Yesterday Apple released the latest version of their operative system: Mac OS X Lion. I started using it yesterday and it works like a charm on my Macbook. At a first glance, there’s a lot of focus on handling all your applications thanks to features like Mission Control (an improved view of everything running on your computer) and Launchpad (a new way to organize your apps). Other interesting feature is Airdrop, which will allow you to easily share files with your co-workers. There is also a lot of focus on security, back up, system recovery and versions of files, that I know will be very useful for architects.
But what about the software we architects use on a daily basis? A word of advice before you upgrade:
- Graphisoft Archicad r14/r15: Both versions work (and according to @ArqErvey it works faster) with Mac OS X Lion, but there is a small bug related to zooming that has been already documented and should be patched soon. Read the official announcement.
- Google SketchUp 8: Not yet supported for use with OS X 10.7. There are several known issues. Google SU team has stated that they are already working on it, fix should be out soon.
- AutoCAD 2011: Currently not supported on the Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) operating system. If AutoCAD 2011 for Mac is installed on Lion, undesirable side effects can occur, including issues with printing/plotting, Customer Error Reporting (CER), and more. Autodesk is working on a Service Pack to address these problems.
- Update: readers inform on our Facebook page that Vectorworks runs well, but there are some minor issues that will be addressed by Nemetschek.
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vectorworks?
VW seems to work fine so far.
Once again apple makes a shinny box with numberous issues, that make doing any work on it almost impossible.
Rhino OSX Beta works on my Macbook Pro running Lion 10.7.
Yes, Rhino works perfectly.
Any news on ArchiCad 13?
Yeah I’m having some problems with AutoCAD 2011. There seems to be an bug when launching that forces me to quit and then launch again.
What about cad softwares in the new macbook airs?
Vectorworks 2008. works fine under Lion.
tested it this morning with 10.7 Lion, all works fine & ARCHICAD 15 works faster for me.
I wonder why all these giant software producers do not team up with apple to make their software work with a new major os release from day one. or is it mr. Jobs that doesn’t care?
this morning tested lion & autodesk´s auto cad 2011 for mac works fine until yet, maya works also
What about ArchiCad 11? Anybody?
what about Draftsight ?
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/free-cad-software/
I’ve been working with auto cad and worked fine, but… it seems that the program has to get “ready” for the new differences in zoom
Autocad and Sketchup works fine on my Macbook Pro running Lion 10.7.
Skp 8 working fine for me. cad on parallels too.
I use AutoCAD LT 2010 using Parallels on a new Macbook Pro. Is that similar to your setup?
what about MacDraw?
how about drafsight?
can anyone tell me from where can i get the archicad 15 on macbook pro osx lion 10.7 ?