You can switch your eligible AutoCAD or AutoCAD vertical subscription to AutoCAD including specialized toolsets at no cost for the remainder of the subscription term.

Also, it's not clear whether Mechanical Toolset requires - extra subscription cost compared to the basic AutoCAD subscription ; or - would be covered by my existing subscription .

Hello @lk19aao Welcome in AutoCAD Mobile Forum, Could you please share with me your subscription email to check your entitlement in our system?

Currently only Autocad is loaded. Is there additional costs to add Autodesk Mechanical to my system?

This article describes the options available to create a Bill of Materials (BOM) in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Bill of Materials may be used to add e.g. costs to existing block references.

We only need one copy of AutoCAD LT and do not wish to have a subscription .

Autodesk does not cater to the hobbyist with AutoCAD . There is the monthly subscription to help alleviate the yearly cost as long as you don't need it every month.

Just basic AutoCAD will do the job now. I want to degrade my current subscription to just simply AutoCAD but I am being told that in order to do that I have to start all over and BUY a new copy AutoCAD .

(3) If I choose LT but don't like it, can I upgrade my subscription to regular AutoCAD ? If so, is it just the cost difference?

If creating and using Parametric Constraints this is a dire business need, you will need to abandon your LT subscription and start a new subscription for full AutoCAD (+/- 4x the annual cost ) to do what you want BTW, the comparable SolidWorks software at Autodesk would be Inventor or Fusion. if you do that type of work, as AutoCADLT is just a general CAD type program, smarter that paper drafting but not best for SolidWorks type of automated output.

I've always shied away from subscriptions as a sole practitioner because of the ongoing cost .

Now since its going to a subscription and it's getting more unreliable, we are looking into using Autocad Lt .

HEY, I HAVE AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION . WHILE I WAS DOWNLOADING AUTOCAD , SOMETHING CALLED "CADLEARNING" APPEARED AND I DOWNLOADED IT TOO.

Apart from the cost of the new desktop - I have to pay a little over $1,000/year for subscription for all the software I use.

I'm exploring AutoCAD alternatives now that Autodesk no longer offers the Maintenance plan to update our software (we do not want subscription ).