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Mac only components

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- Just as there are certain components that AutoCAD for Mac does not support from AutoCAD for Windows, there's some tools that AutoCAD for Mac has that are all its own. These include features like navigating your drawings in Cover Flow. Also, AutoCAD for Mac supports multi-touch gestures like Pinch to Zoom and Two Finger Panning. AutoCAD for Mac is also the only version of AutoCAD that can support high-resolution displays, meaning your drawings as well as icons in the interface look crisper and cleaner in AutoCAD for Mac. AutoCAD in Windows does not support a similar feature to pallets as icons or hiding pallets while leaving the command line and status bar available. Nor does it allow for switching languages in product. Also, while AutoCAD for Windows allows for customizable quick properties, only AutoCAD for Mac allows for customizing the main properties pallet, giving you a custom set of properties for your objects without scrolling through lines and lines of rarely used…

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