AutoCAD LT 2011 Upgrade (from AutoCAD LT 2008-2010) - c/w 1 year subscription

Reasons to Buy:

AutoCAD LT® 2D drafting and detailing software is the professional choice because we focus on boosting your productivity with tools that enable you to accurately and efficiently create, document, and share your drawings. The genuine DWGTM file format provides stability and compatibility. Packed with powerful features, AutoCAD LT is built for professional drafting.

Productivity
For over 26 years AutoCAD software has delivered productivity-enhancing features. Benefit from AutoCAD LT software's consistent 2D drafting focus with the improved 2011 release.

Compatibility
AutoCAD LT software's genuine DWG™ file format facilitates data fidelity and compatibility. One the most commonly used file formats, DWG enables easier and more accurate communication with colleagues and clients.

Reliability
AutoCAD LT 2011 uses AutoCAD® software technology, relied on by millions of professionals.

Create, document and share with one of the industry's most widely used 2D drafting and detailing software applications.

Document
Use a complete set of 2d drafting and detailing tools to accurately and efficiently create precise technical drawings. Create simple or complex drawings from standard shapes such as lines, arcs, and circles. Modify existing geometry with commands like stretch, copy, rotate, and scale. Add annotations such as text, dimensions, and tables to your drawings to help convey your ideas.

Collaborate
Create in the genuine DWG file format to share your work seamlessly with anyone in the world.

Optimize
Make AutoCAD LT work the way you work with a selection of menu and user interface options. Organize content within your drawing and your digital library. Separate objects onto layers to control screen displays and plotted outputs. Save time and standardize drawings by using blocks. Add dynamic properties to blocks to accommodate multiple sizes or views in a single block. Use Tool Palettes to quickly access frequently used content, such as blocks, hatches, and commands.

What's New:

New features in AutoCAD LT 2011 enhance documentation capabilities with new commands and tools that make the execution of every-day tasks more efficient as well as new commands that give users additional options for controlling the appearance of drawings.

Polyline editing improvements:
The improved functionality of enhanced grips makes polylines significantly easier to edit in AutoCAD LT 2011. New secondary grips provide quick access to multiple functions.

Hatch Command Enhancements:
Improve drafting efficiency with new contextual ribbon tabs for hatch creation and editing.

Create or select similar objects:
Two new commands save steps and time, speeding the process of creating or selecting objects based on the properties of existing objects.

Hide or isolate objects:
The new Hide Objects and Isolate Objects tools control the visibility of objects regardless of layer, so focus remains on the designated objects.

Transparency
Transparency is a new variable in AutoCAD LT 2011 for layers and objects that gives users new options for managing the appearance of drawings. While wipeouts or solid fills obscure information and underlays can show too prominently, transparency options allow users to easily highlight areas to make important information stand out.

• Microsoft Windows 7 certified
• New web-based Help

System Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or Higher with SSE2 technology
• 1 GB RAM
• 1.3 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with True Color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD

Or

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition or Microsoft® Windows 7 including Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition
• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 1 GB RAM
• 1.2 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with True Color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD
   

For 64-bit AutoCAD LT 2011

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional edition (SP2 or later), Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, or Ultimate edition, or Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional or Home Premium edition
• AMD Athlon™ 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
• 1 GB RAM
• 1.5 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD

Macintosh Users

Boot Camp
You can install AutoCAD LT® software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Boot Camp® software to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the following minimum system requirements:

• Mac OS® X 10.5.x operating system
• Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher
• Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core® 2 duo or Xeon® processor)
• Minimum 3 GB RAM
• Minimum 20 GB disk space for Mac OS partition, minimum 20 GB for Windows OS partition
   

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop
You can use AutoCAD LT on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5.x
• Parallels Desktop 4.0 (4.0.3844 or higher)
• Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)
• Minimum 4 GB RAM
• Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)