My white MacBook has an integrated graphics card, which doesn't seem to be compatible with the new Autocad. I get an error message upon trying to install the program that the graphics card is not supported. I run Autocad fine on the same machine using Windows, so it should be possible...
So I guess you don't know much about hardware? At school we were running AutoCAD on PIII machines and they work just fine. It is in my believe that most users are using it as a 2D drawing program.
I have a macbook 3,1 and at first I was running AutoCAD 2010 native on true Boot Camp for school (education: building and construction), even Revit with 3D rendering. It worked perfect. Now I am running these programs through VMWare (virtualization) because even that works still fine and now I don't need to restart my machine everytime.
It is possible, only AutoDesk doesn't have the solution.
so if i run a windows vista on my white macbook as a parallel, then i ll be able to install the autocad 2011, even with the same graphics card
I was running full blown Civil 3D 2010 on a MacBook 3.1 using VmWare sucessfully. It was slow to open but ran okay once started. Recently, however, the license expired so I uninstalled & upgraded to Acad 2011 (just Autocad Map, not full Civil). I have not been able to get it to work correctly -- it simply shuts it self down upon startup, with no error message or anything. I have uninstalled again and reinstalled to no success, and then just tried to reinstall 2010 and now it does the same thing.
I've spent countless hours downloading, installing, uninstalling, etc., and am now at the point of just giving up. It is such an insane pain in the *** to try to get the software to work that I just don't want to deal with it any more. I might just try to use it on my wife's Windows computer or just give up on it altogether & find another solution, such as Vectorworks or Intellicad.
All I'm going to add is this thread is about installing AutoCAD for Mac, which for some don't seem to understand that this is specific software for the Mac platform. It's not about installing Virtualization software on your Mac to run a PC version of AutoCAD, they are different products. When you figure that out, maybe post back with some meaningful posts that contribute to users who are trying to install the actual software designed for the Mac platform.
I started the post so I can post here if I want... The post was originally about trying to install Autocad for Mac on an older Macbook. Since that's not possible (due to Autodesk "blocking" it from installing) I have been describing my workarounds for others in a similar situation to learn from. I have no real desire to keep the thread going but was just responding to a recent question...
Several of us keep making the point that our Macs are capable of running AutoCAD (based on their ability to run it when emulating Windows), but the software itself prevents the running based on the graphics card we have installed (about which we obviously have no choice).
I think we understand that there's programming that goes on to make these things work.
So we're asking for the software to be made to work with the graphics cards we currently have, which - again - work when Windows is being run in emulation, which strongly suggests that this is a surmountable problem.
Please help!
I know this is a 6 month old post, but this one seems to be the only one that I have found addressing my issue:
I have a 15" MacBook Pro 3,1, I just downloaded the AutoCAD for Mac, but it won't install. When I click on the installer icon...nothing happens.
How did you get the AutoCAD to work on your MacBook Pro 3,1..?
Thanks,
Justin
Specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version: 1.16f11
Serial Number: W87381AYX91
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Hi Justin,
@Anonymous wrote:Please help!
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I have a 15" MacBook Pro 3,1, I just downloaded the AutoCAD for Mac, but it won't install. When I click on the installer icon...nothing happens.
How did you get the AutoCAD to work on your MacBook Pro 3,1..?
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From System Requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2011 you can see, that it can run on hardware, that was produced after January, 2009 (MacBookPro5,1).
Maxim
Oh, and the video card specs:
GeForce 8600M GT:
Chipset Model: GeForce 8600M GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0407
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3175
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1440 x 900
Depth: 32-bit Color
Built-In: Yes
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Currently having the same issue (installs fine, fails with "WHIP cannot initialize") with a brand-new Mac Mini 4,1 with 8 GB ram. This model is above the minimum spec (Mac Mini 3,1), and is even the recommended Mac Mini version. Frustrating, but I've sent a support request to Autodesk Customer Support and am hopeful for a positive resolution
Hi,
FYI:
I have seen such message from AutoCAD only once: on hackintosh system with incorrectly loaded display drivers.
Check Graphics/Display state in System profiler.
Maxim
This issue remembers me the issue with 386-DX / 386-SX Intel Processors and AutoCAD R10. 386-SX did not have a math co-processor, and Autodesk blocked access to AutoCAD R10 due this hardware limitation. But someone wrote a nice and little software that cheated with this limitation, and we could run AutoCAD R10 in a 386-SX based machine. And the performance was acceptable. We just need some programmer that could cheat with AutoCAD 2011 for Mac limitation.
Nice work c4pt. The file is "unspt_gfx_cards". Fixing this file should get one past the instaIl checker but it may not solve the WHIP issue. This unspt_gfx_cards file is a simple text file in the Contents/Resources folder of Install....mpkg file. You get to it by selecting Show Package Contents after right clicking the mpkg. The install checker may be trying to find any of the full lines of text in the computer's graphic's name, so make sure to repair any line that you think could be found in the graphics name. The trick is saving the repaired file. The mpkg may be available only as part of a disk image and therefore locked. So copy all the files out of the disk image out to a folder. Then fix. The mpkg may want to be in a disk image to run properly. Use Disk Utility to make an large enough new disk image.
I too am having this problem.
I've edited the unsupported graphics file within the .mpkg file after copying it out of the .dmg file. Saved it, then tried re-installing it. Perfect. Installed no problem.
Now all I'm getting is "WHIP failed to initialize". Sent report to Autodesk, I expect the usual "Your graphics card is not supported blah blah"
So is there anyone out there who can repair this WHIP and get it to initialize?
I´m sorry, but your answer is the kind that says it all...and nothing...
The bottom line I still can´t understand, is how the hell is my macbook´s graphic card uncapable to run AutoCad on OS X while it´s perfectly capable of running it on Windows in parallels?!!! It makes no sense
And yes, Autodesk says.........and yes Apple says.......but they never ¨explain the reasons¨ why many of us have to dump perfectly good computers on behalf of one program.
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