[MacOS] LDCad on Wine (for Mac)-revisited

[N. W. Perry]

I thought it would be timely to give an update on the basic topic of this thread…that is, using LDCad and other LDraw programs on the Mac under Wine.

My configuration now is:
MacBook Pro 16-in. (2021, M1 Silicon)
MacOS 12.6.5 Monterey
Wine Crossover v22.1.0 (this modified version of Wine using the Codeweavers source)

This configuration is now sufficient to run pretty much anything, 32-bit or 64-bit, and best of all does not require a paid version of CrossOver as it's essentially the same source code. I've successfully at least opened, if not extensively worked with:

• DATHeader
  
• Img4Dat
  
• LDCad
  
• LDDesignPad
  
• LDPatternCreator
  
• MPDCenter
  

Additionally, I didn't have to install Quartz or create any special app launchers—it's enough just to double-click the .exe files for the program you want. I did install Wine using Home-brew, via this tap:

Code:

brew install --cask --no-quarantine gcenx/wine/wine-crossover

And in general, gcenx's basic installation guide for Wine on Mac is enough information to get up and running. In other words, this has gotten a lot easier than it used to be!