Instead, keyboard letters and numbers are used. It is not used to enter numeric character codes.
On a Macintosh, the Alt key is called the Option key. There are other considerations such as graphics performance and the applications you are using SOLIDWORKS for. SOLIDWORKS cannot run directly on macOS, so first you will need to install Windows on your Mac using an application such as Boot Camp or Parallels. That way you can run all the add-ons for AutoCAD and any other Autodesk software. Most users get better results by running Windows on the Mac and using AutoCAD for Windows. There is an AutoCAD version for Mac, but it’s not as complete as the Windows version.
