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"AMS CAD Solutions"
  • AMS CAD Solutions
  • www.amsystems.com/products/autocad/
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Overview:
    • Background
    • Target Customers
    • Key Features in AutoCAD® LT 2007
    • Resources
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What is AutoCAD LT 2007?
  • The world’s leading 2D design and drafting software . . .


  • For design professionals, who require full DWG file format compatibility and..


  • …do not need to customize their software, through automation or third-party applications.
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The DWG Advantage
    • DWG file format compatibility is important to today’s design process in most companies.
    • AutoCAD LT customers know that they will be able to share their drawings seamlessly, creating an efficient design process.
    • Autodesk drives the development of the DWG file format.
    • Many competitors cannot develop applications fast enough to maintain DWG compatibility.
    • AutoCAD LT customers win with increased ROI.



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Target Customers
  • Users
    • Architects
    • CAD Technicians
    • Designers
    • Engineers
    • Project Managers
    • CAD/IT Managers


  • That work in:
    • Manufacturing
    • Building
    • Infrastructure

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What to tell your customers:
    • DWG is widely used world-wide for exchanging digital design data


    • AutoCAD LT enables users to save their work in true native DWG file format


    • It’s not about price, but about the value AutoCAD LT brings to customers and the compatibility of design data.


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Key Features
AutoCAD LT 2007
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Dynamic Blocks
    • Simplify block management
    • Streamlined block insertion
    • Flexible in-process design changes
    • Block authoring tool
      • Use drag-and-drop  functionality to easily add parameters and actions.
    • Increased productivity


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Layer Management Tools
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Interoperability
    • DWF™ as an Underlay/Reference
    • Adobe® PDF® Export
    • Autodesk® Vault – Subscription Customers only
    • Trusted source
      • Indicates if a DWG file has been created by an Autodesk product.
    • DWG Tools
      • DWG TrueView™
      • DWG TrueConvert™

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Highlights from 2005/2006
    • Heads-up design
    • Improvements in:
      • Hatch
      • Dimensioning
      • Tables
      • Mtext
      • Scale list
    • Graphical calculator


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Upgrade Productivity
    • The findings were clear.  On average, architects using 2006 completed their task 29% faster than those using 2002.
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AutoCAD LT 2007
Release Comparison Matrix
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AutoCAD LT 2007
  • Benefits of cross-grading to AutoCAD® Software
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AutoCAD 2007 / AutoCAD LT 2007
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Questions for customers:
    • Do you customize your software?
    • Do you use conceptual design tools?
    • Do you want to buy add-on applications to extend your software’s capabilities?
    • Do you use CAD standard tools to help control consistency in your drawings?
    • Do you use color graphics in your presentations?
    • Do you work in a single or multiple sheet environment?