AutoCAD 2016 was celebrated for bridging the gap between Windows and Mac while maintaining a "Mac-first" feel. System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2016 - Autodesk
| Requirement | Details | |-------------|---------| | | OS X Yosemite (10.10) – macOS High Sierra (10.13) | | Processor | 64-bit Intel CPU (no Apple Silicon support in 2016) | | RAM | 4 GB (8 GB recommended) | | Disk space | 3 GB free | | Display | 1280 x 800 resolution | | Graphics | OpenGL 2.1+ with 256 MB VRAM | Autocad 2016 Mac Download
Students and educators can access older versions for learning purposes. Autodesk’s Education Community sometimes provides legacy installers. AutoCAD 2016 was celebrated for bridging the gap
Dassault Systèmes offers a free version of DraftSight for Mac (older releases) that reads/writes .DWG files perfectly. It mimics the AutoCAD interface. Dassault Systèmes offers a free version of DraftSight
Unless you have an old project that specifically requires AutoCAD 2016 file format (which is identical to 2013–2017), — it runs natively on Apple Silicon, supports newer macOS versions, and is fully supported.