I just have plain old AutoCAD 2012. I think any in the series will work fine as all you will be doing is converting the curves of the font into polylines and saving the file. As for the light, the plate has a piece of clear uv acrylic on the back side and a small uv light (plugged into molex) lighting it up. Im not sure if they are a competitor but I had Mountian Mods, here in the united states, cut it out for me and it was only $30.00USD