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<blockquote data-quote="Riley Casey" data-source="post: 51894" data-attributes="member: 125">Re: CAD/ drafting program for MacI have been using Vectorworks since before it was called Vectorworks ( the original name was Blueprint and I only recently threw away the installer floppies LOL ) on Macs.&nbsp; Its fairly wide spread in theater and special events works as Cameron noted.&nbsp; Be that as it may AutoCad is still the MS Office of the CAD universe and being able to open a file created the current version of AutoCad is pretty essential to playing on the same field as other vendors in the industry.&nbsp; Much like the Office program this often involves having to keep up with the Joneses on version levels even when using software the will import AC files as Vectorworks and many other CAD programs will.&nbsp; A very handy app to keep on hand is DWG True View 2012.&nbsp; This requires having an install of Windows near to hand but thats pretty much de rigueur in our biz.&nbsp; The program allows you to view a CAD drawing in the same way that a $15K seat of AutoCAd generated it to be seen as it&#039;s not unheard of for there to be issues with importing across any software platfom.&nbsp; Just as importantly the application allows back saving of the latest and greatest version of an AutoCad doc back to something your perhaps not so pricey and flashy CAD app can handle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riley Casey, post: 51894, member: 125"] Re: CAD/ drafting program for Mac I have been using Vectorworks since before it was called Vectorworks ( the original name was Blueprint and I only recently threw away the installer floppies LOL ) on Macs. Its fairly wide spread in theater and special events works as Cameron noted. Be that as it may AutoCad is still the MS Office of the CAD universe and being able to open a file created the current version of AutoCad is pretty essential to playing on the same field as other vendors in the industry. Much like the Office program this often involves having to keep up with the Joneses on version levels even when using software the will import AC files as Vectorworks and many other CAD programs will. A very handy app to keep on hand is DWG True View 2012. This requires having an install of Windows near to hand but thats pretty much de rigueur in our biz. The program allows you to view a CAD drawing in the same way that a $15K seat of AutoCAd generated it to be seen as it's not unheard of for there to be issues with importing across any software platfom. Just as importantly the application allows back saving of the latest and greatest version of an AutoCad doc back to something your perhaps not so pricey and flashy CAD app can handle. [/QUOTE]

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