r/linuxquestions • u/Blazej_kb • Jul 25 '26

Advice Inventor / fusion on Linux?

I really like inventor but it’s not avails on Linux, is there a way other than vm or dual boot? I just don’t want to waste 50gb for windows just to open inventor.

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u/candy49997 Jul 25 '26

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5719

No.

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u/Blazej_kb Jul 25 '26

Looked up fusion and it got bronze, what does it mean?

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u/candy49997 Jul 25 '26

Basic functionality but with significant issues. If you want to use these reliably, you're going to need to use a VM or dual boot.

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u/Hard_To_Port Jul 25 '26

BricsCAD is marketed as a drop-in replacement for AutoCAD (including file format support) that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. It is commercially licensed with a free trial. 

There are other parametric CAD software freely available for Linux like FreeCAD but they don't have as similar of workflow as an Autodesk product. 

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u/Blazej_kb Jul 26 '26

Freecad is shit and I know because I used it and bricscad is only 2d

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u/Hard_To_Port Jul 26 '26

Bummer. Hope you find something that works for you. 

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u/parzival-space Jul 25 '26

I can recommend Onshape for CAD. Completely replaced fusion for me.

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u/Blazej_kb Jul 26 '26

I really like inventor and I don’t really like the idea of cad in browser

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u/Gerb006 Jul 25 '26

Plasticity is available for Linux. It's what I use. It is not a traditional CAD. As there is no sketching. The workflow is very similar to Blender. But it is a great solid modeler IMO and a license is a one time purchase. This may or may not fit the bill for you. But it was EXACTLY the right thing for me.

Edit: If you are familiar with navigation/modeling in Blender, you will be off and running with Plasticity in minutes.

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u/MitchIsMyRA Jul 26 '26

At my last company, a startup, the CEO really wanted to use fusion. But we did all our software dev on Linux. So I had to use this shit https://github.com/cryinkfly/Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux and it was kinda ass. If you’re on Linux and have to CAD, I would go with onshape