.com With the 2006 version of AutoCAD LT, Autodesk offers a more flexible and intuitive application designed to make professionals more productive than ever. Key features like more flexible hatching, improved dimensioning, and user-friendly text editing make AutoCAD LT 2006 a worthy upgrade from previous versions. Autodesk has also improved the user interface, enhanced the editing toolkit, and more--again, with the goal of increasing productivity for 2D drafting and detailing. AutoCAD LT is aimed at design professionals in all industries who require full DWG file format compatibility but do not require 3D capabilities or advanced customization of their software. Enhanced User Interface New drafting features in AutoCAD LT 2006 make it easier than ever to get fast results. A new pointer input enables you to launch commands, read prompts and enter values right at the graphics cursor. This keeps your attention focused on your design, rather than on the command line. Meanwhile, the dimension input shows dimension values, such as length and angle, on the object being created or edited. New values can be entered and changed dynamically in the graphics window, which makes interacting with your design dynamic and allows you to explore alternatives "on the fly." There's also a new "Quick Calculator" that makes it easy to perform calculations, units conversion, and derive values from drawing entities all from within AutoCAD LT. This gives you the power of the CAL command without the complex command syntax required in previous versions. Another user interface improvement, rollover highlighting, helps you avoid time spent selecting wrong objects in a drawing by dynamically highlighting objects in your drawing as you roll over them with the graphics cursor. The new interface also allows for easy customization of menus and toolbars, and automates migration of custom toolbars and menus for future releases. What's more, you can easily customize tool palettes for storing frequently used blocks and hatches. This feature is great for draging and dropping content directly into your drawing. It also makes it easy to quickly find and insert frequently used content, hatches, and solid fills. You can now pre-assign tool properties, as well, such as layer, color, and scale. Properties are automatically applied as you insert content into your drawings. Text and table handling is dramatically improved in AutoCAD LT 2006, with a focus on intuitive WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interaction. Insert standard WYSIWYG tables with in-place editing and intuitive keyboard functionality, similar to that of Microsoft Word. In addition to standard grip editing, table editing options are available through the context-sensitive menu, and the properties window. Meanwhile, text is created and edited so it will appear exactly as it does in the drawing. Easily view, size, position, and edit text relative to nearby geometry, while adjusting text properties such as style and font as needed using familiar tools common in other text-editing applications. Better Dimensioning Drafting just got a lot easier with AutoCAD LT 2006's new dimensioning tools. First, variable dimension line types allow you to select different dimension and extension line types by using the dimension style or properties dialogs. This lets you to give your dimensions exactly the line type you prefer without spending the time to explode and edit them. Next, new arc-length functionality avoids current time-consuming work-arounds by directly dimensioning the length of an arc. You can also dimension large radii curves quickly and easily. This function creates a jogged radial dimension line to indicate the radius of an arc or a circle that is too large to fit on the drawing. Finally, moving dimension arrows manually is a thing of the past, as new flipping dimension arrows allow you to flip an individual dimension arrow from inside to outside of the dimension line and back. Simplified Plotting AutoCAD LT 2006's enhanced plot user interface conveniently places all page setup controls in one location, with the most commonly used controls on the left side. The preview option provides a full preview of how the current plot settings will be applied when you plot the drawing. You can also now enjoy the benefits of background plotting. Whether you publish your designs to DWF files or plot to paper, you can continue working in the drawing editor while AutoCAD LT plots in the background. You'll receive an unobtrusive notification when a plot job is completed, and you can follow the link to view the plot and publish details in the plot and publish details dialog box. Easy Sharing with DWF Getting your DWF files out to clients and colleagues is easier than ever with AutoCAD LT 2006. Publish intelligent design data with Autodesk DWF (Design Web Format) file format, and save time by simplifying collaboration with your design team. Because it can create files that can be one-tenth the size of files created in other formats, the DWF format is the fastest, easiest way to communicate design information while ensuring secure and efficient sharing at any stage of the project lifecycle. Mark up designs and easily coordinate projects during the design review phase by replacing the paper process with Autodesk DWF Composer. Use DWF Composer to mark up drawings with comments, sketches, dimensions, text, and stamps before sending them on their way. You can also view DWF files with the free Autodesk DWF Viewer, which presents intelligent data preserved with accuracy, including drawing scale, coordinates, assorted views, hyperlinks, and more. Print to scale, fit to page, tile, or selectively print a variety of sheets from a DWF sheet set. From the Manufacturer The worlds number-one seller for 2D drafting and detailing, AutoCAD LT software is better than ever. With AutoCAD LT 2006, hatching is more flexible, dimensioning is improved, and text editing works the way you always wanted it to. Add a more intuitive interface, and the tasks you perform every day are streamlined with just one thing in mind--boosting your productivity. With enhanced editing tools, seamless document sharing, full DWG file format compatibility, and the elimination of tedious workarounds, youve never experienced a more efficient design process. Features: Boosts everyday drafting productivity with full DWG file format compatibility, and improved dimensioning, tool palettes, and user interface. Dynamic input brings the power of the command line to the graphics cursor, giving you immediate feedback on the information you enter as you work. The plot user interface is streamlined, providing all page setup controls and full preview capabilities in a single location, enabling you to plot to paper in one step. Hatch multiple areas with a single command or calculate area with just one click with improved hatching. Launch commands, read prompts, and enter values at the graphics cursor. Perform calculations and derive values from drawing entities with Quick Calculator, and dynamically highlight as you roll over objects.
