Markup Set Manage (Really? How do you mark up drawings?).Filter and Quick Select (I use Quick Select every day).Dynamic block authoring (I can't believe this is missing).DWF support (this is a huge feature that is missing).Data Extraction Wizard (this is one of my favorite commands.Here is my 'short list' of key features that I would miss in production: In all fairness, if I had a MAC I might buy it even with these features missing. Many of the times on the 'what's missing' list are not that big of a deal, but, for me, there are enough key features missing that I would not purchase it, even if I already had a MAC. However, I feel that those that were considering buying AutoCAD for MAC are still going to purchase it, regardless of this list. Doing this could keep some users form purchasing their new product. How many companies release a brand new product and list its shortcomings? Not many. This is a great thing for Autodesk to do.

Also, AutoCAD for MAC cost about the same as AutoCAD for PC, but there is less there.Īutodesk recently released a list of features that re in AutoCAD for PC that are not in AutoCAD for MAC. As I stated earlier, MACs cost too much for too little hardware that I can get in a PC for less cost. I'm not going to run out and get a MAC or AutoCAD for MAC just because it's there. So, I have to admit that I have changed my mind about AutoCAD on MAC. That also means that Autodesk has the experience needed to get into a new market. Once that user base is large enough to support their own product why not? Autodesk already has several products that can be used on a MAC. Their clients that use Apple computers want it. I completely understand why Autodesk chose to start this new product. I'm not sure that's a valid argument considering how many products Autodesk currently produces and maintains. I didn't want Autodesk to be distracted from their work on AutoCAD. When I first discovered that Autodesk was working on AutoCAD for MAC I was a bit disappointed. So why pay more for less? I don't know, maybe some day. In fact, it's Intell hardware now so it isn't even a different option. Every time I think about getting a MAC and actually price them out I can't bring myself to getting one. I'll be the first to admit that I am not a MAC fan. I have mixed emotions about AutoCAD MAC, but that's ok. Both versions can open the same files and do basically the same things, but AutoCAD for MAC is the first version, so it is missing a few things. This release costs about the same as AutoCAD for PC. Autodesk has released a native version of AutoCAD for MAC OS.

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