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It is hard to believe but AutoCAD LT has about 580 less commands and variables than the full version. Some of the missing commands are not important but many of them are - so make sure you know the limitations before you choose LT over AutoCAD Mechanical, Architectural, MEP or Map for simple price reasons.

See LT - missing commands

Labels: AutoCAD LT, commands, variables

DWG TrueView is the official (and free) viewer for DWG files. It is known that TrueView is based on full AutoCAD (and also its size tells so). Unlike AutoCAD, DWG TrueView has no command line to enter commands and its set of menu commands is very limited - just the functions you need for viewing, measuring and plotting.

CAD Forum has published today a very interesting tip how you can unlock more AutoCAD commands and variables in DWG TrueView:

Hidden commands in DWG TrueView

Labels: AutoCAD, commands, DWG, TrueView 2009, variables