There is an AutoCAD replacement that does run on Linux called VariCad http://www.varicad.com On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:22 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > I don't know about CATIA (it's mostly used in automotive), ProE and Cadence > most definitely do have Unix support (Linux/Solaris for Cadence, Solaris for > Pro/E) and have no plans to drop that support (they'd loose most of their > customers if they did), not sure where you read otherwise. > Most Cadence products, in fact, are Linux/Solaris only, only about 5% of > their products are capable of running on Windows at all, and none of them > can run on 64-bit Windows at the current time(they are working on that, > though). > My statement about Windows capability was intended to describe current > software availability, not base platform capacity (although part of the > reason for the lack of software in this arena is that it's just too darn > hard to get it working within Windows' quirks and constraints). > > That said, Any general-purpose platform can run any type of software that > runs on another general-purpose platform. The determinant of what's > available is what the software engineers create for the platform, not what > can be created. > > Kurt Granroth wrote: > > Joseph Sinclair wrote: > >> This is kind of funny... AutoCAD is not (and IMO never will be) > >> high-end CAD software. It's expensive middle-tier stuff. All of the > >> top-end CAD/CAM software (like ProE, CATIA, Cadence, Synopsis, > >> etc...) is Linux and/or Unix software (with some cross-platform for > >> the companies with PHB's setting policy). Windows just can't handle > >> the kinds of activities serious pro CAD/CAM software needs. I > >> suppose Architects may use stuff like AutoCAD on Windows, but the > >> engineers, IME, all use Linux or Solaris. > > > > I hadn't actually heard of any of the "top-end" software systems you > > describe (not in that market) so I had to look them up. I couldn't find > > out anything on Synopis but of the three remaining examples, TWO no > > longer have Linux support at all and CATIA is going Windows only for > > their next version. So apparently the top-end systems don't agree that > > "Windows just can't handle... serious pro CAD/CAM software needs". > > > > Now I know you were trying to show that it's silly to say that Linux > > can't handle CAD systems... but it's equally as silly to claim that > > Windows can't, either. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >