Paul Johnson wrote: > Alan Shutko wrote: >> Aryan Ameri <a.am...@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. That just is not good enough. Preston -- Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash... http://www.arrantdrivel.com/ Where the road takes me - a highwayman's perspective http://www.prestonboyington.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
