Autodesk Starts Testing Android Mobile Apps
Engineers are hardly knocking down doors for mobile design tools, but responses to our coverage of the still-emerging apps category has shown a consistent, albeit slightly hesitant, interest. (See: Do Engineers Have Appetite for Mobile Apps?)
Yet while most of the early design tool apps have been for Apple iOS devices, there’s a sign that some major Android releases are just around the corner. Late last month, Autodesk put out a call for beta testers to help start troubleshooting a working version of its mobile Design Review program for Android devices. The app, which lets users read, write, and markup DWG files, was released in mid-2011 for the Apple iPhone and iPad. Its release gave engineers a tool to view and collaborate on 2D and 3D drawings wherever they are in the field, unencumbered from the constraints of a laptop