Don Seidel 135 Posted November 23, 2020 21 hours ago, Mark Aceto said: For context, it's stuff like this that keeps me from updating to the latest macOS release every year (and buying a Mac that will only run that brand new release): https://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/scansnap/faq/bigsur-ss.html FOR ANY SCANNER, Get VueScan ! A longtime pro App that works for countless scanner models, as good or better interface that the native software. We have run many legacy scanners for decades with VueScan. Frequent free updates, too. It's really all you'll ever need. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 10:31 PM, JuanP said: We received the first machine yesterday, a MacBook air, and we are starting testing immediately. I have heard good things so far, but we need to do more testing. Stay tuned! Any pre results ? One user stated VW is running without problems via Rosetta. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
M5d 50 Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) www.youtube.com/watch?v=59gAjXT7qyw Hope we get an ETA on a native version of Vectorworks with the evaluation of the M1 macs. I think the very low power draw of these chips is the most telling aspect of what's to come from Apple. Edited November 25, 2020 by M5d 4 Quote Share this post Link to post
mike m oz 366 Posted November 25, 2020 That movie has made me reconsider what my next computer buy might be. All of a sudden the humble Mac Mini looks like it might be a viable option. I hope it is an option that Vw Inc. are looking at and that they are able to give us quick feedback. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post
Pat Stanford 1,442 Posted November 26, 2020 Pure guess on my part, but I don't expect there will be a version of VW2021 released (except possibly to beta testers) that will be M1 native or even a universal binary. Too many possible things to go wrong to put it out for general consumption. Another pure guess is that there is a version running in Maryland that is as close to a native M1 app as they can achieve based on the libraries they are using. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
Nicolas Goutte 79 Posted November 26, 2020 11 hours ago, M5d said: Hope we get an ETA on a native version of Vectorworks with the evaluation of the M1 macs. It mainly depends on the third party libraries VW uses, starting with Parasolid. Quote Share this post Link to post
elepp 77 Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Nicolas Goutte said: It mainly depends on the third party libraries VW uses, starting with Parasolid. Parasolid seems to work already since a while with Apple SoC. The shapr3D app for iPads is based on Parasolid and is now available for Big Sur. There was a podcast with Architosh, where they discussed that. https://www.trxl.co/podcast/023 Quote Share this post Link to post
M5d 50 Posted November 26, 2020 47 minutes ago, elepp said: Parasolid seems to work already since a while with Apple SoC. The shapr3D app for iPads is based on Parasolid and is now available for Big Sur. There was a podcast with Architosh, where they discussed that. https://www.trxl.co/podcast/023 Nice!!! +Maxon Yes, Yes @Pat Stanford & @Nicolas Goutte, an ETA based on where they and their suppliers are at. Quote Share this post Link to post
neal-2002 34 Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) On 11/18/2020 at 9:31 PM, JuanP said: We received the first machine yesterday, a MacBook air, and we are starting testing immediately. I have heard good things so far, but we need to do more testing. Stay tuned! 10 days and still nothing from Vectorworks on the M1 performance...not impressed (its not even 10 days, theyve had the developer model for months now). at this speed @don seidel will have bought a 16bg m1 mini and will be telling us whether it even works with vw2021.... Edited November 27, 2020 by neal-2002 Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 27, 2020 Maybe a gag order from Apple 😁 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
herbieherb 148 Posted November 27, 2020 Look at the cinebench scores. It performs about last years MBP16 i9. The GPU is about something in between GTX 1050Ti and GTX 1060. Memory is shared between CPU and GPU and limited at 16GB. Bandwith to CPU a bit higher than usual, bandwith to GPU a bit lower. It's about having a machine with very decent CPU, 12 GB RAM and a mediocre GPU with about 4 GB of VRAM. With Vectorworks it will probably perform about last years MBP16 with i9. So very impressive values at this price tag but no revolution for CAD-Users. I think the actual chip is most impressive for youtubers. Very decent video-editing skills because of its image signal processor and fixed functions for decoding/encoding. This first generation is in my opinion not the big gamechanger for CAD users. Not enough RAM and no descrete GPU-Support and also not that big performance boost neither single-core nor multicore. Maybe the next annual edition will change that. Until then, this is a very solid recommendation for mobile users at this price tag. Hope Vectorworks gives it a go to work on it soon. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) My whole Trash Can was basically only most interesting for You Tubers. It still works fine for VW modeling and basic rendering. Even for Twinmotion. But M1s are more than double the single core performance and maybe some plus in multi core performance equaling the Rosetta penalty. First CAD users were also happy about their super snappy 2D and 3D Viewports in their tests with M1. And the Videos about 8 vs 16 GB, where they open all their Apps with larger files at a time and even switching between the Apps is still snappy, looks promising for me These are the lowest, cheapest and weakest offers Apple has in its lineup. I always felt sorry for all the students that had to run VW on their13" Macbooks with integrated GPU. So it is more that I am impressed that you can run such Apps on these at all. 5 hours ago, herbieherb said: This first generation is in my opinion not the big gamechanger for CAD users. I am not sure if that will ever happen. But the more suitable devices for more demanding workflows, like an iMac 27" or 30" are promised but may come earliest in one and a half years, in the worst case. So I think, once we get the VW confirmation, these could be some nice bridge devices until Apple offers Pro Devices. And after that, you will still have left an expensive iPad without touch. 🙂 Edited November 27, 2020 by zoomer 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
Mark Aceto 418 Posted November 28, 2020 @herbieherb nailed it. On 11/27/2020 at 5:46 AM, herbieherb said: With Vectorworks it will probably perform about last years MBP16 with i9. And the base model at that. The latest offering with the 5600M GPU + 64GB RAM is still a beast. Can't wait for round 2 of the Mac refresh! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
