Hello, I have a MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar running MacOS high Sierra. I'm an architecture student and I have been trying to install auto cad. AutoCAD files are everywhere – from engineering to design there are many applications for electronic technical drawings. Too bad that AutoCAD can cost up to $1,470 per year. However, in case you simply want to look at AutoCAD files, there is a number of free programs for browsers, Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.
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The post/comment will be removed. PC Builds (See Wiki for Additional Info) Related Subreddits. I'm starting a technical drawing class at school and we're required to have AutoCAD at home to practice and do assignments. I'm stuck using a macbook at home for the time being and plan to acquire a PC in the future. The computers we use in the lab at school are PCs. Is it difficult to switch between types of AutoCAD for the different operating systems?
Will I be wasting my time? Also, we use AutoCAD 2014 in class and I can't find a trustworthy 2014 trial or student download. Is 2015 very different from 2014? I did this about 1.5 years ago and it wasn't that bad. The multi-touch gestures are nice and useful and they generally integrate pretty well.
That said, the mac and windows versions aren't identical. Some commands are in different locations though those that were weren't anything I used often.
Another thing is that Apple uses all the function keys up for volume, screen brightness and such while AutoCAD makes extensive use of these same keys to toggle frequently used options. You can access these by using the little 'fn' key in the bottom left corner of your keyboard or you can invert the function keys in system preferences (so you would have to hold the 'fn' key to change the volume.) I haven't used 2015 yet but I can tell you that I haven't really noticed any major differences from when I was using '12 and '13 at school and '14 back at home. The interface looked a little different but other than that it seemed pretty much the same. Two final items: 1) Learn the commands names as typing them in is a surefire way to access them on any version mac or pc.
![Mac Mac](http://i.imgur.com/nfYJGxZ.jpg)
2) Pay attention to your save files as saving work in '15 might not be useable on '14 (you can back-save to correct this if it is an issue). If you have any questions I will do my best to help though I am not an expert, just one who has gone before you. This is good advice. If you learn the command line entries you will be fine. The Mac and PC interfaces look very different. I use both and make training videos for both.
I mainly use PC AutoCAD so when I'm on the Mac I rely on the command line. AutoCAD for Mac 2015 is more like AutoCAD 2014 for PC than Mac 2014 is so you will be fine.
Using AutoCAD for Mac will give you the basic understanding of using AutoCAD. The main differences are in the user interface visual set up.
Otherwise the two function the same way.