Dynamic Blocks & discussion

[Anonymous]

Hello, I'm student who is attending to a AutoCAD course in my college.

Unfortunately, I am bit disabled on our lectures due to inconvieniences with Dynamic Blocks' part, which is one of more important on our studies and - I think - in general. I have version for Macs which is good and I am happy of it but those troubles could be a bit unhandy, couldn't they?

Is it possible to get some mode or retake solution which will consider possibilitites to edit and create dynamic blocks NOT ONLY to read?

And - if it is not a problem - why there are such a differences between Macs and Windows version? Why the Mac one is crippled?

Thanks for help, Michael

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Michael,

Dynamic block authoring is not a feature of the current AC for Mac release (and all previous releases). You asked: Why? - I can not answer this question.
Let's wait for new release of AutoCAD this year:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-general/autocad-for-mac-lightsaber-beta1-is-available/...

Maxim

[dgorsman]

The why: AutoCAD isn't written wholly from scratch, but instead it is calling on common building blocks to greatly speed up development of all software.  This also allows certain bug fixes to be fixed and distributed by the developers of those building blocks instead of AutoDesk.  The capabilities are different because they use different sets of building blocks (they are dependant on OS), resulting in essentially new software for each OS.  It isn't "cripped" as you call it, which would imply dynamic block creation capability is already present but turned off.  That portion hasn't been built yet under the Mac side of the program.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for instant and sufficiently answers 

Yes, maybe what I said wasn't truthful at all.

"Turned off" is a better word for this 

But I was a bit frustrated when I was trying to find out why I could not do anything in this part of my course, why I waste time being a bundle of nerves searching, raping 'Help' button and finally - rising white flag and accepting surrender - then just sit and watch to other's computer how that coursor in Block Editor is moving lively and gutsy 

...hence those words I think.

So, it's impossible to choose a better way than open an AutoCAD for Windows if I want to use dynamic blocks for personal use. I get it.

And only what I am able to do in this case is waiting for another update for Mac - in other words newer version of this program (don't know if it'll be 2015 or 2025 one) - where this (and maybe other difficulties which are for Mac users hard to overcome which - in my level of experience of CAD - I haven't known yet) problem will be solved.

What a pity that AutoCAD cost less than 1$. 

Of course I do not depreciate CAD for Mac - just like I wrote earlier - I'm happy user but few shortcommings in Mac version due to Windows one make me feel a bit confused. I hope that despite of software that 'portions' will be equivalent in basics for all in the immediate future.

And forgive me my English - hope you read easily with no problems in solution my sentences. 

[maxim_k]

>>>don't know if it'll be 2015 or 2025 one
However, I strongly recommend to try to participate in beta testing the 2015 version. (See link in my previous post)
I am sure that you will not be disappointed.

Maxim

[Anonymous]

http://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/compare/compare-platforms

😞

Trust me, I'm not the best person on Earth to be a beta-version's owner - I'm not well-skilled to share with others my opinion of line colours or sharpness of pixels 🙂

I don't see the point to download and register here. Despite - it has to be a perfect option and I'm glad to see it is promoted.

To have an expert level in happiness I lack only those shortcommings which I consider especially dynamic blocks 😕