Mark Aceto 418 Posted November 28, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 10:42 AM, zoomer said: these could be some nice bridge devices until Apple offers Pro Devices. Thank you. Look at all the bridge devices in my signature. I can't wait to never buy another bridge device once Apple finally gets their sh*t together. Every single year, it's a Sisyphean waiting game for the carrot stick that never comes, always just out of reach. "Next year... " 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 28, 2020 I have my Bridge Can in production since nearly 6 years, again .... it would hurt to need to wait until WWDC 2021. I could stand, maybe, until March - if I could be sure something will come until then. Or, if an Macbook Air will work for moderate 3D/CAD I could wait easier for the ultimate thing. (Serious work on the Ryzen PC) Or use just my Trash can for 8 years, like I had to with the previous Mac Pro 2.1. I don't know, If you could get BTO Macs in as max as a week, I would already have a 2020 iMac. But as soon as you activate 16 GB RAM for M1 it is at least 3 week extra. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
SteveJ 131 Posted November 30, 2020 Happy Cyber Monday. I/we appreciate the excitement centered around this topic. I can report that the level of excitement is growing here at Vectorworks too. Last week we were finally able to install a MacBook Pro at the office and begin using it to run our acceptance tests. As you might imagine, a holiday break and Covid-19 provides quite a challenge. We hope to finish this initial testing this week. That said, perhaps the following anecdotal information will help to reveal where we are. I hope to get back to you all by the end of this week with more details. Reasonable Optimism: We have had a MacBook Air (MBA) since 11/18 at 5:45 PM. It arrived on the porch with all 8GB of memory - initial testing that evening and the next day provided a good reason to be excited. As hinted above, the MBA compared very well to my MacBook Pro i7+16G and then again last Monday when a colleague tested with his MBP i9 with 32G. So it is exciting how a consumer-level machine can drive Vectorworks. Pragmatic Caution: Vectorworks provides such a wide range of capabilities - any one of these could be a critical part of your business. It has so far been difficult to find issues, but we must assume that we will discover some. Please be patient. We are working on this as best we can. We returned from the holiday today, and we will continue to look for information to share. As an Apple customer like you: We can share that we’ve had to reboot our testing machine rather frequently and have had some connectivity problems. As of this morning, we are a quarter of the way through our testing. I can report the following issues: The Finder Icon View of a Vectorworks file does not show a preview Updating a sheet Layer Viewport with OpenGL and Ambient Occlusion will crash. Here you can find all official communications about M1 and Big Sur issues Regards, Steve. VP Product Development 11 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 30, 2020 3 hours ago, SteveJ said: As an Apple customer like you: We can share that we’ve had to reboot our testing machine rather frequently and have had some connectivity problems. As of this morning, we are a quarter of the way through our testing. I can report the following issues: The Finder Icon View of a Vectorworks file does not show a preview Updating a sheet Layer Viewport with OpenGL and Ambient Occlusion will crash. So it looks like we have the confirmation that on M1 devices basically following 3D/CAD Apps are running via Rosetta. Vectorworks, Bricscad, Modo, Blender So far all those testers are very impressed by the power of these nominally weak devices and that you can run such App at all. Looks like you can do 90% of your standard 3D task without problems, basic tasks like web browsing, office, .... like a charm But there are also some reports of unexpected crashes. Some may just be Big Sur bugs, Apple Silicon Firmware bugs, Rosetta2 bugs that can be fixed by Software or Firmware Updates. Looks like the 8 GB versions can basically do the same jobs as the 16 GB versions, but when it gets very demanding, take about 10+% longer to complete. But my glass ball says, if you have a single App, that has a single Task, that needs more RAM than available, it will not only get slow but crash (?) Like importing a gigantic IFC/RVT or dealing with gigantic geometries like refineries models. Quote Share this post Link to post
zoomer 1,019 Posted November 30, 2020 https://erik-engheim.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-3262b158cba2 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
M5d 50 Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, zoomer said: https://erik-engheim.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-3262b158cba2 Thanks Zoomer, that made Apple's current position, or future advantage, clearer. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Allen Brown 16 Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) Just received a new MacBook Air and of course immediately installed Vectorworks 2021 SP2. I've had no issues so far except turning off Ambient Occlusion in an OpenGL sheet viewport. Speed seems faster than my 2014 MacBook Pro.. Edited December 6, 2020 by Allen Brown 4 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Zeno 268 Posted December 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Allen Brown said: Just received a new MacBook Air and of course immediately installed Vectorworks 2021 SP2. I've had no issues so far except turning off Ambient Occlusion in an OpenGL sheet viewport. Speed seems faster than my 2015 MacBook Pro.. Could you please tell us your MBP specs? Maybe we have the same machine 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Allen Brown 16 Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Zeno said: Could you please tell us your MBP specs? Maybe we have the same machine Quote Share this post Link to post
Zeno 268 Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Allen Brown said: The old MBP.. Quote Share this post Link to post
Allen Brown 16 Posted December 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Zeno said: The old MBP.. Here you go, actually 2014: . Quote Share this post Link to post
neal-2002 34 Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Allen Brown said: Just received a new MacBook Air and of course immediately installed Vectorworks 2021 SP2. I've had no issues so far except turning off Ambient Occlusion in an OpenGL sheet viewport. Speed seems faster than my 2014 MacBook Pro.. Thats the million dollar question finally answered (that its installs - Note - its been given by a client and not from vw..!!.) 👍🏻👏👏 Edited December 6, 2020 by neal-2002 1 Quote Share this post Link to post