Autocad LT

I'm looking to possibly buy a, hopefully legit copy of Autocad LT
2002. I was wondering what the learning curve in terms of hours and or
days, would be for this program.

I am wanting to have a wire-form item manufactured which is a lot like
a paperclip. The manufacturing company that I've gotten my first quote
from told me that I would need to supply them with a rendering in a
..dwg file format. I know that I could hire the work done and get it
done right, but if the learning curve on AutoCad LT isn't too steep,
I'd like to consider doing it myself.

Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Bondslave

 

(Perry Austin) wrote in

I wouldn't consider the curve steep, if you are familiar with standard
drafting practices. The biggest issue will be learning what commands do
what.



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Get a simple tutorial like autocad for dummies to help you get going
asap, sometimes if you have no prior experience with cad some things
can be really frustrating to do. You might also supply a regular
drawing to the shop along with your cad so if in case your cad has
some problems they might alert you to that before wasting your money
making something you can't use.

Laz

 

get yourself bricscad intelicad (300$) same as Autocad 2000, even better
and it can read and write dwg for autocad
by the way in autoce LT is only for 2D (no rendering)

 

Are you sure about that? I recently bought a brand-new copy of
"AutoCAD Lite for Windows". Windows 3.1, that is. (The manual is dated
November 1993) Huge program, comes in four floppies ... ;-)

I have not done much with it beyond installing and verifying it runs
under Windows 2000 and XP, but it does allow you to enter 3D
coordinates, establish UCSs in any 3D orientation, the menus include
"3D Viewpoint", "Hide", "Shade", etc.

Did Autodesk remove 3D functionality from later versions of AcadLT?

Going back to the OP question, I agree you would be probably better
off buying Intellicad and not AcadLT.



Roberto Waltman

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