CircuitStudio on a VM

Question

My favourite desktop machine runs Linux so I'm attempting to use CircuitStudio in a VirtualBox VM running Windows 7 Pro. The installation went OK and CircuitStudio appears to be generally working except that PCBs aren't rendered. I've heard a plausible rumour that this is to do with the (presumably incomplete) DirectX support provided by Virtualbox, although I've enabled 2D and 3D acceleration, so I'd hope that the VM will have the same graphics capabilities as the host machine.

Any suggestions, or ideas as to what exactly is preventing PCB rendering from working?

Thanks,

Frog

shabaz · Answer

Hi Frog, As I understand hypervisors will not provide the same native graphics acceleration unless a technology like DirectPath I/O is used. And that is not supported by all hypervisors, at least not by any type 2 hypervisor that I know of (not that I've checked recently..).

Former Member · Answer

HI guys the official line from Altium is: Not recommended due to potential DirectX issues which it looks like we are seeing here, we have had some folks do it successfully. However, we do not support this configuration if it misbehaves in a way we suspect is due to the VM. Graphic issues, in PCB, crashes, etc. Thanks Carl

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