Friday, March 26, 2010

Autocad LT 2011

It's officially here! Of course, you might want to get it from Buy.com, since it's $130 cheaper than to get it directly from Autodesk. Wait a few more weeks and other retailers will have it for even less.

Of course, this also means that AutoCad 2011 is also available, but at $3995, I don't think it's worth it, especially when most of us do our 3D work in SketchUp now.

Then there's AutoCad Architecture 2011, which is compelling with all the preconfigured dynamic blocks specifically for drafting in 2D (and with optional BIM), but that $4995 price is steep.

I'd like to figure out a workflow to avoid using AutoCad products (given the high annual cost), but it's such a universal standard in the architectural and engineering community, that it's impossible to avoid.

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