For Manufacturing

Lower Manufacturing Costs and Speed Time to Market

Explore, document, and validate your designs before they are built. Connect to a broad network of design professionals with the familiar DWG™ file format. Improve communication and collaboration to help lower costs and get high-quality products to market faster with Autodesk mechanical CAD software.

Compare AutoCAD Products to Find One That’s Right for You

Compare the following mechanical CAD software products: AutoCAD®, AutoCAD LT®, AutoCAD® Mechanical, and AutoCAD® Electrical software, as well as AutoCAD® Inventor® Suites. You can also customize AutoCAD design software with thousands of available add-ons.

	AutoCAD LT	AutoCAD	AutoCAD Mechanical	AutoCAD Electrical	AutoCAD Inventor Suites	Autodesk Design Suite Advanced
	Trial \| Buy	Trial \| Buy	Trial \| Buy	Trial \| Buy	Trial \| Buy	Trial \| Buy
MSRP*	US $1,200	US $3,995	US $4,495	US $5,295	US $5,295	US $5,995
Features
NEW: Available for Mac OS® X
NEW: Free AutoCAD® WS account for viewing, editing, and sharing DWG files on the web and on Apple® iPad™, iPhone®, and iPod touch®
Native support for DWG™
Tools for reviewing and marking up DWG™, DWF™, and PDF files
Tools for professional drafting and detailing
Conceptual design capabilities with surface, mesh, and solid modeling tools
Enhanced concept design and visualization workflows featuring AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Alias® Design, Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design, and other included software
Powerful APIs, enabling deep customization
Industry-specific drafting features with access to over 700,000 standard parts
Support for international standards
Integrated data management and automatic BOM generation
Automated wire numbering and component tagging with real-time error checking
Smart panel layout drawings with automatic project reports
Ability to test form, fit, and function of your design digitally before it is built
Advanced visualizations of complete assemblies to secure early customer validation
Specialized 3D design tools for sheet metal, tube & pipe, cable & harness, and rules-based design
Specialized 3D design tools for plastic part and plastic mold design
Assembly-level dynamic simulation and stress analysis (FEA)

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