Our team had to immerse in the Mac world and learn from the Mac experts worldwide to make sure we understood what they would want and need as well as keeping the power of AutoCAD. We used the native Aqua User Interface standards on all non-custom interface elements and the underlying code is Cocoa for the Mac OSX and iOS platforms. The AutoCAD for Mac was a complete re-write and not a simple port or a LT version. This project was no simple project, we had to work with14 millions lines of code with technology dependencies to be more platform agnostic. This is a Mac experience and AutoCAD 2011 combined, not some Windows application just ported without consideration of the workflow, environment, and Mac user expectations. You also have much of your customization you rely on such as LISP and Scripts.įrom the native Mac User Interface elements such as Menubar to the integration of Cover flow support in Finder to visually scroll through your DWG file previews, multi-touch gestures, making use of the trackpad (love it), search Help and you get a pointer to the location of the command in the Menubar, and even searching for DWG files using Spotlight this is Mac. Now AutoCAD users have a choice of two great platforms Windows and Mac to get their native AutoCAD DWG. Yes, a native Mac 2D & 3D AutoCAD application utilizing the Mac experience, but still being the tried and true AutoCAD. Customers have made the request, Autodesk listened and responded with a native Mac AutoCAD named (appropriately) AutoCAD for Mac. AutoCAD natively on the Mac is no longer a myth or urban legend like bigfoot, UFOs, and unicorns.ĪutoCAD returns to the Mac after an ~16 year absence.
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