Need an extra AutoCAD LT® seat for drafting & detailing?

DoubleCAD™ XT is an AutoCAD LT work-alike.  But free.

DoubleCAD™ XT is a great companion with AutoCAD® -- and if you are a Google™ SketchUp™ user wanting to go from concept-to-construction drawings -- or have an older copy of AutoCAD LT® that can't read the latest AutoCAD® files -- DoubleCAD™ XT is an invaluable companion to SketchUp™ and AutoCAD LT®, too.

With so many new, innovative features, you might even think DoubleCAD™ XT is an upgrade for AutoCAD LT®:

• Better drafting
  
• Better detailing
  
• Self-healing walls (ADT compatible)
  
• Self-aligning blocks
  
• Advanced handle-based editing with instant access to a variety of tools
  
• Snap prioritization
  
• Smart dimensions
  
• Fast zoom with no pauses
  
• Brush editor
  
• Better hatch patterns & gradient fills (using bitmaps, transparency, & full color)
  
• Draw in 16 million colors (vs. only 256 colors in AutoCAD LT®)
  
• Special line, arc, and circle tools
  
• Multiline, bezier, and fixed ratio ellipses tools
  
• Meet-Two-Lines and Convert-to-Curve modify tools
  
• Superior workflow with Google™ SketchUp™ and SketchUp™ Pro (including new v7)
  
• Open & save .DWG, .DXF, and .DWF formats from AutoCAD® R14 (1997) to 2009

Familiar But Improved

If you are an AutoCAD LT® user, DoubleCAD™ XT will immediately feel familiar.  Familiar menu, menu items, tools, icons, command line, keystrokes... even a familiar intelligent cursor.

But -- maybe more importantly -- you will feel welcomed improvements as well.

Focus on Drafting & Detailing

Effective drafting and detailing are the heart of CAD productivity.  DoubleCAD™ XT employs a large selection of line, arc, curve, and spline tools, so that no matter the situation you have got the right tool for the job.  When used with DoubleCAD™ XT snaps, modification tools, and drawing aids, you will be able to quickly draft and document your designs with outstanding flexibility.

Powerful tools such as custom brush styles, transparencies, and smart dimensions also greatly enhance detailing.  No need to buy a separate hatch pattern creator, DoubleCAD™ XT even comes with its own.

Architectural Power

Architectural users will like intelligent self-healing walls that are ADT compatible (a considerable improvement over AutoCAD LT®'s double-line tool).

Any block can be used as a custom architectural element that will automatically align to self-healing walls when inserted.

Advanced handle-based editing of selected objects gives you instant access to sizing, scaling, moving, rotating, and positioning without selecting multiple tools.

Brush styles, including hatch patterns, can be created using bitmaps, transparency, and full color. Hatch patterns can even be used in layered combination for a better expression of your design concept.

Unique and Compelling Tools

DoubleCAD™ XT also has productivity tools not found in AutoCAD LT® that can accelerate the drawing experience.

Special line, arc, and circle tools automatically create tangent, parallel, and perpendicular entities without snaps, allowing the user to proceed without resetting their snap modes.

Tools such as multiline, bezier curves, and fixed ratio ellipses extend the types of entities you can create, expediting drawing production.

And modify tools, such as meet-two-lines and convert-to-curve, eliminate the use of cumbersome tools found in other CAD applications.

Compatible... Especially Workflow Compatible

DoubleCAD™ XT is .DWG compatible, as you would expect. 

What you may not expect is a DoubleCAD™ .DWG file, containing ADT-compatible walls and self-aligning blocks, can be brought into AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® and designs retain their self-healing properties. 

This intelligent behavior can save hours of adjustment and iteration within AutoCAD® products and is yet another reason why DoubleCAD™ XT a great AutoCAD® companion.  With all the time and effort you will save, DoubleCAD™ XT is a no-brainer way to kick-start an AutoCAD® project.

You may not expect DoubleCAD™ XT to enhance workflow with Google™ SketchUp™, either, but it will.

For example, DoubleCAD™ XT:

• Imports all visible geometry, layers, and components
• Converts all SketchUp™ components to DoubleCAD™ blocks to optimize drawing performance
• Creates a paper space from each SketchUp™ scene, thereby saving time by automatically creating viewports with the correct layer visibility and 2D or perspective view propoerties.  These paperspace views are also immediately ready for dimensioning and annotation

DoubleCAD™ lets you develop construction documents quickly from SketchUp™ models.  AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT® don't come close.

No Catches

We're trying to shake up the CAD world. We won't do that unless we have something special.

DoubleCAD™ XT is a full-powered 2D CAD application -- one that you already know how to use -- and is free with none of the usual limitations:

We're not constraining printing, saving, file sizes... we're not including untimely time-outs... we're not even constraining the software license -- our free DoubleCAD™ XT can be used for unlimited personal and commercial use.

Our hope is that as you need even more power, you'll consider upgrading to our enhanced DoubleCAD™ XT Pro product or DoubleCAD™ plug-ins as available.

Based On Award-Winning CAD Code

DoubleCAD™ XT is based on IMSI/Design's award-winning CAD code with over two million copies sold worldwide.

A great companion to AutoCAD® in .DWG shops.  And the CAD of choice for Google™ SketchUp™ users.