ipse lute
2010-Jan-12 10:02 UTC
[Wine] Hardware requirements for running Wine+CAD software
Does anyone know what hardware requirements are necessary for running CAD/BIM software under Wine? Anyone tried running Autocad-like or architectural software under wine, and to what avail? Any particular examples will be much apreciated. I would like to run BIM software under Wine within a popular linux distro like Mandriva or Debian-based, but i'm afraid it will run too slow. Running such software under linux will save me some RAM? Will i gain some CPU speed?
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:02 AM, ipse lute <wineforum-user at winehq.org>wrote:> Does anyone know what hardware requirements are necessary for running > CAD/BIM software under Wine? Anyone tried running Autocad-like or > architectural software under wine, and to what avail? Any particular > examples will be much apreciated. I would like to run BIM software under > Wine within a popular linux distro like Mandriva or Debian-based, but i'm > afraid it will run too slow. Running such software under linux will save me > some RAM? Will i gain some CPU speed? > > >Because I'm trying to learn CAD (not very well) I did some looking. On the Wine AppDB many Autodesk/Autocad programs seem to carry a garbage rating. To me, that's not Wines fault. For hardware, look at the programs RECOMMENDED requirements. Then move one or two solid steps above that, at least. Because I'm a cynic and a pessimist and I've been burned too many times. RAM and CPU issues can't be determined until a program runs as it should. As for a distro, for what you want to do I recommend Debian stable (Lenny). What you want to do does not need all the bells and whistles that many distros use. It is a Rock of Gibraltar, which is what you need for mission critical use. NOTE: My distro comment is based on my personal experience AND what he says his needs are. If anyone wants to recommend another distro, feel free. But, I am not starting a distro flame war and don't even want to hear about such a thing. The customer always comes first. Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20100112/0fa0e6d4/attachment.htm>
dimesio
2010-Jan-12 16:27 UTC
[Wine] Re: Hardware requirements for running Wine+CAD software
ipse lute wrote:> Anyone tried running Autocad-like or architectural software under wine, and to what avail? Any particular examples will be much apreciated.Check the AppDB for whatever CAD app you're interested in. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=category&iId=59&sAction=view&sTitle=Browse+Applications The forum has a long thread about AutoCAD; search link is in the menu on the left. Also take a look at http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421 for patches for AutoCAD.
Martin Gregorie
2010-Jan-12 19:58 UTC
[Wine] Hardware requirements for running Wine+CAD software
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:02 AM, ipse lute <wineforum-user at winehq.org>wrote:> Does anyone know what hardware requirements are necessary for running > CAD/BIM software under Wine? Anyone tried running Autocad-like or > architectural software under wine, and to what avail? Any particular > examples will be much apreciated. I would like to run BIM software under > Wine within a popular linux distro like Mandriva or Debian-based, but i'm > afraid it will run too slow. Running such software under linux will save me > some RAM? Will i gain some CPU speed? >Have you looked at native Linux CAD systems? If you want something that is very AutoCAD-like, try LinuxCAD which claims to be very similar to use. Its not free ($99 a copy) but does have trial downloads though I couldn't find the Linux one. The site is here: http://www.linuxcad.com/ There's also QCAD, http://www.qcad.org/ which is open source released under the GPL. Its part of the Fedora distro, so may be part of others as well. In the past I've used several CAD DOS and Windows programs, such as the original TurboCAD, AutoSketch, and TrueCAD. I don't think it matters much which you use to learn about CAD - all CAD programs provide much the same drawing capabilities, so rather than learning a particular program its more useful to understand how they work. By this I mean drawing layers, point placement, object manipulation and replication, etc. because knowing this will let you quickly get to grips with any CAD system. Where CAD systems mostly differ is the user interface and file import/export abilities. Unless you're making very complex drawings (or making extensive use of hatching) neither computer or graphics card power should be an issue because CAD drawing programs, which use vector graphics and largely create line drawings, don't need huge amounts of CPU power and require much less graphics performance than gaming. After you've used one or two CAD programs you'll find that the main irritations are a user interface you can't get on with, a too limited range of saying 'here' on a drawing or lack of support for common file formats: any package should support DXF and HPGL output and having DWG as well is a nice touch. A good program will provide symbol libraries and let you create your own. It should also let you extend the program by writing macros, though these are not usually portable between different programs. Martin