On Thursday 12 April 2007, Andis Lazdinsh wrote: > Hi! > > Switching to linux of course sounds interesting, if you > don't need to use any special programs, but, for > instance, most of engineering companies (like my company) > should use windows, because they need to work with > microstation, autocad and other propriety cad software > documents.
Microstation runs on Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix it used to run on Mainframe. AutoCAD used to run on dos MS and IBM version. The only high dollar CAD software packages that were Windows only from the start are Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks and the IMSI packages. Unigraphics was mainframe then Unix and is now also Windows. SolidEdge came from Unigraphics. Pro-engineer was Unix and still is, but is also Windows. QCAD on Linux is very similar to the old AutoCAD of the first generation of Windows releases. There is also VeriCAD which runs on Windows, Linux/Unix and maybe MAC. Becareful when you say engineering companies should run on windows because they don't and did not before. They only moved to Windows mostly within the last decade. I used to use and teach a lot of these. -- If the word following begins with a vowel, the word you want is... to read the rest of this, go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/a.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
