User-customizable tables for organizing and managing information within your drawings are offered with iCADMac. In addition to the hatches normally available, iCADMac offers more than 300 additional hatch patterns for tiles, walls, floors, panels, ground, bricks, glass, wood, and so forth.
The software offers such features as gradient hatches, a property bar for accessing entity characteristics in a drawing, PDF import/export with layer support, and polygonal and rectangular Viewports. The company says that iCADMac comes with the basic tools and commands for creating and editing drawings expected in a CAD application. Its CAD menus and toolbars are said to be familiar to AutoCAD users or users of progeCAD, the company’s Windows-based DWG-alternative. iCADMac deploys with a standard Macintosh-like interface. The native file format for iCADMac is DWG, according to the company. DWG drawings built with iCADMac can be exported to Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices, according to the company. The AutoCAD WS mobile application will enable AutoCAD users to edit and share AutoCAD files on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch so they can have real-time collaboration even while on the go.ProgeCAD (Como, Italy) has released iCADMac, which it describes as the first “real AutoCAD alternative for the Mac world.” A 2D/3D DWG-native CAD solution, iCADMac is said to be compatible with AutoCAD DWG/DXF versions 2.5 through 2011 as well as with all Intel chip-based Apple Macintosh systems such as the iMac, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini.
The value of AutoCAD for Mac is further extended with an extensive API (application programming interface) and flexible customization options that allow for tailor-built workflows, simple application development and adaption, custom configurations for settings and screen real estate options to suit individual workflows and project demands.ĪutoCAD Extended to iPad, iPhone and iPod TouchĪutodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new free app soon to be available through Apple's App Store that will extend AutoCAD to Apple's iOS. Files created in previous versions of AutoCAD will open seamlessly in AutoCAD for Mac, boosting productivity by reducing time-consuming file translation and cleanup of converted data. With support for native creation and editing files in the DWG file format, AutoCAD for Mac also offers easy collaboration with suppliers, customers, clients and partners regardless of platform. User experience design patterns, such as the visual approach to drawing and layout management, have also been incorporated into AutoCAD for Mac.
AutoCAD for Mac takes full advantage of Mac OS X, including graphical browsing of design files with Cover Flow and use of Multi-Touch gestures on Mac notebooks, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad for intuitive pan and zoom features.
"The AutoCAD WS app is a bold new idea, a mobile version of industry-leading design software for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, the world's most innovative mobile devices."ĪutoCAD for Mac has an intuitive interface that will be familiar to Mac users and makes available many of the powerful AutoCAD features and functionality to customers who choose to work natively on the Mac. "Apple is thrilled that Autodesk is bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac and we think it's the perfect combination for millions of design and engineering professionals," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "The combination of this new version of AutoCAD and the extension of AutoCAD to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is a big step in Autodesk's efforts to accelerate design and make design more accessible for an ever-greater number of people so they can shape the world around them." Over 5000 customers have helped develop this product through our beta program and they are delighted to have the choice of a native Mac version of AutoCAD," said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, Autodesk Platform Solutions and Emerging Business.
"The release of AutoCAD for Mac marks the return of professional design and engineering software to the Mac platform and an important convergence of power and design. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that will allow users to edit and share their AutoCAD designs in the field.
This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world.