Have been using autocad architecture for years but i'm switching to macs. Anyone know when-if autodesk will release autocad architecture for mac. regular old autocad for mac just isn't enough for my workflow.
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Hi kzerbey,
While AutoCAD Architecture is not yet Mac OS X compatible, Autodesk Revit Products are supported to run on Parallels or Boot Camp.
Philip Schmelzer
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Thanks Philip. I live in seattle and of course have some super techy friends, one of them coming over tonight and we're going to try and run Autocad Architecture 2013 on my brand new macbook pro using VMware Fusion 5. For me it would be critical to have both windows and apple os running at the same time since I use ACAD so much. If someone from autodesk would tell me that there might not be an autocad architecture release for mac then I would switch to Revit now;) Just something to consider if Autodesk is really pushing people toward Revit.
It is my understanding that parallels and boot camp don't allow toggling between windows and mac os?
Kyle
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I have not used any CAD applications in a virtual environment such as Parallels or VMWare's Fusion, but you may find it is too resouce intensive for good performance. Be sure to test with some processor and memory consuming operations. Possibly AutodeskCare can tell you what those might be.
> It is my understanding that parallels and boot camp don't allow toggling between windows and mac os?
Parallels does but Boot Camp does not.
You would need to ask the vendor. However, I doubt very much that they will. Look at VectorWorks. Very full and powerfull cad program for the Mac.
Vectorworks is very good, as is ArchiCAD by Graphisoft. I support an office of 20 architects using both of these on iMacs. Be sure you get plenty of RAM.
thanks sig, yes I've seen that option of asking autodesk exhausted elsewhere on the forums. such a tough decision.
thanks lb
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