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What's the best option to run Solidworks in Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi everyone — I recently migrated to Linux Mint and overall my experience has been excellent, but I still rely on several Windows applications (notably SolidWorks, among others). Aside from dual-booting, which I really prefer to avoid, running these programs inside a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC virtual machine in VMware Workstation appears to be the most viable option. However, I am uncertain how to implement this setup and whether it is the optimal solution. What would you recommend I do?

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[–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe this: https://github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux

Lots of people saying it's easy enough to run on wine without helper scripts.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Genuinely surprised to see this exists, SOLIDWORKS seems to always be in the same "hard no" category as Adobe software in every one of these kinds of threads I've seen over the years. This is literally the first time I've ever seen a response with a potential solution.

    I wonder how well it works (Just out of curiosity, I don't do CAD myself)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I decided to move to FreeCAD from Autodesk Inventor as I figured it would be easier and more beneficial to make the switch earlier in my engineering career, and I really like the experience so far - lots of good documentation and tutorials.

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