Catia

What works

Everything

What does not

1.) main window flickers grey when clicking on toolbars

2.) Old identified error, not tested yet with WINE 4.0.1: "CAT-Script does not work. Many errors with "Can not read xxx.tlb files"

Workarounds

To 1.)

1° - Open text editor and write following command:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver]
"ClientSideGraphics"="N"

2° - Save file with following name:

nographic.txt

3° - Open Terminal and execute following command:

regedit nographic.txt

What was not tested

- ENOVIA

- I used all other modules to some degree, but its impossible to go trough the entirety of the software, which is huge, so while the usual works just well (Mechanical Design, Shape and in my case Ergonomics Design), the largest part of the software remains untested.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Intel
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

- To be clear, its literally Gold, by experience I can tell that it works, as defined, "as well as (or better than) on Windows with workarounds". I can say "better than" because I have experienced no crashes (like in Windows 10, but I use WINE configured for Windows 7).

CATIA doesn't works well in a virtual machine like VirtualBox, it will still have all the issues described above plus bad graphics and performance.

- If a desktop icon is not generated during installation, you can always start CATIA from "CNEXT.exe": system->home->master-> (press Ctrl-H to show hidden folders)-> .wine->drive_c->program files->dassault systemes->B21->intel_a->code->bin->CNEXT.exe

Double click it and CATIA will open. If you cant generate a desktop icon of CNEXT.exe via gnome, you can simply save a .CATProduct file on the desktop and use it as a desktop icon. It will work just as well.