AudoCAD appears headed back to the Mac
After an 18 year hiatus, AutoCAD appears to be headed back to the Mac platform, according to screen shots of a new beta posted on an Italian Mac forum.
The screen shots, appearing on Italiamac depict the installation screens and interface for an upcoming Autodesk AutoCAD 64-bit early beta release for Mac OS X called "Sledgehammer."
The last time Autodesk's AutoCAD drafting software was made available for the Mac was in 1992, with Release 12. The current 2011 version, available only for Windows, is designated Release 25.
Earlier this spring, the French Mac site Hardmac reported references to Mac OS X in Autodesk's ObjectARX SDK (The Object AutoCAD Runtime Extension is an extension mechanism for customizing the application) and offered a confirmation of previous rumors that a private beta release of AutoCAD for the Mac was being prepared.
The screen shots, appearing on Italiamac depict the installation screens and interface for an upcoming Autodesk AutoCAD 64-bit early beta release for Mac OS X called "Sledgehammer."
The last time Autodesk's AutoCAD drafting software was made available for the Mac was in 1992, with Release 12. The current 2011 version, available only for Windows, is designated Release 25.
Earlier this spring, the French Mac site Hardmac reported references to Mac OS X in Autodesk's ObjectARX SDK (The Object AutoCAD Runtime Extension is an extension mechanism for customizing the application) and offered a confirmation of previous rumors that a private beta release of AutoCAD for the Mac was being prepared.
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Christmas comes early, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a quick release !
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Good bye BootCamp partition !!!!
Christmas comes early, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a quick release !
Amen to that!
The only real reason I keep Windows alive. I've nearly gotten the wife converted....the first and second generation MBP didn't do it, but she loves the new i7 15". Even if she won't admit it
If I get her one, and AutoCAD finally gets to OS X, I will be able to abandon Windows at home. Yay!
"AudoCAD appears headed back to the Mac"
What the heck is AudoCAD?
LMFAO
That's a heck of a mistake...
No once-throughs on these articles, AI?
Yay! I won't have to learn Vectorworks!
My Boss will be SO happy! He hates Vectorworks, and he wants to avoid putting too much Windows stuff on his mac...
(We're all PCs in the office, he's the only one with a Mac. We all use AutoCAD)
That was my biggest fear in going into Arch was having to run on windows...
Thank you, very very very Much !
"AudoCAD appears headed back to the Mac"
What the heck is AudoCAD?
from hundreds of article written and covered, once in awhile AI also make a mistake..
Btw regarding to the rumor itself, I'm glad to see AudoCAD really is going to Mac platform *again*.. The last time I used one was AudoCAD 4 on PC..!
HOLY SHIT i'm so learning AutoCAD again! Going back to my old career choice with this set of good news
what was your old career..?? Don't tell me you were an architect..
so what do you do now (with your Mac)..?
Hopefully SolidWorks comes to the mac then I will be able to abandon windows too.
so right now you haven't leave Windows completely..? You cheater you..
so in short; Windows for painful work and Mac for fun life..?
so right now you haven't leave Windows completely..? You cheater you..
so in short; Windows for painful work and Mac for fun life..?