Showing 104 AutoCAD LT reviews. LinkedIn Connections Jonathan G. Validated Reviewer. Verified Current User. Review Source. 'AutoCAD Review' What do you like best? The version currently in use in our practice is AutoCAD LT for Mac. It felt at times like this version of the software feels was fighting you in what you want to achieve.

Dear DE Reader: Autodesk broke the rules when it rolled out AutoCAD for PCs in the early ’80s. Everyone knew CAD ran on big UNIX boxes, not PCs.

Skip to 2010. Autodesk breaks the rules and introduces a Mac-native version of AutoCAD.

Everyone knows that CAD is for Windows. But from the earliest days of microcomputers, engineering legions adopted Apple products as their go-to systems. They cheered.

Looks at the introduction of the 2017 editions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT for the Mac. More cheering is likely. At a Glance: AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017 for Mac • Newest Mac-native AutoCAD 2D drafting and 2D/3D design release.

• Many user interface enhancements; new tabs speed navigation. • Redesigned, user-customizable tool sets.

• New PDF file import capabilities; geometry imports as AutoCAD objects. • New support for multiple open AutoCAD sessions. • Complimentary trial version available. A big theme running throughout for the Mac is ease of use out of the box and through your own customization. This is most evident in the changes that have gone down with the user interface (UI). For example, the tool sets got a redesign.

It strives to organize tools and commands in ways that are easier for you to access with as few as one click. Autodesk split the tool sets into Drafting and Modeling tabs where each tab has predefined standard panels grouping related commands together. You can customize any standard panel. For instance, you can select which commands to show or hide. List of best video editing software for mac. You can collapse, move, reorder and resize panels in real time. You can also create your own panels. The 2017 edition of AutoCAD for the Mac also marks a breakout release for the system’s PDF capabilities.

You can now import the geometry, TrueType text and raster images from a specified page in a PDF file and from all or part of an attached PDF underlay. You can plunk imported geometry from a PDF page into your current drawing as an AutoCAD object. You also can specify the scale, rotation and insertion point of the imported geometry. You have control over the kind of data you import from the PDF as well as control over how layers are assigned to imported objects.

There’s also a new PDFIMPORT command for those who prefer wielding such things. Autodesk has announced the release of AutoCAD 2017 for Mac and AutoCAD LT 2017 for Mac. Image courtesy of Autodesk Inc.