AutoCAD for Mac 2024 Released With Support for Apple Silicon [Video]

AutoDesk has announced the release of AutoCAD for Mac 2024 which brings native support for Apple Silicon.

For the first time, AutoCAD for Mac 2024 and AutoCAD LT for Mac 2024 now run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures, including M1 and M2 chips in the M-series chips. The support for Apple Silicon can increase overall performance by up to two times compared to 2023.

"AutoCAD for Mac 2024 and AutoCAD LT for Mac 2024 deliver incredible, new performance improvements with the ability to run AutoCAD natively on Apple silicon," says Dania El Hassan, Director of Product Management for AutoCAD, Autodesk. "It's exciting to see how customers can now take full advantage of the latest hardware and M-series chips for faster ways to work."




What's New in AutoCAD for Mac 2024
● Apple Silicon Support - AutoCAD for Mac 2024 runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures. The performance is improved significantly when running natively on Apple Silicon machines.

● Italian and Spanish - AutoCAD for Mac now supports Italian and Spanish.

● Markup Import and Markup Assist - Markup Import and Markup Assist use machine learning to identify markups and provide a way to view and insert drawing revisions with less manual effort.


● Smart Blocks: Placement - The new smart block functionality can offer placement suggestions based on where you've placed that block before in the drawing.

● Trace Updates - The Trace environment continues to improve and now includes the new COPYFROMTRACE command and new settings controls on the toolbar.

● 3D Color Background Application Preference Updates - In the AutoCAD Preferences dialog, the Look and Feel tab now has settings to customize the background color for 3D visual styles including both parallel and perspective mode.

● 3Dconnexion Device Support - You can use a 3Dconnexion device to reorient and navigate a model's view.

You can learn more about the new features or get a free trial of AutoCAD for Mac 2024 at the link below...

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