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Running Autoedesk Inventor on linux?

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Message 1 of 31
JOlivier
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Running Autoedesk Inventor on linux?

Does Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 run on linux? I have had conflicting reports, does anyone have anything concrete?

Happy Penguin,
JP.
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Message 2 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier


Absolutely NOT


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Message 3 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

The only way you MIGHT possibly run Inventor under linux
is with really fast hardware and VMWare running a Windows
based virtual machine, but it would probably run really
slow and with no graphics acceleration. However, there
are several higher end cad packages that can run native
under linux or other unix based OS's. Two that come to
mind are Unigraphics and Pro/Engineer.

JOlivier wrote:
> Does Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 run on linux? I have had
> conflicting reports, does anyone have anything concrete? Happy Penguin, JP.
Message 4 of 31
msklein
in reply to: JOlivier

IV= Windows OP

end of choices for "OP"

not even ACAD on anything but windows

this was forced by corporate IT departments back in mid 90"s i think

msk
Message 5 of 31
JOlivier
in reply to: JOlivier

Thanks Bob. Will look into those two. Please let me know if you think of anything else.
Message 6 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

I believe you can find somewhere how to get Acad 14 installed on Linux,
I've never had any luck with Inv though.
Message 7 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

Last I looked PTC had announced plans to discontinue Linux support.
They also seem to be dropping supported Unix platforms. 😐
Message 8 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

I tried to get ACAD v12 to run on OS-2warp. No luck even with that.

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"joe" wrote in message
news:6110679@discussion.autodesk.com...
I believe you can find somewhere how to get Acad 14 installed on Linux,
I've never had any luck with Inv though.
Message 9 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

We used to have acad v13 running on Solaris. That was
the last unix version. Don't think they ever did a os2
version. Didn't they try a Mac version at one time though?

Blair Stunder wrote:
> I tried to get ACAD v12 to run on OS-2warp. No luck even with that.
>
Message 10 of 31
msklein
in reply to: JOlivier

there was a Version of 12 that was native for unix, i remember runing it on a "SGI" system. Should work on Linux fine i would think. v12 I think was the last for the Mac also.

msk
Message 11 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

ACAD R12 was the last Mac version.

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Message 12 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

might take a bit of searching Blair, but I'll see what I can dig up.
Not sure if it will pertain to OS-2warp however, been a couple of yrs
since I seen it.
Message 13 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

That's OK, I've long since moved past OS-2. Somehow I think that was back in
the Windows 3.11 era or mayby Win95. Back when 1Mb of memory cost $100.00
and a CAD workstation had 8Mb of memory.

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IV2009-Pro Sp1
Dell 670 dual Xeon - 3.2
3gb memory, SCSI320-15k rpm
XP-Pro, sp3
Quadro FX3400: Driver: 178.26 Direct3D
SpacePilot Rel V: 3.6.10 Dvr V: 6.6.4 Firmware 3.12

"joe" wrote in message
news:6110965@discussion.autodesk.com...
might take a bit of searching Blair, but I'll see what I can dig up.
Not sure if it will pertain to OS-2warp however, been a couple of yrs
since I seen it.
Message 14 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

WINE appears to have had some success with Acad 2004, plus there is a
howto for getting Acad 14 working in linux with WINE.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=86

Searching http://www.google.com/linux for "autocad 14 on linux" there
are alot of hits. Haven't found the one I remember where there was
even a screenshot of R14 running in Linux.

I was actually surprised to see on the WINE site that someone was able
to get 2004 loaded, first I've heard about that.
Message 15 of 31
JOlivier
in reply to: JOlivier

Thanks Joe
Found the screenshot of ACAD 14. Think i will need the 3D components so 2004 not quite compatible enough yet.
Do you have an opinion on the best package that is Linux supported?
Message 16 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier


Is there a reason you must run on Linux?


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HP zv5000  AMD64 2GB - Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185
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Message 17 of 31
killall-9
in reply to: JOlivier

I've run inventor on Slackware Linux through Vmware server. It ran fine. I wasnt working on complex assemblies though, so I'm not sure about the graphics.
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011
Message 18 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

I've tried a few of the ones available for Linux, and even though some
come close to looking like Acad, I just never took it upon myself to
learn another CAD application. I think learning SW then Inventor
(after Acad) did it in for me.

I don't recall the name now, but I believe one of them that cost a few
bucks ($100.00 or so, maybe more) sounds like its the next best thing.
Message 19 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

CAD software is the #1 reason most people cannot switch over to what
basically amounts to as a free (as in free beer?) OS replacement for M$
OS's.

While it appears running CAD within Linux with out VM's (which
isn't satisfactory yet) isn't do-able at this time, what does it hurt to
keep trying to find a solution?

Billy Gates is rich enough. Time for the little guy/s to rise up.
Message 20 of 31
Anonymous
in reply to: JOlivier

Believe me, I dislike Bill and Windows as much as anyone. But why would
someone go through all the hassle to make a Windows application like IV or
SW run on linux... to save $150 on an OS?

I run 2 linux servers as well as 3 Windows servers. Each does the job it was
designed for...

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Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr.
AIP 2008 SP2, AIP 2009-SP1 PcCillin AV
HP zv5000 AMD64 2GB - Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185
XP Pro SP3, Windows XP Silver Theme
http://teknigroup.com

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