Yep AEC is a Windows world. I was tasked with building Revit Addins to leverage within the Design Automation API. Had to run it in virtualbox which was a ball ache. Eventually moved to parsec to desktop stream instead.
Shame IFC won’t take off. It’s so limited but at least the files are editable in a text editor. CAD and RVT are a database wrapped inside a binary file which is a holy mess if you load them into a DB viewer.
Need the EU to step in to pull some things away from Autodesk for Linux to have a chance.
In reality, the inertia is too much and AEC professionals are too entrenched in Windows tools since they do the job just fine.
Yep AEC is a Windows world. I was tasked with building Revit Addins to leverage within the Design Automation API. Had to run it in virtualbox which was a ball ache. Eventually moved to parsec to desktop stream instead.
Shame IFC won’t take off. It’s so limited but at least the files are editable in a text editor. CAD and RVT are a database wrapped inside a binary file which is a holy mess if you load them into a DB viewer.
Need the EU to step in to pull some things away from Autodesk for Linux to have a chance.
In reality, the inertia is too much and AEC professionals are too entrenched in Windows tools since they do the job just fine.