CAD software on MAC

win2mac524win2mac524
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Ok im thinking about switching to Mac, but i have one major question. This Question is for anyone using any CAD programs on there Macs. Are there any good, reliable CAD programs available for Macs. If so which one are you using, and what Mac are you using it on.



Thanks in advance.

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    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by win2mac524

    Ok im thinking about switching to Mac, but i have one major question. This Question is for anyone using any CAD programs on there Macs. Are there any good, reliable CAD programs available for Macs. If so which one are you using, and what Mac are you using it on.



    Thanks in advance.





    Ashlar-Vellum has an excellent CAD program named Graphite. I've used other Ashlar-Vellum CAD programs, and they've been great.
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    win2mac524win2mac524 Posts: 18member
    Thanks SpamSandwich (sorry I chuckled alittle).



    I was also thinking, what if you could run something like AutoCAD (or whatever) on Windows through BootCamp. Would this be recommended or is using BootCamp risky at all for saving important files.



    I guess what im trying to say is are there any downsides to using BootCamp for an application such as AutoCAD (or similar)?



    Thanks Agian. Matt.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Boot Camp is not any more risky than running Windows is on a PC as long as you don't do anything unusual to screw the partitions up. It should run CAD programs just fine.
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    cesarcesar Posts: 102member
    http://www.ugs.com/about_us/press/press.shtml?id=4803
  • Reply 5 of 5
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    I believe TurboCad has a Mac version but I haven't tried it. I have tried Cadintosh and PowerCadd. PowerCadd was more than I needed.
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