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AutoCAD Coming to Mac, First Beta Screenshots
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Yeah, who needs that architecture mumbo jumbo.
Autocad is the clear winner in the construction industry. I've known a few people studying and moving on to architecture as a career, and AutoCad is king everywhere they went. Why should Autodesk lose focus on what they do well ? We'll need building plans in the next few... oh I don't know, centuries or something.
Leave the engineering and parts design to people that know how to do it. That's the good thing about Pro software, it can be focused and specialized, with a high price tag. This isn't consumer "do it all" stuff.
Sure. Macs are the future because they finally have a program that has been running on windows since the dawn of CAD.
This is great news for the 4 architecture firms who solely use macs, but i dont expect a lot of firms to ditch their PCs and buy more expensive macs with weaker gfx cards any time soon.
When I used AutoCAD many years ago during version 2000, AutoCAD could do advanced 3d solid modeling fine. I'm sure it has improved a lot since then.
Revit?
Wow...glad to see this from Autodesk. Definitely a good sign. HOWEVER, the future (actually EXISTING) of the A/E industry is BIM, and specifically Autodesk's Revit software.
Revit actually started as a small european software unit that Autodesk bought years ago. They were developing a Mac version at the time (complete with circulated screenshots) that Autodesk immediately canned when they were purchased.
note: I am a principal in a 40-person ALL MAC architecture firm. I don't know who said there were too many hurdles for architecture firms to switch to PC...Revit is the ONLY non-Mac software we use, and we run it in Parallels.
Wow...glad to see this from Autodesk. Definitely a good sign. HOWEVER, the future (actually EXISTING) of the A/E industry is BIM, and specifically Autodesk's Revit software.
Revit actually started as a small european software unit that Autodesk bought years ago. They were developing a Mac version at the time (complete with circulated screenshots) that Autodesk immediately canned when they were purchased.
note: I am a principal in a 40-person ALL MAC architecture firm. I don't know who said there were too many hurdles for architecture firms to switch to PC...Revit is the ONLY non-Mac software we use, and we run it in Parallels.
I'm sure if it wasn't for iPhone OS, we would probably didn't see this coming. AutoDisk got iPhones/iPad apps, I'm sure their iPhone team will help/develop this.
I'm sorry friends, but I have to disagree. AutoCad is a terrible product, and a awful organization. I stopped using Maya when AutoDesk bought them, and I loved Maya. There are many apps out there that are much better and friendlier to use. In the circles that I travel in AutoCad is nothing but trouble. Yes I know that there are many whom would disagree. Please consider looking outside your comfort zone and explore the alternatives, your curiosity will be greatly rewarded.
I may never have to use windows again.
I've been waiting almost 10 years for this.
Any ideas if beta testing will be open to the public?
I've been waiting almost 10 years for this.
Any ideas if beta testing will be open to the public?
Yeah, who needs that architecture mumbo jumbo.
Autocad is the clear winner in the construction industry. I've known a few people studying and moving on to architecture as a career, and AutoCad is king everywhere they went. Why should Autodesk lose focus on what they do well ? We'll need building plans in the next few... oh I don't know, centuries or something.
Leave the engineering and parts design to people that know how to do it. That's the good thing about Pro software, it can be focused and specialized, with a high price tag. This isn't consumer "do it all" stuff.
AutoCAD is also King in land development planning and surveying.
Now if Apple would only ship a Pro computer to run this on that wasn't a year a late and a dollar short.
You are incredible: you find a way to bash Apple even on a good news ...
Oh, get off your high horse. Since Steve's been back, both the consumer and pro lines have improved substantially.
They updated Macbook Pro line a month ago and they are going to update Mac Pro line soon, as far as we know. Your is a nonsense.
The simple fact that Apple is gaining customers on the consumer market doesn't mean they are going to jump ship on other markets.
This is just a whining typical of this forum. Nothing more
It's not unheard of for a developer to change a license from Windows to Mac (or the other way around) if you ask nicely enough especially if it's a lot of licenses.
Video cards is a big issue, as you brought up.
VW is okay and I use it every day... AutoCAD is faster & far more powerful.
VW certainly makes "prettier" drawings, which is great for client proposals and stuff, but if you're churning out 200 plates of drafting for a large building, ACAD is gonna shine.
But the real reason this is exciting is that the majority of engineering and architectural firms in the world use AutoCAD, and now we can too. I spend hours every week importing from DWG, cleaning up the import, and then double checking the export. So much easier to just work natively.
They're developing for the wrong platform. Where is their iPad app? No one is going to be using Macs by the time this comes out of beta.
