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Originally Posted by zenithfan1

That Auto CAD program kicks ass! That tag looks great! I'd like to get that for my computer but I bet it's pricey huh?

Mark, each license cost about $5000.00 per user! (my employer pays that bill!) I'm running Acad Mechanical version 2009 and we also have MEP for building design. version 2002 was the last program which you could just load up via disk and have it on any computer. 2002 is still a great program and many of us at work have it on our notebooks for field use. Autodesk got smart and realized they could make more money if they license out their program because so many people in the engineering and design world use it. Its not backwards compatible though which is part of the catch. If I work on something in a newer version and want to work on it in an older version or send it to someone else who is running an older version of the program, I have to save it down to the previous version, I can't just open it and run with it. Certain attributes get lost though, but its not a big deal (stuff like font styles etc.) Anything created in an older version can be opened up on a newer version, however. Its a great tool to say the least. Others argue that mircostation is better but I was brought up using cad since I was in high school and thats pretty much the norm of the industry.