AutoCad 2004 on my iMac G5?

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AutoCad 2004 on my iMac G5?

Does anyone have AutoCad 2004 on a Macintosh? It looks like I need to buy some software for my iMac G5, AutoCad 2004, Windows XP and Virtual PC 7. That's allot of money to see if AutoCad will run on my Mac.
Later,
Mac Ray

Posted on Sep 19, 2005 7:44 PM

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Answer 1

leight

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Sep 19, 2005 9:09 PM in response to Mac Ray

Hey mate,

Sorry to tell you this but I believe AutoCAD doesn't come in a mac version. Check out AutoDesk's site. We run AutoCAD 2006 at work, and I'm getting a 20" g5 2ghz iMac in november. Wish it was made for the mac! That would be great, but I can live without it on a Mac. Cya,

- leighton

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Mac Ray Author

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Sep 19, 2005 9:45 PM in response to leight

I know AutoCad will not run on OS X on a Mac. That is why I am thinking about using Virtual PC to run Windows XP on my Mac.

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joeuu

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Sep 19, 2005 9:50 PM in response to Mac Ray

A program with the overhead of AutoCad may bog down under VPC.
If you are at all proficient in it, the waiting may drive you crazy. I would wait for a few more responses or check other sites before laying out that kind of money.

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Rod Hagen

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Sep 20, 2005 7:58 PM in response to Mac Ray

I'm pretty sure Autocad is one of those programs that simply can't be used under Virtual PC, Mac Ray [edit- it seems some people have had success with it in more recent times]. The best place for advice about CAD on the mac, though is Architosh - http://www.architosh.com/

Do you specifically need AutoCAD or could you use one of the Mac compatible CAD programs that will run "native"?

Cheers

Rod

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Answer 5

Sep 20, 2005 8:44 PM in response to Mac Ray

There is also VectorWorks http://www.nemetschek.net/ and
Sketchup http://www.sketch3d.com/

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leight

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Sep 20, 2005 9:24 PM in response to Mac Ray

Sorry I was mistaken. Sketchup is a pretty sweet program! Glad to see it comes in a mac version 🙂

Shame Autodesk doesn't produce a mac version. I would assume it wouldn't be very popular, but still.

Good luck 🙂

- leighton

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Mac Ray Author

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Sep 20, 2005 10:10 PM in response to Rod Hagen

Thanks Rod, I guess I could use a compatible AutoCad mac program but I have no idea how clean the files are when I bring them back into AutoCad. In otherwords I would like to have all the layers transfer over and any other properties in the file.
Later,
Mac Ray

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Answer 8

Rod Hagen

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Sep 20, 2005 10:56 PM in response to leight

Shame Autodesk doesn't produce a mac version. I would assume it wouldn't be very popular, but still.

see http://www.architosh.com/news/2004-01/2004c-0125-apple-autodesk.phtml Leighton

Cheers

Rod

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