AutoCad......... @ best that program might be worth about $1500 for a single user license.
While I agree ACAD is far to expensive given what little ADSK has added to it over the past 5-8 years, the prices are on par with the Windows version.
The thing that pisses me off with the licensing is that they don't dual-license Revit with AutoCAD. For the extortion pricing they have, there is no logical argument for this. I hate Revit, but... we are stuck with it.
Those of you complaining about the price must not be very familiar with Autodesk products. Or any highly specialized and sophisticated software created for small markets. These wares cost a fortune to develop and maintain. I know Autodesk Lustre costs something like $55k and you still need another $60k of certified hardware to run it on. Smoke for Mac is $15k and needs another $30k or so in hardware to get the most out of it.
Let's see, 18 years ago was 1992, when Windows 3.1 was just released, three years before Windows 95. They dropped Mac OS 7 for Windows 3.1?
Meh - I started on release 8 for DOS. I never did care for the windows release, having gotten used to the command line. I stopped using it around the time they dropped the DOS version which was OK with me.
Every time I use vector drawing programs I start looking for trim and extend...
Excellent offer, and well overdue -- and free to students and academics such as professors (I'm a prof) -- however, even as free software, the ancient interface and shaky performance sent me screaming back to order a long-overdue upgrade for Ashlar-Vellum's infinitely superior Cobalt CAD package.
The AutoCAD renderer will leave you profoundly unimpressed (unless you haven't ever used a renderer), and the Mac version apparently doesn't support either uniform or gradient backgrounds (?!), so get used to rendering in a giant black void. Maybe that void is where AutoCAD for Mac was hiding for the past two decades...
The mobile version is very welcome. I plan to get an iPad shortly, and this will not be very helpful on site. However, you MUST have a network connection to use it as there's no local storage, or iDisk support. You have to use their website to store the files on - a big mistake I believe. Substations often don't have very good reception.
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AutoCad......... @ best that program might be worth about $1500 for a single user license.
While I agree ACAD is far to expensive given what little ADSK has added to it over the past 5-8 years, the prices are on par with the Windows version.
The thing that pisses me off with the licensing is that they don't dual-license Revit with AutoCAD. For the extortion pricing they have, there is no logical argument for this. I hate Revit, but... we are stuck with it.
So $4k for AutoCad seems just about right.
Let's see, 18 years ago was 1992, when Windows 3.1 was just released, three years before Windows 95. They dropped Mac OS 7 for Windows 3.1?
Meh - I started on release 8 for DOS. I never did care for the windows release, having gotten used to the command line. I stopped using it around the time they dropped the DOS version which was OK with me.
Every time I use vector drawing programs I start looking for trim and extend...
The AutoCAD renderer will leave you profoundly unimpressed (unless you haven't ever used a renderer), and the Mac version apparently doesn't support either uniform or gradient backgrounds (?!), so get used to rendering in a giant black void. Maybe that void is where AutoCAD for Mac was hiding for the past two decades...