AutoCad Mac LT 2016 - Where is Design Center? need to insert appliances, etc.

[Anonymous]

So I'm a newbie but not a newly to the technology.  I've been suing you tube and have created an entire floor plan for some as-builts for a renovation i am doing.  Now I need to add the detail.  

I cannot find the design center on this version.  Is it not available on LT or something?  I downloaded onto my Mac via the annual subscription service.  I have searched the AD website and cannot find anything.  Maybe I am using the wrong terminology.  I am trying to inset appliances, furniture, plumbing fixtures, etc.  Where and how do I do this??????  Is there not a library that I can simply choose from and insert or do I have to create my own?

THanks,

CJ

[pendean · Accepted solution]

AutoCAd/LT for MAC is so different, many Windows looks and core functions are not there. Look at using the Content Palette. Usage is explained in HELP.

BTW the MAC forum is way over there, worth searching for answers to your next set of "mac is missing..." questions https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac/ct-p/3011

[Victoria.Studley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Autodesk Community, and thank you for posting your question here in the AutoCAD for Mac forum! (Your post may have been moved over here.)

In addition to what @pendean has said, you might find these threads and resources helpful:

• Forum Thread 1: Is there a DesignCenter in AutoCAD for Mac?
• Forum Thread 2: AutoCad lt 2017 for mac & design center
• Lynn Allen's Blog: AutoCAD for Mac Content Palette
• Lynn Allen's Blog: Managing Content Libraries on AutoCAD for Mac
• Help: Content Palette

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Victoria.Studley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

I'm just checking in to see if you need more help with this. Did the resources that @pendean and I provided help you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Yes.  It helped.  I also spoke with a  few Architect buds and they informed me that to build content libraries, I would either have to draw blocks myself, buy blocks, or acquire some other way.  I was hoping to download some free block pallets from AutoDesk - simple ones that have appliances, door types, plumbing fixtures, etc.  But I cannot find them.  I also learned that my buds all draw on PCs and not Macs.  I may buy the Windows Parallel and run auto cad on it.

[Victoria.Studley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Thanks for circling back.

You might find the resources in the following article helpful if you're looking for more block content:

• AutoCAD Symbol Libraries

I hope this helps point you in the right direction! 

[dgorsman · Accepted solution]

Most of what you'll find won't meet client standards and will need some tweaking.  Normal procedure would be for clients to provide the blocks to work on their drawings, so everything is consistent.  After a while you'll get a handle on what's needed and/or typically missing and start to accumulate your own for when clients don't supply anything.