Explore: The Interface in AutoCad for Mac

Discover: Features and Functions in AutoCad for Mac

In this FIRST RELEASE of AutoCad for Mac there are some features and functions from regular AutoCad 2011 that are not yet available in AutoCAD for Mac. Some of these include:

• 3DWalk, 3DFly, and animation support
• Action Recorder and playback of Action Macros
• Autopublish
• Batch Standards Checker and the ability to use cad standards [STANDARDS, CHECKSTANDARDS]
• CAD Manager Tools
• ‘Classic’ dialogs for image, xref, and layers
• Custom dictionaries
• Data Extraction Wizard [EATTEXT] (Attribute extraction can still be done using –ATTEXT)
• dBConnect and Datalink support
• DesignCenter
• DGN support
• Digitally signing drawings or notification when opening digital signed drawings
• Digitizer support
• Drawing Recovery Manager
• DWF support
• Dynamic block authoring
• Editable drawing properties [DWGPROPS]
• eTransmit and Archive
• Express Tools
• Extended tooltips
• FBX import/export
• Filter and Quick Select
• Geographic location support
• Hyperlink
• In-place editing of blocks or xrefs [REFEDIT]
• Layer filters
• Layer notification
• Layer State Manager (fundamental layer state operations can still be performed using the stAte option in the -LAYER command or using the (layerstate-xxx) AutoLISP functions)
• Layer Translator
• Layer Walk
• Some Layer Tools [LAYCUR, LAYDEL, LAYON, LAYTHW, LAYMCH, LAYMRG, LAYVPI]
• Layout wizard
• Markup Set Manager
• Navigation bar and SteeringWheels
• OLE objects
• Password protecting a drawing or opening password protected drawings
• PDF underlay
• Plot style configuration
• Plotting to file
• Point Clouds
• Purge dialog (all purge options are still available from the command line)
• Quick Properties palette
• Reference Manager (the external reference repathing utility)
• Share with Autodesk Seek
• Sheet Set Manager
• ShowMotion
• Slide creation or viewing
• Table style setup
• Tool palettes
• User Profiles
• VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
• Visual LISP editor
• WMF import/export
• Xref notification

Functions

• Most AutoLISP will work unless it includes Windows calls (using .NET) or uses DCL dialogs
• Most ARX applications will work unless it includes MFC or .NET calls
• No import or export of CUI customization
• There is only one workspace
• Visual styles must be created at the command line
• Sun Properties palette and Visual Styles managers are merged with the Properties Inspector
• Camera objects cannot be created
• Materials cannot be edited or created and you can not adjust the way a material maps on an object [MATERIALMAP]
• Tessellation for new 3D mesh objects must be set via the command line(MESHOPTIONS and MESHPRIMITIVEOPTIONS are not available)
• Rendering options are limited (no Advanced Render Settings palette or Rendercrop)
• Limited editing and style support for Multilines
• PC3 plot files may work but will depend on whether or not it uses proprietary drivers
• Page sizes are referenced differently between AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD for Mac 2011
• CUI editor may include commands that are not actually available
• Command auto-completion may offer commands that are not actually available
• System variables for missing features may still exist and be editable but will have no affect if the accompanying feature is not included.  They have been kept to help preserve scripting compatibility.

This list was retrieved from: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15833488&linkID=15839490

Welcome, all Mac + AutoCad users!