W**M
Autocad LT 2006
Autocad LT 2006 is drafting software designed for Windows XP. Like so many programs, it will not operate on Vista. It is some improvement on the earlier versions of Autocad LT and is less DOS like which will make many happy, but being an old DOS hand, I find it a little bit harder to get used to.
R**W
AUTOCAD LT 2006 Should Be Clearly Listed As A Student Version
LT is a well written and useful program and this version is no exception. However, this edition was NOT clearly listed as a student version and I would not have purchased it if I had known that.
I**H
Product okay, description off
I receive the product in a timely manner. However, it was AutoCAD 2006, not AutoCAD LT 2006 as advertized. When I contacted the seller about this I received no response.
A**T
Have to have windows 7
Had to get a computer running window 7 to run this program but it’s totally serviceable and for my work semi retired RA it’s fine
C**R
Cautious With The Price
You can download this program for a free 30 day trial at the autodesk website. I have used Autocad off and on myself since 1985. I tried this version and I still prefer Autocad 14. It's really hard to beat it for 2D capabilities. For 800 bucks, I laugh at Autodesk for still trying to make this kind of money off license upgrades. It definately has bells and whistles, but in today's economy, it's lacking in competive price, in spite of the fact that Autodesk is sabotaging sales by releasing information on their own website that the LT versions in the near future will be released for free. If you only need 2D capable CAD Package, I would look toward other packages like Intelicad or Turbocad. Maybe even try to get an old copy of Autocad 14 which would have some 3D capability. If you are wanting an elite CAD package, you better go visit the Bentley website for Microstation. Microstations Raster capabilites totally blow away Autocad Products and imaging overlays are far superior to Autodesk.
M**R
First LT Experience Better than Expected
Prior to using LT 2006 I had a full version of 2005. Most of the things missing between LT and the full version aren't a big deal if you don't do rendering or write code, but some of the absences are noticeable on a day-to-day basis (most notably Express Tools and polygonal viewports).2006 has some neat new features, like the "dyanmic command-line input" which puts the command line at the cursor and actually has a clickable version of each command's options. They've also cleaned up some of the enhancements to 2005. For example there's now an undo feature built into the copy command, so it actually makes sense to default to multi-copy mode.In addition to that, I've noticed that finally with AutoCAD 2006 and Acrobat 7.0 making PDFs is much easier. Font embedding is simple enough (though disabled by default), but more importantly all vecotrs in AutoCAD are rendered as vectors in Acrobat. This yields much smaller file sizes while providing much more professional-looking PDFs.Finally, I must say that 2006 is the least-buggy annual AutoCAD release I've experienced. There is a service pack available, and it fixes some issues. But even without the service pack, while I would crash pervious versions all the time I think I've killed this version two or three times.There's still room for some improvement, particularly in the online features (including downloading patches) but overall this is a decent upgrade... if you can afford it.
H**W
Works a little better with each release......
I've been using AutoCAD off and on since it was a DOS program and it has continued to improve in ease of operation with each subsequent release that I've used from AutoCAD11 to the present. they haven't all been huge jumps in quality, but it has been at least a slight improvement with each one. I guess the only complaint I might have with this release is that the instruction manual might have gone into more depth; some one who is going to be using AutoCAD for the first time might still be lost with some of their explanations and examples, but then I suppose that's what all those aftermarket AutoCAD manuals are for.
G**R
AutoCAD06
Previously I had AutoCADLT1998 so I had to adjust to some program changes. I am pleased with my new software.
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