After a long hiatus, AutoCAD returned to the Mac platform in 2010. Many features were reimagined or entirely rewrote. Every year the product is improved, but Windows users can still find the Mac interface and toolset a bit jarring. This course compares the Mac and Windows versions of AutoCAD 2017, including interface differences, workflow changes, and feature relationships. Learn the nuances that affect your daily CAD usage, and get the most out of your existing knowledge.
Jim LaPier shows how to manage and save files, work in 2D space, use external references, print sheets, model in 3D, and customize AutoCAD for Mac to fit your workflow. Instructor •. Jim LaPier is a consultant and designer at IMPACT Designs, LLC.
Jim has worked with AutoCAD for 15 years in varying disciplines, including commercial and residential architectural design, mechanical engineering, materials handling, and telecommunications. He is skilled in customization, efficiency, and speed, as well as being adept in information technology. He also worked as a genius at an Apple Retail Store, and registered as a certified Apple technician.
Jim combines paper and pencil drafting knowledge with his love of cutting edge technology, both Mac and PC-based. By: Jim LaPier course • 1h 45m 11s • 2,322 viewers • Course Transcript - [Narrator] The first time you start up AutoCAD for Mac, the biggest shock is most definitely the interface.
AutoCAD 2013 for Mac documentation: AutoCAD 2013 for Mac users guide AutoCAD 2013 for Mac command reference guide AutoCAD 2013 for Mac customization guide This documentation, including Installation and Licensing, and Developer documentation can be found on the Autodesk website. External reference capabilities in AutoCAD for Mac let you easily reuse data and collaborate with others on projects. When you modify elements in one file, they are easily updated in all related design files. Go ahead and divvy up large project components and work on them simultaneously to maximize efficiency.
When AutoCAD for Mac was released in 2010, it was completely redesigned to be as Mac-like as possible. This was designed not as a port, but redesigned and rewritten just for Mac.
So the interface certainly reflects that. We'll get into the specifics of each of the elements of the interface in later videos, but I want to give you a high level look at the differences you're going to run into. And most importantly, lead you through these differences so you can see that AutoCAD for Mac interface is not nearly as scary as it may appear at the first glance. I want to show you three different versions.
From its release in 2010 through 2016, the interface for AutoCAD for Mac is fairly consistent. For AutoCAD for Mac in 2017 the interface underwent a redesign and many of the elements changed slightly. So if you're using a version for AutoCAD for Mac older than 2017, you'll be more interested in that part of this walkthrough.
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If you have a version newer than 2017, you'll obviously be more focused on the new interface changes. Here we see AutoCAD 2017 running on Windows 10. At the top we have the menu bar here, the quick access toolbar, the ribbon which holds all of our tools, the drawing tab bar here. Along the bottom we have our command line, the status bar here, and the properties palette docked on the right side of my screen. Now let's switch to AutoCAD for Mac 2016.
Here the menu bar, which is hidden in AutoCAD for Windows by default, is here at the top of the screen. There is no ribbon, however the tool palette, which holds all of our tools, is here along the left side of the screen by default. There are three different tool sets which we can control here at the top. Drafting, annotation, and modeling. Moving counter clockwise we have the classic command line which operates just like the command line in Windows. The status bar is here along the right and above that on the right side we have the properties palette and the layers palette.
These palettes can be drug around our screen and docked into place as I see fit. I can view additional palettes by looking under the window menu item or under tools and palettes.
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