AutoCAD

What works

installation but with some errors (see extra comments)

What does not

the program does not start (when you run it it does nothing)

Workarounds

What was not tested

nothing, all tested

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Intel
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

This application works with the installer (with 9.12 BETA not staging), but it has a curious effect on the profiles, if you use the 64-bit one, it installs it, but the program does not start nor does it reach the configuration part, no It has not been tested with DXVK nor with IE6 installed (it is mentioned in the help and keep in mind that this eliminates the "IE mode" of wine), in 32-bit it is paralyzed when the now disappeared flash player is installed, the one from 64-bit, boot, the installer starts but double-clicking the executable doesn't work.

put in windows 7 mode (in this, this version goes) or vista.

The plugins to install are the following:

1. as always, latest version of winetricks:

sudo winetricks --self-update

2. now these are the components to install:

For the font part:

winetricks fonts corefonts

3. on the part of libraries:

winetricks dlls msxml6 vb6run dotnet20 dotnet20sp2 gdiplus vcrun2005

If the profile is 32 (with autocad 32):

winetricks dlls mdac27

but the result, 64 bits, installer works, program does not, 32 bits, installer does not load (does not install)

IMPORTANT: according to the Autodesk protocol, there is no way to obtain a license for this program (it is only possible to buy AutoCAD licenses up to four years ago), keep this in mind

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 by NSLW on (February 7th 2009)

Preparing for install

1. Use recent version of Wine (tested with wine-1.7.41)

2. Download winetricks by following command

 wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

3. Install required components by following command

 sh winetricks dotnet20sp2

It will take some time because winetricks will download all above components

Installing

1. From CD's
I didn't tested this method.
2. From HDD
          2.1 copy content of both CD's to single directory on your hdd
          2.2 navigate to this directory and run setup.exe
          2.3 make default install

Running AutoCAD

The setup should create shortcut on your desktop if not create a launcher manually (Type: Application ; Command: env WINEPREFIX="/home/EnterYourUserNameHere/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2008\acad.exe")

Recommended

1. turn off compiz fusion
2. in winecfg: under "Graphics" tab uncheck "Allow the window manager to decorate the windows" then Apply
3. in AutoCAD: Tools-> Options -> System ->Performance Settings -> Manual Tune -> change Driver name to OpenGL

Known problems

1. No possibility to configure setup
2. No possibility to activate the product
3. Toolbars don't display correctly if undocked but you can still move and dock them

Installing Service Pack

1. download autocad2008lockedsp1.exe from e.g. here
2. install autocad2008lockedsp1.exe
3 (optional). In case of problems reinstall Visual C++ 2005 runtime libraries by sh winetricks vcrun2005

Helpful advices

If you would like to save time and don't want to reinstall AutoCAD every 30 days do as described below.

1. after installation and before first run of AutoCAD make yourself a backup of "system.reg" file which is in "~/.wine/"

2. after 30 days delete "Software Licenses" directory which is in "~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Application Data/Autodesk/" and recover your backup you've made in first point

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