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AutoCAD LT 2012
 AutoCAD LT® software is built for professional drafting, delivering genuine DWG™ compatibility, reliability, and powerful 2D drawing tools designed to boost your productivity.
- Document—Accurately document your ideas and designs with a comprehensive set of 2D drafting and detailing tools.
- Collaborate—Create in the genuine DWG™ file format to share your work seamlessly with colleagues and clients.
- Optimize—With menu and user interface options, AutoCAD LT drafting software works the way you work.
Features
Getting Started with AutoCAD LT
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New in AutoCAD LT 2012
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Annotate 2D Drawings |
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Content Communication and Collaboration |
Complete
your 2D drawings with annotations. Use mutlileaders to add notes and
callouts to specific objects. Intelligent dimensions display distances,
angles, and arc lengths. Use hatches to highlight important areas in
your drawing.
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Learn
about new tools for collaborating using a variety of hardware,
software, and file formats, as well as for managing your own projects
and content.
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PDF Underlay |
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Associative Array |
Share
and reuse designs by using PDF files as underlays in your AutoCAD LT 2D
drawings. Snap to key points on vector-based PDF, increasing speed and
accuracy in tracing the PDF.
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Learn about major enhancements to the Array command in AutoCAD LT® 2012 software.
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Workspaces |
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More Drafting Tools |
Increase
productivity by using the provided workspaces. Or create your own to
group and organize sets of tabs and panels, palettes, menus, and
toolbars.
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See
how new and improved features in AutoCAD LT 2012 can help improve
your day-to-day productivity by streamlining everyday tasks.
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Product Info
Associative Arrays
Save
valuable rework time by establishing and maintaining a set of
relationships between arrayed objects. Array objects along a specified
path (rather than just rectangular or polar options), helping to save
even more time when creating conceptual designs or finished
documentation. Modify existing arrays with grips to change the object
count or spacing. Move or replace individual items in the array without
affecting other objects, and remove any overrides with the Reset option.
AutoCAD WS
With access directly from the AutoCAD LT 2012 interface, the AutoCAD® WS web and mobile applications enable you to stay connected to your designs over the web or from your mobile device.
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Autodesk Content Explorer
Quickly
find your design content based on file objects or text attributes.
Autodesk Content Explorer creates an index of your data on local and
network drives, helping you quickly access files.
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Autodesk Exchange
Use an in-product browser window to directly access a wide variety of resources, including:
- Getting Started Videos
- The Online Help System
- Videos and tutorials
- Discussion Forums
- Blogs
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Auto-Complete Commands
Access
commands more efficiently with Auto-Complete. As you type at the
command line or the dynamic input field, AutoCAD LT displays a list with
possible command names or aliases. Use the arrow keys to navigate to
your choice or use the mouse to select a command from the list.
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Blend Objects
The
new Blend tool creates a spline that smoothly joins two curves. Blend
is supported for lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, polylines, and splines.
Combine Objects into Groups
The
Group function has been updated to make it easier to create, modify,
and use groups. Objects in groups can be selected and edited together or
individually as needed. This is different from objects in blocks,
which, outside of the Block Editor, can only be selected and edited as a
unit.
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Connect Objects
There
are four basic ways to connect two objects together in AutoCAD LT
2012—Fillet, Chamfer, Join, and Blend. Three of these methods have
received upgrades in this release, and one is completely new.
Delete Duplicate Objects
Clean
up your drawings by removing redundant geometry with the Delete
Duplicates tool. Delete Duplicates also eliminates unnecessary vertices
in polylines, and combines overlapping or end-to-end lines, providing
increased performance.
Fillet & Extend Spline Objects
Splines can now be filleted with other objects such as lines and polylines. They can also be extended to meet another object.
Multi-Functional Grips
The
power of multi-functional grips, previously available for polylines,
splines, and hatch objects, has been extended to lines, arcs,
dimensions, and multileaders. Simply hover over a grip to see the
relevant commands and options.
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Multileader Enhancements
You
can now extend the landing of a multileader to the edge of its text
rather than the edge of the bounding box around the text. Also, control
the gap between multileader text and its frame.
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Multiple Locations for Plot Support Files
The
Files tab of the Options dialog now supports multiple folder locations
for Printer Support files including CTB, STB, and PC3 files.
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New Layer Management Option
Quickly
freeze a layer in all viewports except the current one with a new
option on the right-click shortcut menu in the Layer Properties Manager.
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Copy Array
The copy tool includes a new Array option that enables you to quickly create a linear non-associative array.
Nudge Objects
Move
objects a few pixels at a time with the new Nudge functionality. Simply
select the objects, then press Ctrl along with the appropriate arrow
key.
