AutoCAD Coming Back to Mac, First Beta Screenshots with Gestures, 64-bit Support [Video]
In April, there had been some rumors that AutoCAD may finally be returning to the Macintosh platform. The Apple Lounge has posted some screenshots from the private beta that were found on Italiamac's forums.
AutoCAD is a 2D and 3D design and drafting application that was first released in the 1980s. AutoCAD for the Mac was discontinued in the early 90s. According to the tester that posted the images, this beta runs pretty poorly, but, obviously, there is much time for improvement as this is the first seeding. The Beta is 64-bit only and support for multi-touch gestures (see above screenshot). No word on when the final is expected.
Update: Video added, from Italiamac.it:
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23 months ago
Glad to see a company return to the Macintosh, now if we can only get Adobe..:rolleyes:
23 months ago
YES! I have been waiting for this. I need full compatibility with AutoCAD and currently the mac alternatives leave a little to be desired. This may be sad, but I think this has made my day :)
23 months ago
FINALLY! This will let my father finally switch over our last PC to a Mac... Hope it comes out soon!
23 months ago
I took a CAD class in high school & used AutoCAD (PC version). Pretty cool. That was the only time I ever used it, but it's a cool app.
Hopefully it'll use OpenCL/GL & Grand Central. Also, let's hope Mac Pros get better graphics cards. I've heard AutoCAD can be pretty graphic intensive.
It wouldn't surprise me if there a lot of posts about "Why is this Page 1 news? Who uses it?" Um, a lot of designers, architects, etc. It's a big deal in that world.
Hopefully it'll use OpenCL/GL & Grand Central. Also, let's hope Mac Pros get better graphics cards. I've heard AutoCAD can be pretty graphic intensive.
It wouldn't surprise me if there a lot of posts about "Why is this Page 1 news? Who uses it?" Um, a lot of designers, architects, etc. It's a big deal in that world.
23 months ago
Now if Apple would only ship a Pro computer to run this on that wasn't a year a late and a dollar short. :rolleyes:
23 months ago
I wonder if his would push some drafting and design companies to buy Macs.
I doubt it. I worked at an architecture firm and there are a ton of things stopping them from upgrading to Macs...the biggest being that autocad licenses are so expensive that it stops them from purchasing new machines. I would also hope that they would be swapping over Revit as well.
The lack of inexpensive video cards which will run autocad are also pretty big. I'm not saying no one will switch over, but there are a lot of issues in the way.
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