Why Archicad on the iPad matters

[Thomas Holm]

Why Archicad on the iPad matters — even if just a viewer, thin client or whatever: Do read this!

The iPad has sold 30 million units. In less than a year and a half.

[JaredBanks]

Low sales for AutoCAD for Mac are probably a result of no one other than college students (who maybe can get it for free?) needing or wanting it. If you're an architect using macs, you're not going to drop your current program to go to autocad. If you're on a PC and using autocad, you're not going to buy a mac and then buy a copy of a software you already have for your new platform. And if you're starting a firm, who thinks "okay it's going to be a mac firm. Now I need a good software package. Well autocad is cutting edge, I'll go with that."

I think the hype around AutoCAD for Mac is therefore a lot of smoke and mirrors.

[Anonymous]

laszlonagy wrote:
I recently read an interview with Autodesk guys, I think it was the Q2 financial results conference transcript and there was a question about Revit for Mac and the answer was that it is currently not planned.

My bet is that Revit for Mac is definitely happening. You only have to look at how many iOS apps Autodesk are releasing now days. A port of Revit to Mac wouldn't be impossible.

The reason Autocad is a flop on Mac is because no wanted autocad in the first place.