Recommend a good CAD program for MAC OS

In My Humble Opinion
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I cannot afford or figure out how to learn SolidWorks. The CAD software I have is pathetic, it was freeware.

Anyone recommend a good CAD program for Mac? Does AutoCAD run on Mac or just Windows?

Help ! ?

Cartooniverse

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No autocad for OS X, at least not yet. Check out this discussion on Architosh, great site, can answer some of your Q’s.

See Here

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I’m looking at this same question, being as I’m just about to get a Mac. (Two weeks and one day!) I believe that Autocad does not run on the Mac; this is why I’m also getting Windows XP. However, I’m also looking at other programs, and right now, ArchiCAD looks interesting. It appears to model a design as 3D and let you take views and do quantity takeoffs and such.

There’s a listing of CAD programs on the Apple site under Made4Mac > 2D/3D Graphics and Animation. And Architosh was the site I was trying to remember.

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SketchUp is nice (depending on your needs).

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I use QCad on Linux for drafting. There are Windows and Mac OS versions, which I assume work equally well.

The version I’m using is the Community Edition, which is free but not pre-packaged (available only in source form). If you didn’t want to build it manually on Mac OS, you can try/buy the Professional version. A license is around $33.

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Hi, back. I use SketchUp 5 now and find it to be completely and utterly counterintuitive and maddening. Perhaps I’m not DOING it right… but aarrgh.

I’ll check out the sites listed here, many thanks.