Autodesk Inventor Professional for Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu)?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Maybe it's just too much to ask, but I think Autodesk Inventor for Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu) would be great. Linux is becomming more and more used in a great variety of industries. I always find Linux more stable than windows and considering almost every computer in the world runs windows, a change would be in order. Viewing keynotes I have found that the most complex and inovative things are created mostly in Linux. Pixar for example uses RedHat, great that Autodesk Maya runs on Linux. How about other Autodesk applications? I think creating also a Linux version would increase the market potential significantly. Linux has higher memory, CPU, Hardware limits as the low limits on Windows, which would make it possible for huge assemblies and better model interactivity. Autodesk Inventor is my favorite software, I would love for it to support more operating systems. Maybe in the future?

Thankyou

[rtp43]

Poking this with a stick again now that AI can likely re-write the Mac version to run natively on Linux without breaking a sweat. I am also fairly certain that if the Mac version were written correctly, the same version could be installed on either platform, so they would still only supporting 2 versions, and it would help justify continuing the Mac version.

[joh13399]

+1 for this. I have to run inventor on a VM, and it's not great. 

[raman_tejas24]

+1 Linux - I use Linux and, at this point, I keep Windows around to run Inventor and Fusion (mostly Inventor).

[ocpistol]

Same I use linux on everything accept one rack mounted pc to run Inventor and fusion. I know I can get fusion working through wine. Lets go native!!

[madhavi_iseenlab]

Autodesk Inventor is not natively supported on Linux, including RedHat, CentOS, or Ubuntu. However, you can try workarounds like running it through Wine (though success may vary), using a virtual machine with Windows (via VirtualBox or VMware), or setting up a dual boot system for running Windows alongside Linux. If you're open to alternatives, consider Linux-native CAD tools like FreeCAD or BricsCAD, which may cover some of your needs, though they might not be as feature-rich as Inventor.

[markschaffer]

Of course Inventor is not natively supported on Linux, and why would you expect some distros would while others would not?

I have never been able to get Inventor to work under Wine, but I have stopped trying. And not using Inventor is unacceptable for my situation. It's 10 years after my original post and I still have solitary windows workstation only for Autocad products and nothing else. If that workstation ever breaks, I may investigate using a VM. But playing around with unsupported installations is not compelling.

For simple cad models that do not require that I use Inventor (mainly for creating CFD domains that are converted to meshes) I do often use Freecad and/or Blender . And Freecad has improved tremendously since 2014.

I have recently looked at Bricscad. It has promise, but I don't think its quite ready for prime time, especially for what it costs. But since most of my customers are Inventor-only, something like Brisccad is only gong to be for LOLs.

It should be noted that in 2014 Autodesk was just starting to talk about FOSS. In 2015 they even went so far as to join the Linux foundation. But now, more than ever, they appear to be focused anything other than Linux. (They even Autodesk products for Macos---which is not Linux.)