On 12/04/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
I don't see a linux port of any recent Microstation version. Here is a
list of Linux CAD programs:
http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html
I'm happy to see Pro/ENGINEER there. I might just look into that. My
university is rather SolidWorks-centric, however.
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com/what_is/802.11.html
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