user event logs and comparison tools	Autodesk Assistant Access helpful support and solutions related to AutoCAD features and your design challenges
Push to Autodesk Docs Push your CAD drawing sheets as PDFs directly from AutoCAD LT to Autodesk Docs	AutoCAD anytime, anywhere Capture, share, and review ideas on the go with one AutoCAD experience on desktop, web, and mobile	Cloud storage connectivity Access, preview, and open any DWG file in AutoCAD LT with Autodesk’s cloud and other leading cloud storage providers
Dynamic blocks Add flexibility to your block references, including changes in shape, size, or configuration	Trace Safely review and add feedback directly to a DWG file without altering the existing drawing	Blocks palette View, access, and mark your blocks as favorites from AutoCAD LT on desktop or within the AutoCAD web app
Count Automate the counting of block or object instances within your drawing	Enhanced DWG compare Compare two versions of a drawing without leaving your current window	Share Send a controlled copy of your drawing to teammates and colleagues to access wherever they are

What's new

These AutoCAD LT Features have been enhanced in the latest release:

	Smart Blocks: Search and Convert With the help of Autodesk AI, quickly search your drawings for objects based on selected geometry to convert into instances of a newly defined block, an existing block, or recently used block.
	Activity Insights Access and track version history data in detailed multi-user event logs with file comparison tools—supported for files stored on third-party cloud storage.
	Hatch Bring clarity to your designs with convenient updates to the familiar HATCH command. Add texture to your drawings through patterns, fills, and paths—without pre-defined shapes or enclosed boundaries.
	ArcGIS® Basemaps Ground your site plans with real-world geographical information using Esri’s ArcGIS® Basemaps. Access five Basemaps in the form of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, OpenStreetMaps and Streets, along with light and dark gray monochrome map styles.

More Features

Enhanced features

• Count - Automate the counting of block or object instances within a selected area or entire drawing. Navigate, filter, and review based on properties and create fields and tables to display counts on the drawing.
• Floating windows - Pull away drawing windows to display side by side or on multiple monitors, in the same instance of AutoCAD LT.
• Trace - Add design change notes and markups without altering your existing drawing from AutoCAD LT desktop in addition to the web and mobile apps.
• Sheet Set Manager - Open sheet sets quicker than ever before. Using the Autodesk cloud platform, sending and opening sheet sets to and from teammates is quicker and safer. Learn more

Extended workflows and key features

• Xref compare - See the changes made to your current drawing from changed external references
• Save to web and mobile - Save drawings from your desktop to view and edit on the AutoCAD web and mobile apps, Xrefs included.
• Shared views - Publish design views of your drawing in a web browser for viewing and commenting.
• Comprehensive 2D documentation - Produce 2D documentation and drawings with a comprehensive set of drawing, editing, and annotation tools.
• Intuitive user interface - Access tools when you need them—contextual ribbon tabs, multifunctional grips, customizable tool palettes, and an intelligent command line.
• Innovative technologies - Get the latest technologies including TrustedDWG™, high-resolution monitor support, migration tools, and the AutoCAD desktop app.

User interaction

• Start tab - The new AutoCAD Start tab lets you easily access files and other helpful content directly from the home screen.
• Ribbon tabs and panels - Access your favorite tools easily when you need them with the AutoCAD ribbon.
• Tool palettes - Easily access your most frequently used content and tools with customizable tool palettes.
• Command line - Launch commands and respond to prompts quickly using simple keystrokes, right at the command line.
• Multifunctional grips - Easily reshape, move, or manipulate geometry with grip editing.
• Object and layer transparency - Control the transparency for selected objects or for all objects on a layer.
• Dynamic blocks - Add flexibility and intelligence to your block references, including changing the shape, size, or configuration.
• Associative arrays - Create and modify objects in circular or rectangular patterns, or along a path.
• Object selection and isolation - Find and select all objects that match the properties of an object. Hide or unhide the selected objects.

2D drafting, drawing, and annotation

• Text formatting - Create a single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Format the text, columns, and boundaries.
• Smart dimensioning - Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to get a preview before you create it.
• Leaders - Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines, and define styles.
• Smart centerlines and center marks - Create and edit centerlines and center marks that automatically move when you move the associated objects.
• Tables - Create tables with data and symbols in rows and columns, apply formulas, and link to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
• Revision clouds - Draw revision clouds around new changes in a drawing to quickly identify your updates.
• Layouts - Specify the size of your drawing sheet, add a title block, and display multiple views of your model.
• Layout viewports - Create layout viewports to display different elements of your design at varying scales.
• Fields - Use fields in text objects to display text that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
• Data linking - Enable simultaneous updates by creating a live link between a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and a table in your drawing.
• Sheet set manager - View, access, manage, and plot multiple drawings as sheet.

Collaboration

• PDF and DGN import/export/underlay - Share and reuse data from PDF and DGN files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
• DWG and image references - Attach drawings and images to your current drawing as externally referenced files.
• Geographic location and online maps - Insert geographic location information into a drawing, and display a map in the drawing from an online map service.

Installation and customization 

• TrustedDWG technology - TrustedDWG technology lets you know of a possible incompatibility when a file was not last saved by an Autodesk software.
• Migration tool - Migrate your custom settings and files from previous releases.
• CUI customization - Customize the user interface to improve accessibility and reduce the number of steps for frequent tasks.
• Sysvar monitor - Monitor current system variables against a preferred list of values. Notification balloons alert you of deviations.
• Autodesk desktop app - Get alerts and install software updates without disrupting your workflow. View tutorials about new features.

 

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USE FOR: 2D drafting, drawings, and documentation 3D modeling and visualization	USE FOR: 2D drafting, drawings, and documentation
WHAT IT DOES: Create and edit 2D geometry Create and edit 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects Annotate drawings with text, dimensions, leaders, and tables Customize with add-on apps and APIs Customize the ribbon and tool palettes Extract object data to tables Attach and import data from PDF files Share and use data from DGN files, Navisworks, and Bing Maps Apply and monitor CAD standards	WHAT IT DOES: Create and edit 2D geometry Annotate drawings with text, dimensions, leaders, and tables Customize the ribbon and tool palettes Attach and import data from PDF files Share and use data from DGN files and Bing Maps
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