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What do you use autocad for? Electrical drawings or something else? I am very happy about this coming to the Mac as it might make the other engineering packages

What do you use autocad for? Electrical drawings or something else? I am very happy about this coming to the Mac as it might make the other engineering packages come to the Mac as well if it is a success. At my work we use solidworks for models and autocad for electrical drawings.

jenhsun 16y ago
Most of the AutoDesk products tend to focus on 3D modeling design. You can do a research on products information. I bet this news will stimulate Apple's future Pro sales at least 10%. There are so many 3D designers (ex. Architect, Civil Eng..) can't switch from Microsoft to Apple because of that (my brother included).
ComputerGuru 16y ago
Actually, I'm a AutoDesk Inventor addict. I design prototypes and sketch out ideas for testing on there - I just hope AutoCAD on Mac will open a doorway that lets them port their other tech over, too. After all, the technology powering all their software is practically identical, so far as I can tell.
krschultz 16y ago
I'm a mechanical engineer, my personal preference for 2D drawings is AutoCAD but 3D CAE is Solidworks. I'm not sure I could personally make the switch until Solidworks was availble because I spend about 90% of my time in Solidworks but only 10% in AutoCAD, but if Inventor went to Mac that's pretty close to Solidworks. (Is Pro/E on Mac? I know it is available on Linux) My brother is an architect and his primary tool is AutoCAD, he could absolutely make the switch to a mac if that were available, in fact having to boot into Windows most of the time anyway is the reason he did not spend extra and get a Macbook Pro last time he bought a laptop.
- pingswept 16y ago
  I've been waiting for Solidworks on anything but Windows since approximately 1997. I've been considering switching to Autodesk Inventor recently, and this might push me over the edge. The last piece of software holding me to Windows then would be PCB layout software. Also, I believe that Pro/E doesn't support Linux anymore. I believe the most recent release, Wildfire 5, only runs on Windows and, strangely, 64-bit Solaris.
- wwortiz 16y ago
  I think Pro/E stopped supporting linux (or maybe solaris) recently (like wildfire 3 or something like that) if so I doubt it is available on the mac

jenhsun 16y ago

Most of the AutoDesk products tend to focus on 3D modeling design. You can do a research on products information. I bet this news will stimulate Apple's future Pro sales at least 10%. There are so many 3D designers (ex. Architect, Civil Eng..) can't switch from Microsoft to Apple because of that (my brother included).

ComputerGuru 16y ago

Actually, I'm a AutoDesk Inventor addict. I design prototypes and sketch out ideas for testing on there - I just hope AutoCAD on Mac will open a doorway that lets them port their other tech over, too. After all, the technology powering all their software is practically identical, so far as I can tell.

krschultz 16y ago

I'm a mechanical engineer, my personal preference for 2D drawings is AutoCAD but 3D CAE is Solidworks. I'm not sure I could personally make the switch until Solidworks was availble because I spend about 90% of my time in Solidworks but only 10% in AutoCAD, but if Inventor went to Mac that's pretty close to Solidworks. (Is Pro/E on Mac? I know it is available on Linux) My brother is an architect and his primary tool is AutoCAD, he could absolutely make the switch to a mac if that were available, in fact having to boot into Windows most of the time anyway is the reason he did not spend extra and get a Macbook Pro last time he bought a laptop.

pingswept 16y ago
I've been waiting for Solidworks on anything but Windows since approximately 1997. I've been considering switching to Autodesk Inventor recently, and this might push me over the edge. The last piece of software holding me to Windows then would be PCB layout software. Also, I believe that Pro/E doesn't support Linux anymore. I believe the most recent release, Wildfire 5, only runs on Windows and, strangely, 64-bit Solaris.
wwortiz 16y ago
I think Pro/E stopped supporting linux (or maybe solaris) recently (like wildfire 3 or something like that) if so I doubt it is available on the mac