Apple news expected, AutoCAD for Mac surprise!

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

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I’ll leave covering the Apple announcement to the many iFan blogs other than to say it was more a story of refinement than surprise for iPad, nice for OS X Mavericks upgrade to be free on the desktop.

What I wasn’t expecting was a new AutoCAD for Mac 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac to match the OS X update. This is the first AutoCAD optimised for the Retina display and from the screen shots I’ve seen it benefits both UI and document display fidelity.

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Autodesk Supplied image

In addition to the display and OS X compatibility changes AutoCAD For Mac has some new features:

  • Drawing Sync (using the Autodesk 360 cloud service)
  • Package Drawing: Similar to AutoCAD Windows Etransmit it packages a drawing and dependent resources (linked files/images, fonts etc) for archive or transmittal
  • Revised Startup Screen and new Help System

It’s not the same, feature wise, as AutoCAD Windows but getting closer. For more detail on that check out this feature comparison:

Compare AutoCAD vs AutoCAD for Mac OS X

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