[opendtv] Re: News: Autodesk Will Reintroduce Its AutoCAD Design Software
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:39:40 -0700
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
"For nearly two decades, if you wanted to run AutoCAD you have had to use a
PC. Today Autodesk is announcing that they are reintroducing
AutoCAD for the Mac and will be introducing free apps that will read
AutoCAD files for the iPAD and iPhone.
"There are many engineers in the TV business who rely on AutoCAD for plant
engineering tasks. It will be nice to have access to all your
drawings on an iPAD..."
I agree that this is an attractive tool for the iPad. When I was working
on our new building, I could have really used it.
Ironically, it was Apple that alienated me from the Mac when they bought
and stopped supporting several pieces of software, including drawing and
CAD programs, that I used for all my plant engineering and project
development. I was forced to go to the PC/Windows 95 with AutoCAD and
Adobe Illustrator as the replacement. It was not an easy transition form
me. Now Apple is getting back in this business...interesting.
But much of our equipment is now PC/Windows so I'll probably stick with it
for a while. Transitions are no fun.
Dan
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