Help!! Need OS X app that can open AutoCAD
Hey all,
I really need help. I have a [potential] client who gets AutoCad documents and needs to open them on OS X. As I don't have a copy of AutoCad, I don't know the native file format it generates.
I thought Graphic Converter would do it, but according to the website, AutoCad isn't listed as a supported file type.
I'd rather my [potential] client *not* move to the PC universe, but he may be forced to if he can't open his documents.
Virtual PC [and a copy of AutoCad] is a last resort, but VPC is *so* slow on OSX, I'd rather give them a better, more mac-like solution.
Thanks in advance!
I really need help. I have a [potential] client who gets AutoCad documents and needs to open them on OS X. As I don't have a copy of AutoCad, I don't know the native file format it generates.
I thought Graphic Converter would do it, but according to the website, AutoCad isn't listed as a supported file type.
I'd rather my [potential] client *not* move to the PC universe, but he may be forced to if he can't open his documents.
Virtual PC [and a copy of AutoCad] is a last resort, but VPC is *so* slow on OSX, I'd rather give them a better, more mac-like solution.
Thanks in advance!
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Plays well with AutoCAD DXF/DWG files. Comes for Mac and Windows.
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They *say* they only want to be able to view them, but I don't know the reality of the situation [what clients say and what they mean are often different things].
I will check out vectorworks, and see if I can't do some research on the .dwg format and other Mac CAD apps.
Cheers!
Another choice is VPC and Volo Viewer. This is the free viewer from Autocad. It runs in Internet Explorer. It runs OK in VPC. I think you can save the images then in something like TIFF or JPG.
Daniel