CAE Open Source Software

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
CAE Mesh creation
CFmesh | https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh/ |
Construct2d | https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct2d/ |
ENGRID | https://github.com/enGits/engrid/wiki |
GMSH | http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/ |
Netgen | https://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/ |
snappyHexMesh (OpenFOAM) | https://www.openfoam.org |
Tetgen | http://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/ |
Triangle | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.html |
CAD, geometry operations, preprocessing
Blender | http://www.blender.org/ |
DeclaraCAD | https://declaracad.com/ |
FreeCAD | https://www.freecadweb.org/ |
MeshLab | https://www.meshlab.net |
OPEN CASCADE | https://www.opencascade.com/ |
OpenVSP | http://openvsp.org/ |
QBlade | http://q-blade.org/ |
Salome | http://www.salome-platform.org |
SUAVE | https://suave.stanford.edu/index.html |
TiGL | https://dlr-sc.github.io/tigl/ |
CAE Postprocessing
Math & data analysis
GeoGebra | https://www.geogebra.org/ |
GNU Octave | https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ |
OpenTURNS | https://openturns.github.io/www/index.html |
Scilab | https://www.scilab.org/ |
CAE Scripting
Each piece of software has its strengths and weaknesses. Usage of any of them depends on the particular project needs and many other circumstances (physiscs, resources, skills, experience, …).
If you happen to find any other reliable software to complete this list, please contact us.
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