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AutoCAD appears headed back to the Mac

After an 18 year hiatus, AutoCAD appears to be headed back to the Mac platform, according to screen shots of a new beta posted on an Italian Mac forum.

The screen shots, appearing on Italiamac depict the installation screens and interface for an upcoming Autodesk AutoCAD 64-bit early beta release for Mac OS X called "Sledgehammer."

The last time Autodesk's AutoCAD drafting software was made available for the Mac was in 1992, with Release 12. The current 2011 version, available only for Windows, is designated Release 25.

Earlier this spring, the French Mac site Hardmac reported references to Mac OS X in Autodesk's ObjectARX SDK (The Object AutoCAD Runtime Extension is an extension mechanism for customizing the application) and offered a confirmation of previous rumors that a private beta release of AutoCAD for the Mac was being prepared.

AutoCAD for Mac beta
AutoCAD for Mac beta
AutoCAD for Mac beta



86 Comments

market_player 138 comments · 14 Years

Good bye BootCamp partition !!!!

Christmas comes early, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a quick release !

technohermit 563 comments · 18 Years

Quote:
Originally Posted by Market_Player

Good bye BootCamp partition !!!!

Christmas comes early, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a quick release !

Amen to that!

The only real reason I keep Windows alive. I've nearly gotten the wife converted....the first and second generation MBP didn't do it, but she loves the new i7 15". Even if she won't admit it
If I get her one, and AutoCAD finally gets to OS X, I will be able to abandon Windows at home. Yay!

tazinlwfl 117 comments · 15 Years

Quote:
Originally Posted by agl82

"AudoCAD appears headed back to the Mac"

What the heck is AudoCAD?

LMFAO
That's a heck of a mistake...

No once-throughs on these articles, AI?

clexman 218 comments · 15 Years

Yay! I won't have to learn Vectorworks!