Preview Fillets & Chamfers
The
Fillet and Chamfer commands now display a preview so you can confirm
the radius or distance values before completing the command.
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Reset Settings Tool
You
can return AutoCAD LT to default settings even if you have customized
your installation, with the option of backing up your customized
settings and files for later use.
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Sheet Set Manager
The
Sheet Set Manager organizes your drawing sheets, reduces steps to
publish, automatically creates layout views, links sheet set information
into title blocks and plot stamps, and performs tasks across a sheet
set so everything is in one convenient place.
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Editable UCS Icon
The
UCS (User Coordinate System) icon now supports direct manipulation.
Select the icon, then use multi-functional grips to move or rotate the
current coordinate system.
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General 2D Drafting
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Copy Nested Objects
Copy an object from a block or xref into the current drawing |
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Associative Arrays
Establish and maintain a set of relationships between arrayed objects |
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Path Array
Array objects along a line, polyline or spline. Update the path, and the array will update as well. |
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Delete Duplicate Objects
Remove redundant geometry to clean up drawings |
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Blend Objects
Create a spline that smoothly joins two objects (lines, arcs, polylines, etc.) |
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Nudge Objects
Use the arrow keys to move objects a few pixels at a time |
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Object and Layer Transparency
Apply transparency to layers, blocks, or objects |
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Multi-functional Grips
Directly manipulate objects with grips that display multiple commands and options |
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Gradient Fills
Add color and patterns to your drawing with gradient hatches |
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Maintain Text Orientation in Linetypes
Text in complex linetypes is always readable |
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Hide or Isolate Objects
Turn off objects regardless of layer |
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Select Similar of Add Selected Objects
Quickly select objects with similar properties |
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Sketch Command
Create freehand lines or polylines |
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Autodesk Seek
Online source for building product specifications and design files |
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Align Objects
Move, rotate, and scale an object to line up with other objects |
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Viewport Rotation tools
Rotate a viewport boundary along with its view in one easy step |
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Non-Rectangular Viewports
Use viewports of any size, shape, and rotation to show multiple areas of your drawing on one layout |
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True Color & Color Books
Specify colors of any shade or hue by HSL or RBG values, or from the included Color Books |
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Annotation
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Quick Dimension command
Dimension selected objects quickly and easily |
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Full Field Support
Reference object properties in intelligent text objects |
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Block References
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Block Test Window
See the effects of changes to a dynamic block without affecting other instances in the drawing |
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Block Properties Table
Organize combinations of dynamic block properties in a table, enabling you to easily select them later |
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Enhanced Attribute Editor
Edit attribute values or modify other properties like color and font |
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Synchronize Attributes
Add or remove attributes from block definitions |
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Dynamic Blocks
Add attributes or dynamic properties to blocks to accommodate different text strings, shapes, or sizes. |
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External References
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Highlight Selected References
Easily identify selected xrefs and underlays in the External Reference Manager |
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Use a PDF as an Underlay
Share and reuse designs by using PDF files as underlays |
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Clip an External Reference
Show only the portion of the xref or underlay that you need in your drawing |
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Open an External Reference DWG
Edit xrefs in-place (in the host drawing) or in their own window |
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In-Place Editing of an
External Reference DWG |
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Use an Image File as an Underlay
Attach a wide variety of raster image formats as underlays in a DWG file |
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User Interface
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Auto-Complete Commands
Predictive typing at the command line and dynamic input field |
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UCS Direct Manipulation
Move or rotate the coordinate system with multi-functional grips
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Navigation Bar
Easy access to zoom, pan, and SteeringWheels tools
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Contextual User Interface
Displays commands relevant to the task at hand
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Application Menu
Enables quick access to file and export functions
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Plotting & Publishing
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Sheet Set Manager
Organizes
drawing sheets, reduce steps to publish, automatically create layout
views, link sheet set information into title blocks and plot stamps, and
perform tasks across a sheet set |
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Publish to a plotter, PDF, or DWF
Output your documents to a wide variety of file formats or create hard copies |
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Communication
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Autodesk Exchange
for AutoCAD LT |
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Create Transmittal Sets
Package all files in a project for easy transmission or archiving |
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Optimization
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Reset Settings
Restore AutoCAD LT to the default factory settings, with the option to back up your personalizations |
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Multiple Printer File Support Paths
Set up multiple folders where AutoCAD LT will look for plotters and plot style tables |
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Migration tools
Transfer your custom settings from an older version to your new version of AutoCAD LT |
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Operating System Support
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| Windows® 7 Home Premium |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
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Windows 7 Enterprise
and Ultimate |
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| Support for 64-bit Operating Systems |
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