Apple has finally found its way back into the mainstream architectural arena. With the release of AutoCAD for the Mac and the new mobile app AutoCAD WS for reviewing drawings on the iPhone and iPad, getting work done has never been so much fun. For more years than I can remember, Apple hardware has been the gold standard for the graphic design community, but for architects, the CAD software developers abandon the Apple platform in the late 90’s to focus on the booming PC market. That left offices like ours, running AutoCAD, with very little choice.
“But times they are a changing”. Just about everyone in our office has succumbed to the allure of Apple’s exquisitely designed products. I use my iPad when I go on the road to show prospective clients samples of our work, our website and take notes. Now with the new AutoCAD app, I can be out on a job site and review drawings with the contractor on my iPhone or iPad. Granted, it is easier and far less expensive to replace a paper copy when it falls into a mud puddle, but come on, technology is cool.
The products really are exquisite, and it’s hard to believe it took Apple so long to adapt to the architecture market…when there’s such synergy there.