Overview
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- Create precision to 14 significant digits
- Re-use portions of your drawings by copying and pasting
- Draw things full size and print your drawings in any scale
- Produce drawings that are easier to read when reduced
- Electronically share and distribute drawings
- Design in 2D or 3D
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- Sharing your drawings online for collaboration
- Customizing and programming AutoCAD to make it work the way youwant it to
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