Tag: CAD

Mac-loving engineers and architects, get excited: AutoCAD is finally coming to the Mac, and iOS devices, too. The last time AutoCAD ran natively on a Mac was well before OS X, before iPhones, and possibly before time itself: 1992. Let's not revisit those dark times, though, let's think about what this means for the future: no more running Windows on Parallels or Boot Camp just so you can have ...

Looking for a quick and easy way to brainstorm some design ideas for your pad? Check out Autodesk's Project Dragonfly, a slick, web-based app that makes creating in two and three dimensions a breeze. There's not much of a learning curve involved - click, drag, rotate, resize - it's all very intuitive. If you've played The Sims at all, you'll be right at home with Dragonfly. No, it's not a ...

I've always enjoyed assembling models and contraptions out of Lego, and my four-year-old son is becoming quite a fan, too. Unfortunately, dad's stash doesn't always have all the fancy bricks required to meet his design requirements. Thankfully, the good folks at Lego offer the Digital Designer, a 22mb free download that offers a rich, 3D program for crafting creations on your Windows PC. We've ...

Today Adobe released Acrobat 3D, a new version of their PDF authoring software aimed at the manufacturing sector. Acrobat 3D has all the features of Acrobat 7.0 Pro, plus it allows the user to import 3D models from major CAD packages into PDF files that can be viewed by anyone using the free Adobe Reader 7.0. If you have Reader 7.0 installed, you can check out a demo document at the page linked ...