What are our options though? I’m a mechanical engineer. Work pays $10k+ annually for my CAD subscription, but at home I use Fusion 360. FreeCAD and Open SCad are nice, but limiting compared to the big platforms.
If I only did my data analytics, maybe I could use Mono on Linux at home and distribute to my colleagues on Windows, but needing CAD means I’m probably stuck with Microsoft for a little while.
I think most of the ultra-expensive CAD platforms have Linux editions now, but our IT group doesn’t want to consider using Linux machines to the engineering group. I don’t blame them, half of our engineers can barely use Windows (and still regularly complain about moving away from blueprints and drafting 20 years ago).
What are our options though? I’m a mechanical engineer. Work pays $10k+ annually for my CAD subscription, but at home I use Fusion 360. FreeCAD and Open SCad are nice, but limiting compared to the big platforms.
If I only did my data analytics, maybe I could use Mono on Linux at home and distribute to my colleagues on Windows, but needing CAD means I’m probably stuck with Microsoft for a little while.
I think most of the ultra-expensive CAD platforms have Linux editions now, but our IT group doesn’t want to consider using Linux machines to the engineering group. I don’t blame them, half of our engineers can barely use Windows (and still regularly complain about moving away from blueprints and drafting 20 years ago).