Autocad 2009,Autocad Architecture,Revit Architecture?

Hi all,
I am using a Macbook Pro with 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo and 2 GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM. I recently installed VMware fusion 2.0 and XP because I need to use Autocad 2009.
My question is,
Can I run Autocad Architecture and Revit Architecture as well? What do you guys think?
I installed Autocad2009, but I haven't installed either Autocad Architecture or Revit Architecture.

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Is anyone using AutoCAD Architecture 2009 in BootCamp on a MacBook Pro?
Any licensing issues?
What about using BC with VMWare or Parallels?

Yes, my new MacBook Pro has been working great with AutoCAD.
I had only experienced problems when I had tried to access Boot Camp in Mac OS via Parallels or Fusion. In such attempts, my AutoCAD license had needed to be reactivated.
As for Lenovo, you will have nothing but problems. I had used ThinkPads for over 10 years, and I had been an Advisory Member of their product forums for some time.
All Lenovo ThinkPads suffer from poor craftsmanship, off-center screens, cheap plastic, which cracks, keyboard flex, constant wireless disconnections, and excruciating technical support.
I have noted links, with further problems, for you to check out.
http://forum.lenovo.com
http://digitaljournal.com/article/251252
http://digitaljournal.com/article/248931
Read the user comments here:
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=228
NoteBookReview.com has been the biggest, and most credible, supporter of ThinkPads ever! This has been well known in the industry. With the launch of the T500 and W500, they have ended their support for ThinkPads. Read their reviews. They have even said that the MacBook Air is far more durable than any ThinkPad.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4238
"Keyboard flex in a ThinkPad ... the end of an era."
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4569&review=LenovoThinkPadT400
US Government has banned ThinkPads.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4997288.stm
Even IBM has moved to Macs.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/16/ibm-launches-pilot-program-for-migratin g-to-macs/
Honestly, if you do not go for a MacBook Pro, go for a HP Elitebook.
Obviously, I have given you my biased opinion, but the horror stories about ThinkPads are real.
Good luck with your decision!
Message was edited by: LukeD

Autocad architecture on mac-best way

any news on the best way to run autocad Architecture 2013 on laptop. Cannot take my PC one more day. I have tried both parralles and bootcamp but found the two at once confusing.
Which lap top, and which specifications to run Autocad well.
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But when I look inside software - there is only Intel Graphic...
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Revit:
Any Idea how to use Radeon Card? Have tried to change in BIOS, but I dont see any options to do this...
Thanks!

Apparently my laptop doesn't even recognize that I would have an AMD graphic card. I installed the AMD Catalyst Auto Detect program and it's just showing me this:

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We were running Architecture 2009 and Adobe Pro 8. Turned out 8 was not compatible w/ any autocad 2008 (wouldn't give us the pdfmaker toolbars & pulldown menu). We were told 9 Pro was compatible w/ Autocad 2008 so we just upgraded 9 computers to 9 Pro. Architecture 2009 runs on Autocad 2008. The pulldown & buttons still will not appear and I've just been told by Adobe support that no 9 is not compatible. So if it is compatible w/ Autocad 2008 and that is what we have on the system why won't it work? We can create pdfs thru the plot screen but it is so so slow. Does anyone know about this? Are we in fact dead in the water on this? Thanks very much, this has been exceptionally frustrating.

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Thank you very much for this link. Architecture 2009 runs on Autocad 2007, which is compatible, but there must be something in Arch. that prevents it because we just cannot get the pdf maker button to appear. Our Autocad support folks don't know either. I don't know why it is so difficult to get an answer to this we can't be the only ones trying to do this.

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But, I don't see much discussion on it. Does anyone know if this would be a good or bad idea?
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Is this a USB printer? If so is it plugged into a hub?
Sounds like USB issue on power up from standby.If it's in a hub try switching where it is plugged into.
Also have you installed/uninstalled any USB devices latley? Have something plugged in that is no longer plugged in? Could be lots of reasons.
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Illustrator CC is not importing AutoCAD DWG file layers correctly

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Hi,
In attachment I have included two dwg files, both were made in autocad 2014, one saved to autocad version 2007 and one to version 2010.
link to the files (link active for 7 days): http://we.tl/idgHIsqNgk
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My daughter is an architecture student at UF, we bought her a MacBook Pro with Bootcamp and Windows. We have had no problems until she tried to download and install AutoDesk onto the Windows Side. THis is what she sent me,"AutoCAD Architecture (all three versions on the educational site)
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<C:DOCUME~1\Hana\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe>. Reason:
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pfbittner wrote:
When she calls Autodesk they won't support her can anyone shed any light on this? i would greatly appreciate it.
Well, she should call back again and speak to someone else. They probably say they can't help because she's on a Mac. But you must tell them that Macs are PCs just like anything else you can buy out there...they just happen to run Mac OS as well as Windows, and if she's purchased their software she's entitled to support from them.
You can also search Google for "Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll"
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Thank you for writing to me!
It occurs when I try to print to Adobe PDF from either AutoCAD or Revit (both autodesk products). My Adobe PDF function seems to be working for other applications - for ex. if I save from Illustrator to PDF, Word to PDF, etc. From this description it sounds as if it's more of a problem with my Autodesk products, but the odd thing is that until recently I was able to print to PDF from both of them! This happened to me once before and I uninstalled and reinstalled ADOBE but I thought there must be a better way of dealing with it. Is the number of times you install the ADOBE CS6 limited? I worry that uninstalling/reinstalling it uses up some of my uses - even though it's on the same laptop.
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Troubleshooting problems with printing PDF's from Revit and Cad files

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How was the PDF file created? With the Adobe plug-in to AutoCAD?
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I have a pretty specific question that's really stumping me. I work on a PC at my job and work in AutoCAD and Revit. At home I have an iMac. I recently partitioned it with Bootcamp and installed Windows 7 and Revit 2012. I also bought and installed a wired Microsoft wheel mouse as it's needed to zoom, pan and orbit the views in Revit. I can't get the settings right on the mouse in order for the wheel button to pan and orbit. It will zoom in and out, but not pan and orbit? Any help anyone has would be most appreciated!

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[svn:fx-trunk] 7465: Rev 7434 removed an optimization that didn' t work if bounds.x != 0.

Revision: 7465
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-06-01 05:52:48 -0700 (Mon, 01 Jun 2009)
Log Message:
Rev 7434 removed an optimization that didn't work if bounds.x != 0. This puts it back in correctly.
QA Notes: need to add tests to determine if objects are clipped when they should not be
Doc Notes:
Bugs: SDK-21470
Reviewers: Gordon
Ticket Links:
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Modified Paths:
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Windows 8 not recognizing Boot Camp partition

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School started recently, and I need to install Revit and AutoCAD Architecture asap - any help with overcoming the problem above would be very appreciated.

Kiecu,
I hope you were able to find the solution. I resolved my original issue, and it turned out to be a big fiasco over a minor fix.
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