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
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> 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.
> >
>
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