Almost a year ago we told you of a survey Autodesk was conducting regarding the UI and printing capabilities of Autocad with Mac users, the first confirmation of Autodesk finally working on a version for this platform.
Federico Viticci from Macstories posted several screen shoots of Sledgehammer, the first Beta of Autocad for Mac OSX, running on a 64-bit machine. The UI presents several changes from what we were used to on the Windows version, and I´m happy to see mouse gestures (supported by Macbook’s touchpad and the Magic Mouse).
Not much details out there, but we do have a meeting with an Autodesk rep in the following weeks, when we will try to get you more details.
In the meanwhile, take a look at the following screen shoots and tell us what you think: Is Autodesk going in a good direction with this new version (more than an adaptation) of Autocad for Mac? Does the UI seem usable for you? What would you add?
this is perfect news. finally
YEAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’LL ROCK!!
will 3d max for mac?
mac needs a delete key.
not “delete” thats a backspace. the real delete. thats a man’s key
thats why 3dsmax cant go mac :P
try fn + delete :)
CMD + Delete
Do u have a mac SCA??
it has a delete key. atleast if you buy the bigger mac keyboard.
I have one.
fn + delete is correct. It is for laptop computers.
yeh….
so happy
long overdue
OMG!!!!
This would be amazing!
to little to late. Thank god for Vectorworks and Cinema 4D
Bye Bye PC!!!!!!
what a good news, that was the last barrier for me to buy a macbook.
oh, grasshopper…
… uh, autocad????
Revit for mac would be news – but this is last generation software
I definitely agree!
Revit would be great news for me!
exactly! at least its kinda a step in the right direction for autodesk
I can understand the hype for autocad on a mac… but why oh why would you want revit when ArchiCAD is there for you? Please don’t say Compatibility, it can’t be only that!!
because for a lot of people [like it or not] revit is far more intuitive, powerful and useful than vectorworks or archicad. basically better and faster. not to mention an existing/growing industry standard.
Revit is the best!
Autodesk Autocad for Mac, Sledgehammer Beta 1. http://bit.ly/9Dq8uN
RT @nicholaspatten Autodesk Autocad for Mac, Sledgehammer Beta 1. http://bit.ly/9Dq8uN
what would be the best solution for different xref path in mac and pc?
don’t be indesign again…
AutoCAD is so 90s. Hardly anyone would buy it.
Revit is the one that should have a Mac version.
Revit, Revit, not AutoCAD!
After the codes of AutoCAD implemented to Mac OSX, Revit will be a piece of cake. They will probably release it. Macs are meant to be used for design but more than twenty years Autodesk do not care much this platform. People say that Mac has a limited market share but among designers it is very popular and AutoCAD is not being used by housewives. In addition, the main market is the North America where macs are sold crazy.
revit is great, and i love it. i use it far more than autocad, but first things first. autocad occupies a substantially larger portion of the market share. i think it would be silly to think autocad would ever be done. it’s use in [lots of] other industries too you know. this makes it a far more viable candidate to port.
porting revit will still be just as much, if not more, work than autocad. they will know more about apple hardware, but it really won’t be any easier just because they have already ported autocad.
What’s the difference between Revit and AutoCAD?? I’ve just used autocad, I tried Revit once but I remember it didn’t even look like a drawing programm? Maybe I had the wrong version or something. So I ask you, what do you think it’s best ?!?!
I’m widely opened to other alternatives :)
I agree revit is the one that is calling people´s attention i agree also archicad is such a good one, same with vectors but nothing compare to revit.
The fact that Autodesk is moving their main program over to OSX is probably a sign that all of their products will be supported on Macs in the near future.
Yeah, yeah, yeah with the Revit, even though its not a real design tool.
Yeah, yeah, yeah but still most designs only need to be modeled for a client and while Rev. is a powerful tool, it largely takes the human out of the changes
oh!!! that so great. I must buy it one.
Do I see an option for walls there on one of the screens? This would be great and indicate a hybrid product since the plain default autocad does not have walls. Ask them about this!
finally, a long time waiting…
: )
Any torrents ;))
this would make my life so much more AMAZING..and easier with my new mac! Hallelujah
mac already has archiCAD in place of revit but autoCAD would bring big sales to them.
i’m sorry, and i think many will agree [and i secretly hate it] but archiCAD will never be Revit [not that it's trying]. it does a good job being an alternative, but it is indeed an alternative. revit [once understood] is superior/faster [even though it came after]. i don’t like to like autodesk products, but they are often superior. i have tried leaving them, but always end up back on them.
F**** I’m working on allplan !!! Nooooo
Still need parallel and the f****** bleu key… :(
i’m really happy that i will get the chance to use autocad on apple. but i have a question, on the first screen shot i can’t find the snap,grid,ortho,polar….etc bar, is it going to be there as on windows
Bottom right toolbar looks like it can stretch – that’s where it would be.
mais vale tarde que nunca.
any chance they will release also Revit for mac?
I think Nemetschek is in danger now, autocad on mac will cannibalize all potential vectorworks user…
AutoCAD is really 90s tecnology as it was said here. But there is AutoCAD Architecture version that is almost the same tool as Revit Architecture. But don’t really care about Revit cause i’m Acad Architecture user.
And this news about ACAD is smazing cause this is the first step too come back to Mac platform for Autodesk. So I’m sure now we’ll see and other their products for mac soon.
Actually, Maya was Autodesk’s first step to Mac, just that it wasn’t actually made BY THEM. Considering this, they had the tech and know-how for an Autocad port a long time ago if you ask me… This is thrilling news for me, best one in years concerning mac software, but I wouldn’t be TOO excited about other products since they could have done this a while ago but didn’t.
AlaisWavefront actually ported Maya to Mac before Autodesk aquired them. It was already that way. discreet ported all the post production video to mac as well. they have several products for the mac. it make sense that they should have mac/pc offerings of all their products for maximizing product distro. It’s not like they are really working that hard on anything else… :(
They have to get Revit for PC right before they can start on Revit for Mac.
/Revit user
There’s only one thing I hate about RevIt… As an autocad and revit and max user and all that is holy in architecture… For the love of god, MAKE THE WINDOWS SCALABLE/DRAG-IN-PLACE!!!
Thanks for listening :)
ou can already find in paid torrents. i’m getting one right now… let’s see if it functions..
does it function indeed?!
if so, post the source!!!
danku!