This is a good example of how talented people who apply themselves can become very rich and there fore continue to prosper. And it was all because of a great partnership with Apple. Good job guys.

All very good, Sketchbook is a great product but when will they release AutoCad LT for Mac outwith USA?
It was announced on 16th August and released in the App Store, however if you live outside America you cannot download this software.
Autodesk's official response is 'continuing to evaluate rolling the product out globally' however this may be code for we want to sell it for more outside the USA than the App Store allows us to do.
Come on Autodesk you need to value the customers that you have in other countries.

I was glad to see AutoCad LT released in the Mac App store. I purchased it the second I knew about it. It is nice not having to use the Winblows version inside a VM.

Maybe AutoDesk will get back in the good graces of this Mac user.

I wish they would bring the rest of their professional grade software to OS X.

Sketchbook Pro Express for the Mac is great, but pricing it at $60 is a bit much.
They need to pay attention to Apple and price it more like the iWork apps. I'm can guarantee them that if they priced it at $30 they would more than double their profits. At $15 they would saturate the market. $5 or $10 upgrades every 2-3 years (for major upgrades) would keep them in clover. Let's face it, a 30% cut to Apple for managing retail and distribution and transaction, no physical product costs. and Autodesk can concentrate on what they do bestcreating useful software.
They could still keep the bleeding edge software priced higher for pros, but even there they can bring the price down significantly. At lower prices, pro shops would put the pro apps on more computers and new customers would move up to pro appsartists, small shops, students, etc. With the Make movement, more and more people are exposed to CAD, etc. They can also maintain a healthy business selling tech support subscriptions, workshops, teaching materials, templates, textures, lighting setups, etc.

General access to these tools would put the nail in the coffin the myth of the so called "job creators" in the "1%!" People with talent rather than people with capital would be exposed as the real "job creators" in America.

What is with all this 1% BS here? A successful 3-person architecture firm would put the owner in the 1% category easily. A less successful firm with 4-5 architects would easily make it.

As it relates to the cost of the tool for a junior architect making $35-50k, it is roughly commensurate with what an electrician or plumber might need. High, but not out of reach.

The pricing for much of Autodesk's software is higher than it should be, and they would do well to lower the cost to reach a wider audience of legal users... But that is a very different issue.

Great app. It's part of the Android's Christmas promotion. It's one of the apps selling for ten cents for ten days.