Use AutoLISP to streamline workflows and enforce CAD standards through automation. Leverage thousands of previously written programs created for use in AutoCAD-based programs. Supports file types LSP, FAS and VLX. (video: 1:01 min.)

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Smart blocks placement lets you automatically place blocks in your drawing based on where you’ve inserted the same ones thus far in your DWG file, reducing the number of clicks and saving you time in the process. (video: 43 sec.)

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Count automates the counting of blocks or objects within a selected area or throughout your entire drawing with a menu to identify errors and navigate through your counted objects. (video: 1:15 min.)

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Pull away drawing windows to display side by side or on multiple monitors, in the same instance of AutoCAD LT. (video: 1:11 min.)

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Add design change notes and markups without altering your existing drawing from AutoCAD LT desktop in addition to the web and mobile apps. (video: 49 sec.)

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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.

See the changes made to your current drawing from changed external references.

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Save drawings from your desktop to view and edit on the AutoCAD web and mobile apps, xrefs included.

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Publish design views of your drawing in a web browser for viewing and commenting.

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Produce 2D documentation and drawings with a comprehensive set of drawing, editing, and annotation tools.

Access tools when you need them – contextual ribbon tabs, multifunctional grips, customisable tool palettes, and an intelligent command line.

Get the latest technologies, including TrustedDWG™, high-resolution monitor support, migration tools, and the AutoCAD desktop app.

The AutoCAD LT Start tab lets you easily access files and other helpful content directly from the home screen.

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Access your favorite tools easily when you need them with the AutoCAD LT ribbon.

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Easily access your most frequently used content and tools with customisable tool palettes.

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Launch commands and respond to prompts quickly using simple keystrokes, right at the command line.

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Easily reshape, move or manipulate geometry with grip editing.

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Control the transparency for selected objects or for all objects on a layer.

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Create and modify objects in circular or rectangular patterns, or along a path.

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Find and select all objects that match the properties of an object. Hide or unhide the selected objects.

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Create single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Format the text, columns and boundaries.

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Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to get a preview before you create it.

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Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines and define styles.

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Create and edit centerlines and center marks that automatically move when you move the associated objects.

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Create tables with data and symbols in rows and columns, apply formulas, and link to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

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Draw revision clouds around new changes in a drawing to quickly identify your updates.

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Specify the size of your drawing sheet add a title block, and display multiple views of your model.

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Create layout viewports to display different elements of your design at varying scales.

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Use fields in text objects to display text that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.

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Enable simultaneous updates by creating a live link between a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and a table in your drawing.

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Share and reuse data from PDF and DGN files by importing, exporting or attaching them as underlays.

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Attach drawings and images to your current drawing as externally referenced files.

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Insert geographic location information into a drawing, and display a map in the drawing from an online map service.

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Use AutoLISP in AutoCAD LT to streamline workflows and enforce CAD standards through automation. Supports file types LSP, FAS and VLX.

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TrustedDWG technology lets you know of a possible incompatibility when a file was not last saved by an Autodesk software product.

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Migrate your custom settings and files from previous releases.

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Customise the user interface to improve accessibility and reduce the number of steps for frequent tasks.

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Monitor current system variables against a preferred list of values. Notification balloons alert you of deviations.

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Get alerts and install software updates without disrupting your workflow. View tutorials about new features.

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• Integrated workflows: Work smoothly across desktop, web, and mobile devices.*
• Cloud storage connectivity: Access any DWG file in AutoCAD with Autodesk’s cloud, as well as with leading cloud storage providers.

• AutoLISP: Leverage AutoLISP to streamline workflows and enforce CAD standards through automation.
• Smart Blocks: Placement: Automatically place blocks in your drawing based on where you’ve inserted the same ones thus far in your DWG file.
• Trace: Safely review and add feedback directly to a DWG file without altering the existing drawing.
• Count: Automate counting blocks or geometry with the Count command.
• Share: Send a controlled copy of your drawing to teammates and colleagues to access wherever they are.
• Push to Autodesk Docs: Push your CAD drawing sheets as PDFs to Autodesk Docs from AutoCAD.
• Drawing history: See changes made to your drawing over time.
• Xref compare: Compare two versions of an external xref and implement changes without leaving your current drawing.
• Blocks palette: Insert blocks efficiently from the Libraries tab on desktop or in the AutoCAD web app.
• Quick measure: Quickly display all nearby measurements including areas and perimeters in a drawing by hovering your mouse.
• Trim and extend (enhanced): Automatically select all potential boundaries with the default Quick mode.
• Purge (redesigned): Remove multiple unneeded objects with easy selection and object preview.
• DWG™ compare: Compare two versions of a drawing or xref without leaving your current window.
• PDF import: Import geometry (SHX font files, fills, raster images and TrueType text) into a drawing from a PDF.
• Save to web and mobile: Save drawings and their associated xrefs from your desktop to view and edit in AutoCAD on the web and on mobile.
• New views and viewports: Easily add saved views to your layouts.
• High-resolution monitor support: View your designs on 4K- and higher-resolution displays.
• Off-screen selection: Keep selected objects in your selection set, even if you pan or zoom off screen.

• Floating windows: Pull away drawing windows to display them side by side or on multiple monitors without opening another instance of AutoCAD
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