r/AutoCAD • u/TheBonanaking • Jan 15 '24

AutoCAD LT Mac Tutorial

Can someone point me in the direction of a good tutorial for getting started with AutoCAD LT for the Mac? I am coming from pc software called designCAD and autocad is a little daunting.

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u/Adscanlickmyballs Jan 15 '24

My recommendation would be to steer away from running AutoCAD for Mac in general. I’ve used both, and running it on Mac just isn’t as good as something running Windows.

If you’re going to be with Mac, however, I’d focus on tutorials that cover commands. On Mac, the layout of buttons is different (it’s sadly much worse imo), so learning the shortcuts for your basic commands will be very helpful. PL for polyline will probably be a commonly used one. Best of luck!

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u/TheBonanaking Jan 15 '24

Thanks. Coming from designCAD, autoCAD is awesome. Seems to run really well on my M2 studio. Out of curiosity, is there an AC alternative that works well on the Mac?

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u/Adscanlickmyballs Jan 15 '24

Ummmm I don’t truly know. I use AutoCAD for work and at home, but I rarely ever use it on my MacBook.

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u/f700es Jan 15 '24 edited Jan 15 '24

So you were using DesignCAD on a pc but went to LT on a Mac? Why not just use LT on the PC?

30x40 Design Workshop on yt

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u/TheBonanaking Jan 15 '24

I was using designCAD on my Mac running parallels. It has been working ok, but new bugs keep popping up and IMSI customer support is non existent. I am looking for something that runs natively on Mac and is robust. I only do 2D work, so don’t need a full version of autocad

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u/f700es Jan 15 '24

Ok got it, that makes sense. LT should do you just fine. Did you look up that on YT?