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@Harvi654 Harvi654 released this 19 Oct 23:27
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v0.2.0
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Inventor 2026 now installs on Arch Linux, Ubuntu 26.04 / Debian and Fedora 44, without compiling anything.

What's new

  • This project's own Wine: vanilla Wine 11.20 with all fixes from patches/, built in public by the Build Wine workflow and published as the release wine-11.20-3. The installer downloads it into ~/.local/share/inventor-on-linux/ and checks it against wine/SHA256SUMS in the repository. Each build has a signed provenance attestation (gh attestation verify FILE -R Harvi654/Autodesk-Inventor-for-Linux), and BUILDENV inside lists the exact build environment. The system's Wine is not touched, and sudo is only needed for the distribution's packages.

  • Ubuntu 26.04 / Debian (apt) and Fedora 44 (dnf): tested in virtual machines (GNOME, Wayland). Everything worked: install, sign-in, parts, drawings and Stress Analysis.

  • Frame Generator works: Insert Frame was a silent no-op because Wine's msxml3 had no importNode. It's implemented now, with a Wine test.

  • Dynamic Simulation works (joints, gravity, run, replay) and is on by default.

  • Sheet metal tested: face, flange, flat pattern, DXF export.

  • Open files by double-click: .ipt .iam .idw .ipn .ipj open in Inventor from the file manager (Dolphin, Nautilus). If Inventor is already running, the file opens in the same window. The file types get Inventor's own icons.

  • Your files in ~/Inventor: Inventor's Documents folder now points there (drive D:), so saved files are no longer hidden inside the Wine prefix.

  • report.sh shows which Wine is in use and its patches.

Upgrading from v0.1

cd ~/inventor-on-linux && git pull
bash scripts/get-wine.sh
bash scripts/install-desktop-integration.sh   # file types and icons
bash scripts/addins.sh enable dynamicsimulation

v0.1's fixes built into Arch's system Wine keep working. To stay with them, set INV_WINE=system in config.env. Don't switch one prefix back and forth between two Wine versions (see docs/arch-hyprland.md).

Known issues

  • Frame Analysis: the study, constraints and loads work, but Simulate crashes the solver (rkernel.exe) in Wine's compound-file code. Off by default; being looked into.
  • 3D PDF: Publish crashes Anark's corewrapper.exe under wine-mono. Off by default.
  • Open dialog: browsing folders with DWG files using "All files" can crash Inventor while a preview loads. Keep the filter on Inventor files for now; being looked into.
  • The Dynamic Simulation player panel can end up behind the main window (Alt+Tab brings it back).
  • GPU ray tracing does not work (needs Direct3D 12 ray tracing).
  • Ubuntu and Fedora have only been tested in a VM so far (software rendering); reports from real hardware are welcome.

Install

git clone https://github.com/Harvi654/Autodesk-Inventor-for-Linux.git ~/inventor-on-linux
cd ~/inventor-on-linux
bash scripts/install.sh ~/Downloads/Inventor

You need your own Inventor license (an education license works). Problems? Open an issue with the output of bash scripts/report.sh.

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