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Hi, I am working on a large-ish project and have tried to Etransmit my files to one of our consultants. When they open the files they appear to be blank (all x-refs etc are missing and replaced by a file extension). I am producing the drawings using Mac, Autocad 2017, and assume they will be using PC to open them. Is there an issue between Mac and windows? When I try this within my office I can send the zipped files to another Mac computer and they open fine.
Similarly when I send the files to a windows PC they won't open. I am nervous as I need to send all dwgs and there will be quite a few.
Yes, AutoCAD works fine on a Mac - there's a Mac version and in my experience it's more stable than the PC version - though I'm not a fan of AutoCAD and haven't used it at all in a few years. ArchiCAD and Vectorworks also run native on a Mac. Revit doesn't have a Mac version but I run it on my Macs with Parallels, no problems. This idea always encounters scorn here - there's a perception that Revit on a Mac runs too slowly or can't be used for large projects, though we haven't found this to be the case. I made this choice because it was less much expensive to put Parallels and Windows on several existing computers than to purchase PCs and upgrade/update all of our other software in order to switch them all to Windows licenses. I have used Apple products since 1982 but am phasing out all of the Macs in my office due to bad experiences I have had with Apple over the past 3-4 years.
They have really become more of a phone and tablet company with a small sideline in laptops and desktop machines. This Reddit post mirrors many of my experiences with Apple, especially with forced upgrade hell and early hardware obsolescence: / We ditched our iPhones about 18 months ago, our iPads will be gone soon, and we hope to have our MacBooks retired by the end of 2016.
I have been running ACAD LT 2014 on a mac book pro since 2014, 16gb ram and an ssd hard drive at home and ACAD 2016 on a bitching new PC at work. The PC certainly 'hangs' more than the Mac, even though the PC is a faster machine.
The PC will make a mesh from contours in sketchup in the time it takes me to take a sip of coffee. For some reason ACAD will hang it up though. It may be larger files, but who knows. I think it ultimately depends on the rest of your software- I had to replaced my PC laptop and knew I would be purchasing CAD and photoshop and went the Mac route. If you have software already, than a platform jump may not make sense, but if you are starting from scratch. It might make sense. I have had 4 laptops over the last 16 years- mac, pc, pc, mac.
The macs always seemed to have a better build quality and seemed to fail with a bit more grace. Pc #2 was replaced when every session made me wonder if the machine was going to make it, both cooling fans wailing while trying to launch libre office.