Re: Anyone using the CAD packages?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Preston Boyington
<preston.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Alan Shutko wrote:
>>> Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Well, I always thought that AutoCAD was the equivalent of Windows in the
>>>> CAD world. And I thought that for more professinal stuff ( i.e
>>>> designing BMW cars) businesses use more sophisticated products (which
>>>> again I always thought) run on Unix workstations.
>>> Yes, basically. Although the big packages also run on NT. (I used
>>> to work for Unigraphics, which is one of the high-end packages.)
>>>
>>>> It seems I was wrong though. AutoCAD is the only CAD product which I
>>>> have ever heard it's name (OK, aside from QCAD).
>>> High-end CAD is not a very common occupation. Many more people use
>>> AutoCAD than have ever used UG, CATIA or Pro/E. The high-end licenses
>>> cost about the same as a small car per seat, so it's natural many,
>>> many more people talk about AutoCAD.
>>
>> I know this is digging up old news, but I have to wonder if the
>> situation has changed in the years that this was originally posted, now
>> that AutoCAD costs more than I have ever paid for a car, and still
>> doesn't work in Wine.
>>
>>
>
> The short answer (AFAIK) is "no". I would dearly _love_ to be able to
> run Solidworks, AutoCAD, MicroStation, plus their related
> Civil/Mechanical softwares on a Linux machine, but that is just not
> happening.
>
> IF there were more of a push for Linux at the workplace (desktops not
> just server room) then the "money factor" would help bring the
> businesses around. As it is, there's no real incentive to produce a
> product that is cross platform when most of the users/businesses will
> have a Microsoft OS on the machine anyway.
>
> The last I saw was someone getting an old (ACAD 2000?) working on Linux
> through WINE. The other option is running it in a Virtual Machine, but
> then you have a performance hit on top of running a Microsoft OS since
> the software is not native.
or to ask the question: what's the best free applications for CAD/CAM
in linux or debian?
>
> That just is not good enough.
>
> Preston
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