Application Details:
| Version: | 2008 |
| License: | |
| URL: | http://www.autodesk.com |
| Votes: | 51 |
| Latest Rating: | Garbage |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 9.12 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Installation works
Had to use like Autocad 2008 same things:
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks corefonts dotnet20 gecko msxml3 vcrun2003
What does not
The program freezes when it starts to load Civil menus.
Workarounds
What was not tested
The program itself couldn't be tested. :(
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 29 2024 | 9.12 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Rodri | |
| Show | Elementary OS Freya | Mar 25 2018 | 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Dennis Mayr | |
| Show | Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 01 2014 | 1.7.19 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | an anonymous user | |
| Show | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 15 2014 | 1.7.12 | Yes | Yes | No | Bronze | an anonymous user | |
| Show | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 17 2013 | 1.4.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | an anonymous user |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 12501 | Multiple application installers need mspatcha.dll ApplyPatchToFileA/W implementation (Microsoft Delta Compression API) | NEW | View | |
| 17743 | AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD Mechanical 2008: Undocked toolbars are displayed incorrectly | NEW | View | |
| 18175 | AutoCAD 2008: Pop menu in Text Formating doesn't work correctly | ASSIGNED | View | |
| 18263 | AutoCAD 2008: Insert Ole Object window needs OleUIInsertObjectW | NEW | View | |
| 25974 | AutoCAD 2009 LT: acadlt.msi doesn't start installer | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 26604 | AutoCAD 2008: Hang-up after closing preview window | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 31704 | AutoCAD 2008: Next button doesn't work in activation window | NEW | View |
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
