That's true.
I was exploring this possibility a time ago (as non professional
person). Somehow they have to substitute the MS Office with OpenOffice,
VBA with Java, Internet Explorer with FireFox and maybe it will work.
But then you'll end up with new product and this can upset Microsoft...
In regards to OpenOffice:
Right now you can open and save xls file with OpenOffice and Inventor
will not notify it.
In regards to Java:
"Programming Tools and Setup
Using the COM Automation interface in Autodesk Inventor, you can build
applications with a variety of programming technologies and
environments, including Microsoft Visual C++®, VB, Delphi, and Java.
Autodesk Inventor includes Microsoft’s VBA, the most popular programming
environment in the world."
I don't know how they come up with last sentence...
If you do some search, probably you'll find the open source projects like:
Blender (is the open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D
creation...)
www.blender.org
FreeCad
(is an OpenSource CAD/CAE, based on OpenCasCade, QT and Python. It
features some key concepts like Macro recording, Workbenches, ability to
run as a ...)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/
Open Cascade
(Open CASCADE Technology is software development platform freely
available in open source. It includes components for 3D surface and
solid modeling, visualization, data exchange and rapid application
development)
http://www.opencascade.org/
and many others. To me it looks there are many sources, "just" put them
together, coordinate and keep them running. As I mentioned at the
beginning I don't have a brain of "a developer", so this word "Just" is
big unknown for me... 🙂
Bob S. wrote:
> I seriously doubt AD will EVER release Inventor on Linux. They are
> too dependent on MS programming objects and classes to make the
> switch. If you are serious about cad on Linux, you'll have to
> settle for either Pro/E or Unigraphics. There may be others
> available (open source or otherwise), but I am not aware of
> them at this point.
>
> Stephan Rose wrote:
>> Just wondering, anyone think we may ever see a version of Inventor for
>> linux?
>>
>> I personally have switched virtually everything I do over to Linux
>> with the release of Vista which I simply refuse to install on any
>> computer.
>>
>> Thoughts? 😃