Still, this CAD authoring question lingers. As you will see from the list below however, none of the CAD authoring apps for the iPad come from any of the major CAD and BIM software developers serving architects worldwide, except the Pro subscription version of AutoCAD 360.ģ.1 – biiCADo Touch Pro is a new CAD authoring tool for iPad out of Germany and looks pretty solid. Despite this fact, many developers remain fully committed to the idea that–yes–it is possible to overcome this handicap and make a fantastic CAD authoring app for touch-based devices like the Apple iPad. However, our fingers are quite a bit fatter than the fine lines normally associated with CAD drawings and the precision that CAD is famous for requires a depth of cursor control that makes vectorial drawing challenging with fingers alone. He famously said, “God gave us ten styluses–let’s not invent another.” This is partly because Steve Jobs firmly believed that a stylus pointing device was a failure in the creation of the product (a partially correct view). When it comes to the Apple iOS devices–both the iPhone which came first and the iPad which came after–the tendency in the industry is to view drawing creation on these devices with a healthy bit of skepticism. A Word About Mobile CAD Authoring and Steve Jobs
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