AUTOCAD FREE TRIAL VERSIONS & AUTOCAD LT

AUTOCAD FREE TRIAL VERSIONS & AUTOCAD LTFull Version

First of all, any interested user can get a one-month Autodesk free trial version from Autodesk’s website.

Click DOWNLOAD AUTOCAD FOR FREE.
Select your operating system. Then, click NEXT.
Read the system requirements notice. Click NEXT.
Choose “Individual or Business User” from the list. Choose your language. And click NEXT.
Enter your personal information to create an Autodesk account. Alternatively, sign in to your existing Autodesk account.
Enter your business information. And click NEXT.
Read the Trial Notice and click BEGIN DOWNLOAD.
Install, and start using the free trial.

AUTOCAD FREE TRIAL VERSIONS & AUTOCAD LTEducational Version

Second, Autodesk offers a free educational version that runs on up to two personal devices for 3 years. It is meant for students and educational purposes.

Go to the Autodesk Education Community.
Choose AutoCAD.
Create an Autodesk account. Alternatively, sign in to your existing Autodesk account.
Then, click DOWNLOAD NOW.
Select the desired version, your operating system, and your preferred language.
The displayed serial number and product key are sent to your email address. And click BROWSER DOWNLOAD.
Next, install the free version.
When installing the CAD software, enter the serial number, and product key to unlock it.
When you start the program the first time, activate the license.

AUTOCAD FREE TRIAL VERSIONS & AUTOCAD LTAutoCAD LT

AutoCAD-LT

But what if you’re in a pickle: You liked the AutoCAD free trial and find out that you need AutoCAD, but there is no way you can afford it?

In this case, Autodesk offers a slimmed down version, AutoCAD LT, that “only” costs $380 per year. Of course, you can’t expect the same feature set as in the regular AutoCAD version. The biggest difference is that the light version doesn’t support 3D modeling and visualization.

View this table to find out if it does the job for you.

AutoCAD 360 App

Are you a smartphone jockey? Then you should take a look at AutoCAD 360. It’s a free AutoCAD version. And for a smartphone app, it’s quite capable.

The free AutoCAD 360 app is definitely more than a viewer. You can open and view DWG files, make accurate measurements and view coordinates, zoom and pan around drawings, store them in the cloud and share designs with colleagues and collaborators.

If you are willing to pay $5 a month, you get the Pro version. It offers a greater level of functionality and lets you draw, edit, move and scale objects.

But both paid and free AutoCAD 360 version lack some of the features of AutoCAD.

AUTOCAD FREE TRIAL VERSIONS & AUTOCAD LT Available Features

Available since 1982, AutoCAD is the most mature and stable CAD software on the market. As can be expected from a cutting-edge CAD program, this CAD software brings supports parametric modeling. Simply put, this enables users to make substantial changes to their designs by applying rules, or constraints, that govern their structure. Whenever the numerical value of such a constraint is changed, the entire design is modified.

Most noteworthy, a new feature in the 2018 release is the ability to import low-quality PDFs into AutoCAD and convert them into CAD lines. Moreover, the free mobile app brings CAD productivity to mobile devices which eliminates the need to print out drawings when visiting clients. As most products by Autodesk, this CAD software is connected to Print Studio, allowing you ease of access to your 3D printer.

Please note that the feature set of Windows and Mac versions differ somewhat before acquiring the AutoCAD free trial or paid version. To learn more take a look at this table on Autodesk’s website.