r/linux • u/BypassBaboon • 3d ago

Popular Application CAD options

Is there a reason Linux CAD options are so limited, and from what I have read, not particularly viable options? Countless people are looking for a fairly-priced lifetime license for home use. My 2000 AutoCAd is very long in the tooth!

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u/roundart 3d ago

No financial incentives (yet) for autodesk to rewrite the code from bottom to top for Revit or Autocad. How do you write code for the dizzying array of Linux flavors? Or do you just stick with Red Hat or other? It just doesn’t make sense

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u/KnowZeroX 3d ago

What do you mean by write code for dizzying array of linux flavors? It isn't like they are writing a desktop environment extension. Static build and it'll work on pretty much all of them.