How to install BabaCAD on Linux


Please use (or just copy/paste to Linux terminal) these commands to install/run BabaCAD on Linux using WineHQ (64-bit).

Tested on Ubuntu 64-bit.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

wine64 --version

sudo apt-get install winetricks
winetricks vcrun2010
winetricks dotnet45

Download BabaCAD2020HomeTrial.zip from https://www.babacad/com
Unzip (right-click and choose 'Extract here...')
cd ~/Downloads/BabaCAD2020HomeTrial
wine64 start BabaCAD2020HomeTrial.msi

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BabaCAD/BabaCAD 2020 Home Trial
wine64 babacad.exe