Engineers using Ubuntu?

[hambone79]

I'm just curious if there are any engineers out there that are currently using Ubuntu for engineering work (just a little research for my website: http://linux4engineering.org)? If so, what are your likes and dislikes?

I ran Kubuntu and Pro/Engineer on my Dell M70 laptop at work for a while but I started having weird video delay issues with Pro/E. After that I switched to CentOS and found it to be a little better at running Pro/E (probably because PTC supports Red Hat). Either way, Linux seems to run Pro/E much faster than Windows XP.

Also, while I'm thinking about it, is there anyone out there that is currently running Unigraphics NX on any version of Linux? Before I started my current job most of my CAD experience was in Unigraphics due to my senior design project and an internship that I did. Back then I found it very easy to learn and very easy to use, but it was horribly slow on Windows XP. Does it run faster on Linux? Thanks!

[jpittack]

I am so glad to hear someone is using Linux in the engineering field! I am a student of engineering, in my first year of study. I have been worried about having to switch to windows to support the applications that my business would like me to use.

I have not started using an applications related to engineering. I have downloaded a CAD application but I haven't gotten around to using it yet. I will report back in the future!

[selda]

I use Ubuntu on my laptop and planning on running Ubuntu on a new workstation in lab at school (I am PhD student in chemical engineering). I use Comsol extensively and some models require a lot of memory. I have tested Comsol on my laptop and found that Ubuntu has much better memory management than Windows.So my guess is that if you have a program that requires a large amount of memory (several GB) linux might be a better choice.

[dsplabs]

Hi, we use a number of different distros for engineering research at our Signal Processing Laboratory (http://maxwell.me.gu.edu.au/spl/) and we do have a Ubuntu PC for speech recording as well as perception experiments.

[ycason]

Hi, I'm in college right now as a mechanical engineer and I am able to do most things on my Ubuntu laptop. I've got Pro/E, Matlab, and Maxima which covers everything I do in my classes. I've been hearing good things about Solidworks though, so I might be tempted to dual boot for that functionality.

All in all, my computer runs all of the software such as Pro/E much faster than my classmates' computers. This is probably in part because the new laptops around all have Vista sucking all the power out of them. ;)

[toupeiro]

Define: engineering?

I work with Earth Scientists and Petroleum Engineers, but is that the kind of engineering you are referring to?

CAD is a broad term.. Something you design in a Structural or mechanical CAD program will probably have no relavence to GoCAD (http://www.earthdecisionsciences.com/index.html) for example.

[hambone79]

toupeiro,

By engineering I just mean anyone who's primary job function is to design, analyze, or simulate something. I guess I really shouldn't narrow this down to just engineers because I imagine that scientists use many of the same programs that engineers use.

I should have been a little more specific about "CAD". Many people interpret CAD as Computer Aided Drafting, but I have always seen it as Computer Aided Design. I believe that CAD is anything that helps you model, simulate, or analyze something.

By the way touperio, are there any other programs that you use in your field?

[rajeev1204]

QCAD .Its a good substitute for Autocad .Linux version is opensource.

[xl_cheese]

Lot's of big gun companies use linux. IBM uses it heavily. Google, Sun...

[markusfarkus]

I work for a research group part of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the University of IL and they are using all Ubuntu including a cluster.

I also work with another admin who works for Physics and they are using Ubuntu for most of their needs.

[tech9]

QCAD .Its a good substitute for Autocad .Linux version is opensource.


Cool, I will have to check QCAD out!

[atomkarinca]

I'm studying civil engineering and here's the softwares I use on my Ubuntu:

Matlab (has a native client)
ideCAD (both statics and architectural version, through wine)
SAP2000 (through wine)
Autocad 2000 (through wine)

All of them work flawlessly.

[kazuya]

I access my work tasks using the citirx or web browsed portal to my work environments. I run most of my apps off a server. Working for an Engineering EPC company.

Even in office, although we run on windows XP desktops, we work or login through a citirx client to terminal services or what not. I am still new at this. It works great for us.

[phrostbyte]

I have been doing a lot of research on Engineering on Linux since I work for an Engineering college as a sysadmin and I am surprised with the number of mainstream Engineering suites that run on Linux natively. It would lead me believe that SOMEONE is using them. :)

[timr10]

Hi Touperio and others

sorry to restart an old thread but I am very new to umbuntu and am interested in installing Gocad on it but could not find any mention of anyone doing it. Have you tried? Does it work? I am pretty new to Linux and am still not across the differences between umbuntu and Red Hat.

Cheers and thanks

tim


Define: engineering?

I work with Earth Scientists and Petroleum Engineers, but is that the kind of engineering you are referring to?

CAD is a broad term.. Something you design in a Structural or mechanical CAD program will probably have no relavence to GoCAD (http://www.earthdecisionsciences.com/index.html) for example.

[Giora Rozmarin]

I have been doing a lot of research on Engineering on Linux since I work for an Engineering college as a sysadmin and I am surprised with the number of mainstream Engineering suites that run on Linux natively. It would lead me believe that SOMEONE is using them. :)

Well, I'm new comer to Ubuntu. My profession is civil engineering (30 years experience) resident in Kenya.

I'm looking for Road (Geometry) design, estimating and project management.

It seems to me that I have very limited choices?

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Well, I'm new comer to Ubuntu. My profession is civil engineering (30 years experience) resident in Kenya.

I'm looking for Road (Geometry) design, estimating and project management.

It seems to me that I have very limited choices?

You are wrong my friend. You have NO choices...

[Zoot7]

I worked as a Design Engineer using Cadence under Red Hat 2 years ago.
My main engineering app nowadays is Matlab which I've running under Ubuntu like a charm. :)

[vinutux]

Wow..... there are a lot of engineers in ubuntu....