AutoCAD free trial and computer requirements

are you ready to start learning AutoCAD?

If you are booking onto a CAD course, WAIT until the course to download the free trial.

Firstly let's head over to Autodesk's website so you can download the software.

Here you can search for your free trial. This trial is for 30 days and it will count down each day until it's finished, so if you use two days and then don't use it for a couple, they will be gone. So try and use the free trial as much as possible.

The free trial you want is either AutoCAD LT or AutoCAD.

They are different, but you won't notice the difference when you're learning.

autodesk will ask you to create a free account so you will need to add in your details and create a password etc. You will need to log in each time you use it.

You can have 60 days free if you download one first, say AutoCAD LT, wait until the 30 days are up and then download AutoCAD. You won't be able to download the same one again, Autodesk will want you to subscribe. So make sure you use the whole 30 days first, then go for the other free trial.

The difference is - AutoCAD LT - 80% of the operability but only 20% of the price, no 3D

The full version, AutoCAD, will allow you to do 3D but it's not the best program for this and is a few hundred pounds/dollars per month and you don't need to pay that yet. AutoCAD LT is around 60 pounds/dollars per month (2024).

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