Adjudicator Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hi, Anyone be able to tell me whats the best version of AutoCAD for 2d drafting. I'm currently studding civil and we use AutoCAD 2008 but im looking for something to use while at home. I can download AutoCAD Civil 3D for free from the student site but dont want to waste 2gig of download to find it cant do what im after. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locki Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Currently at my office we us AutoCad 2007 LT, which will be upgraded to 2009 LT very soon. We have also been on 2004 LT. I have personally used; Architectural Desktop AutoCad 2000 AutoCad 2004 LT AutoCad 2006 AutoCad 2007 AutoCad 2007 LT AutoCad 2009 Cad is Cad. Meaning they all do the same thing with different features as newer versions come out new features are added. Since the firm I work for doesn't do 3d AutoCad LT (Light) works just fine for us, its cheaper then Full Cad and lacks the 3d functionality of Cad and some features, like 2004 LT did not have very good ORTHO tracking. As new versions come out they have better features and add some features from full Cad into the light version, like now there is great ORTHO. If my memory serves me right 2006 is when they added dynamic blocks, which I'm a huge fan of that feature. So really the newer the version you get the better. Architectural Desktop is really fun to play aswell. If I where you I'd get 2009 LT it will do the job just fine. :Added Note: Better yet you'd most likely be better off downloading your student AutoCad Civil, as any version of AutoCad is pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Civil 3D has all of Autocad's features (actually acad is the base for C3D) + grading, surveying, profiles, pipe layout.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zars Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I'd suggest you to go for Civil 3D, it might come in handy later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazer Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 but dont want to waste 2gig of download to find it cant do what im after. And what is it your after? what do you want from your 2d package? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 if you take the opportunity to use civil 3D now and get used to it, you'll have something more useful to put on your CV come the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Any CAD'll do. For 2D any CAD LT program works. Not as resource hungry and the full programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Are you maxed out on disk space or what? I mean heck, it's a free download for you. Try it out and see if it works for what you need, (I'm sure it will), and if it doesn't do what you want, or if it bogs down your system, just uninstall it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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