Comments on: Exclusive Interview: Carl Bass talks to Architosh about Apple in the CAD/3D industries

By: Carl Bass talks to Architosh about Apple in the CAD/3D industries | eX-SI Support

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:02:29 +0000

[…] Exclusive Interview: Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, talks to Architosh about Apple in the CAD/3D indust…. We have had more than six million downloads of SketchBook mobile. We’ve had almost two million downloads of AutodCAD WS in a fraction of the time SketchBook has been available. Even things like TinkerBox…we’ve had over a million downloads of that. So I think when you look at the numbers they speak for themselves. It shows you just how popular and compelling those devices are. […]

By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L

Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:32:25 +0000

Not sure where you are going with the con artists comment about CAD/BIM operators…like architects. Perhaps you can elaborate on your mixed feelings comment.

By: username

username — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:06:06 +0000

Mixed feelings… For Apple it might be good if Autodesk wouid succeed. For architects – not so sure! (For CAD/BIM-operators and allied con artists: absolutely, definitely so.)

By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L

Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:55:44 +0000

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I will add that we approached five CEOs with more or less the same batch of questions to help us coax out this series of articles. Bass’s interview got a little more detailed because we held it on the phone. And it had a life of its own. We thought it made for an engaging read and we think his comments are super interesting and informative, sans comments about Revit.

By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L

Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:51:34 +0000

We didn’t ask about Revit or specific Autodesk app questions because this interview was one of several addressing higher level issues. That was our chosen focus, which was overall state of affairs of Apple in CAD/3D. We understand your perspective though and appreciate it and your comment is valid.

By the way, just because we didn’t publish doesn’t mean we didn’t ask. You are making assumptions that may be completely wrong. In many cases we may ask and may even get answers but they are “off the record” or use our judgement about what to share that may be sensitive.

By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L

Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, L — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:55:44 +0000

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By: mcbim

mcbim — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:45:41 +0000

So, why didn’t you as about Revit coming to the Mac or maybe making it run entirely in the browser like Solidworks is moving toward. It is just more loving the Mac but keeping the good stuff on the PC only.