![]() ![]() You bet your life that Autodesk are looking at the potential for this device as we speak. What I think is needed at this point is a Vectorworks Viewer for iPad, with the ability to view, zoom, print, share, mark-up and annotate files while out of the office. Sure, the first gen iPad lacks the horsepower to run Vectorworks at this point, but consider this - I regularly do a bit of VW on my old eMac 1.25GHz at home in the evenings, and it won't be long before the iPad matches that for computing power. It is a better site tool than a laptop and also better in meetings than hiding behind a laptop screen. Multi-Touch input is one of many ways we will interact with our devices in coming years and the iPad is the first product with a large and very accurate multi-touch screen and its potential is huge. ![]() (Watch the full keynote of the iPad introduction on Apple's website) This is no compromised piece of software - this is BETTER than the mac version. If you think the iPad is a second class computing device I urge you to have a look at iWork for the iPad. Think simple few functions such as doors walls and windows manipulated by touch for simple survey or design work on site. That said, a third party company willing to look at CAD from a fresh perspective could come up with something amazing. Whatever the weather, I agree with monkey in that NNA resources should be put towards fixing their existing products as opposed to making new. Should generations of newcomers buy into this new, simpler computing fashion, we may find our computers being re-termed as "professional" computers of some sort. Imagine your completely-non-tech-savvy grandparent walking into a shop looking for something to browse the internet and handle emails with no maintenance nor fuss, and without learning an operating system. I think it's fair to say the iPad was Apple's intention all along, and that actually it is the iphone/pod that are cut-down versions of this 'direction'.Īpple are carving a new market here, for better or worse. Yup tablet computing has been around a long time, but has always relied on an operating system designed for a mouse/keyboard. ![]() Technically the iPhone is nothing special. Yes there is a percentage of people who buy this stuff because it has a giant light-up fruit logo on it, but most because the software is a pleasure to use. They?ve sold so many because they work so well.Įxactly right. ![]()
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