Autodesk is the only entity who would be able to do that, due to the code being proprietary.
Not impossible to happen, though. Autodesk already has Maya available for Linux.
Obviously there are alternatives like FreeCAD, but alternatives aren’t always an option.
Also, while AutoCAD might not work right now, WINE is getting better rapidly, and, while not guaranteed, it (along with Adobe programs) could theoretically work in the future without them needing to port the software. Of course, the companies porting the software would be the preferred solution here.
Zetta@mander.xyz 8 months ago
True, the biggest sore points of Linux is Windows software support. This probably won’t work for you because you seem to use AutoCAD for work, but for me I was able to just find alternatives to programs that were not available anymore when I switched to Linux.
TheFonz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
For sure. I would love to ditch Autocad, but that would require me convincing my entire industry. I hate AutoCAD.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Industry Standard software is just a fancy way of saying “Monopoly”
TheFonz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure, but it’s also not easy to pivot an entire workforce to a new software platform. I work in architecture and the industry on a whole runs on the smallest possible margins and is managed by boomers that can barely mark up a pdf.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 8 months ago
It’s OK if it’s FOSS. Imagine if Adobe Acrobat was FOSS and PDF was an open standard - it would have double the features and 10 times less suck.