Cae open source software

CAE Open Source Software

open source software for cae

CAE open source software is very popular because it’s free, flexible, and transparent. It’s suitable for research and education.

CAE Open Source Simulation Solvers

Basiliskhttp://basilisk.fr/
Calculixhttp://www.calculix.de
CaNShttps://github.com/p-costa/CaNS
Cast3Mhttp://www-cast3m.cea.fr/index.php
code_asterhttps://code-aster.org
code_saturnehttps://www.code-saturne.org/cms/web/
Coolfluidhttps://github.com/andrealani/COOLFluiD
deal IIhttps://www.dealii.org/
Elmerhttps://www.csc.fi/web/elmer
FDShttps://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/
FeenoXhttps://seamplex.com/feenox/
FEniCShttps://fenicsproject.org
Firedrakehttps://firedrakeproject.org/
Flexihttps://www.flexi-project.org/
Fluidityhttps://fluidityproject.github.io/
foam-extendhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/foam-extend/
FreeFEMhttps://freefem.org/
GetFEMhttp://getfem.org/
GetDPhttps://getdp.info/
Gerrishttp://gfs.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Gomahttps://www.gomafem.com/
Gridaphttps://github.com/gridap/Gridap.jl
HiFiLEShttps://hifiles.stanford.edu/
IC-FERSThttp://multifluids.github.io
insightCAEhttps://silentdynamics.de/en/oss-cae/
Kratoshttps://github.com/KratosMultiphysics/Kratos
lethehttps://github.com/lethe-cfd/lethe
LiggghtsLiggghts
MFixhttps://mfix.netl.doe.gov/
MFEMhttps://mfem.org/
MFronthttps://thelfer.github.io/tfel/web/index.html
MODFLOWhttps://www.usgs.gov/software/modflow-6-usgs-modular-hydrologic-model
MOFEMhttp://mofem.eng.gla.ac.uk/mofem/html/
Nek5000https://nek5000.mcs.anl.gov/
Nektar++https://www.nektar.info
NGSolvehttps://ngsolve.org/
Nutilshttp://www.nutils.org/en/stable/
OOFEMhttp://www.oofem.org/
OpenFOAM.comhttps://www.openfoam.com
OpenFOAM.orghttps://www.openfoam.org
OpenLBhttps://www.openlb.net/
OpenModelicahttps://openmodelica.org/
OpenPTVhttps://www.openptv.net/
OpenSBLIhttps://opensbli.github.io/
PALABOShttps://palabos.unige.ch/
PARIS Simulatorhttp://www.ida.upmc.fr/~zaleski/paris/
PrePoMaxhttps://prepomax.fs.um.si/
PyFRhttp://pyfr.org/
QMeshhttps://www.qmesh.org/
Rangehttps://www.range-software.com/
REEF3Dhttps://reef3d.wordpress.com/
ROSShttps://ross.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
SemtexSemtex
SfePyhttp://sfepy.org/doc-devel/index.html
Sparselizardhttp://www.sparselizard.org/
SU2https://su2code.github.io
UCNS3Dhttps://ucns3d.com/
Xcompact3dhttps://github.com/xcompact3d
Z88https://en.z88.de/

CAE Mesh creation

CFmeshhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh/
Construct2dhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/construct2d/
ENGRIDhttps://github.com/enGits/engrid/wiki
GMSHhttp://www.geuz.org/gmsh/
Netgenhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/
snappyHexMesh (OpenFOAM)https://www.openfoam.org
Tetgenhttp://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/
Trianglehttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.html

CAD, geometry operations, preprocessing

Blenderhttp://www.blender.org/
DeclaraCADhttps://declaracad.com/
FreeCADhttps://www.freecadweb.org/
LibreCADhttps://librecad.org/
MeshLabhttps://www.meshlab.net
OPEN CASCADEhttps://www.opencascade.com/
OpenSCADhttps://openscad.org/index.html
OpenVSPhttp://openvsp.org/
PyGeMhttps://github.com/mathLab/PyGeM
QBladehttps://qblade.org/
QCADhttps://www.qcad.org/en/
Salomehttp://www.salome-platform.org
SUAVEhttps://suave.stanford.edu/index.html
TiGLhttps://dlr-sc.github.io/tigl/

CAE Postprocessing

Gnuplothttp://www.gnuplot.info/
ParaViewhttp://www.paraview.org/
VisIthttps://visit-dav.github.io/visit-website/

Math & data analysis

GeoGebrahttps://www.geogebra.org/
GNU Octavehttps://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
OpenTURNShttps://openturns.github.io/www/index.html
Scilabhttps://www.scilab.org/

CAE Scripting

Bashhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)
Pythonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)
Get into Pythonhttps://jobtensor.com/Tutorial/Python/en/Introduction
preCICEhttps://precice.org/

Each piece of software has its pros and cons. Usage of any of them depends on the particular project needs and many other circumstances (Physics, resources, skills, experience, …).

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