• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubOP
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          At minimum, we would need AutoCAD, Microstation, and Projectwise. We also need these exact programs as our clients require our CAD submittals to be in specific formats.

          We also need Bluebeam Revu for other client coordination.

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            1 month ago

            Thanks for the serious reply but I was just doing the “username checks out” thing

            My username is possibly Linux so sometimes I just reply to random posts with possible linux as a joke.

            • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubOP
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              Neither Autodesk nor Bentley had a good economic reason to develop in Linux. Those companies also spend a lot of money on major clients to produce tools for them, which they then force all contractors to use.

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                  Both programs were developed to work on high end consumer laptops, which meant being able to work on IBM PC and therefore DOS.

                  Those programs also were likely 2D in their initial versions in the 1980’s. They were also competing against human drafting, which was considered to be industry standard at the time.

                  Cost and ease of use were likely more important than other potential users of 3D software, so they went with DOS and made the transition to Windows.

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Not the time, not the place. As a Linux user seriously no, just no. People like you are the reason Linux users are seen as unhelpful and toxic, this is a codec issue not an OS issue.