Best place to purchase AutoCAD LT

[JLH]

I had to build a new PC and when I tried to transfer over my AutoCAD LT 2012 I quickly found out that Autodesk no longer supports it and there is no way to use it moving forward.  Thus I am forced to now go to the subscription route.  Anyway, where is the best place to buy the license?

- Direct from AutoCAD its $515/year

- YourCADStore has it for $399.95 (assuming that is for 12 months also)

 

Those seem to be the only legit option (assuming YourCADStore is a legit store front and the Groupon option for $83.44 is some sort of scam).  Thanks for any advice.

[BIGAL]

Have a look at Bricscad you can buy a perpetual or a yearly, has more features than Lt2026, no missing lisp functions, using lisps you will never look back at how much time savings you will get.

[JLH]

No I haven't looked at Briscad.  I just do a little work on the side from time to time for someone I formally worked with.  They use AutoCAD.  Does it cause any issues working in DWG files and translating back and forth?  Is there a learning curve between it and AutoCAD?  

[Cad64]

Bricscad and Autocad are virtually identical, so there's no learning curve. If you know Autocad you can use Bricscad. They have a trial version. You should download and check it out. https://www.bricsys.com/

[JLH]

Thanks.  I may give that a try.

[SLW210]

I would only trust Autodesk or an OFFICIAL reseller to purchase Autodesk products.

 

You might look into DraftSight®  as well.

 

There are other alternatives that are low cost as well, this list isn't up to date, but still relevant I think. 

 

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