| Notes: 1)Most of free software below are available for commercial use. 2) Share and change this page as you want. 3) Google all these names and links to find more information. |
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| For Math | ||
| Maxima,
wxMaxima and related projects (open-source symbolic&numerical) http://andrejv.github.com/wxmaxima/ http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ |
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| CmathOOoCAS (open-source symbolic&numerical for spreadsheets) http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/CmathOOoCAS |
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| Mathcad like software for Writer http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/imath |
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| Mathcad like software for Writer http://sourceforge.net/projects/comppad/ |
*** | has serios bugs (crashes program when saving inserted images) |
| Smath Studio (standalone mathcad like freeware) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMath_Studio http://www.smathstudio.com/ |
**** | Generally I don't like this philosophy (but can be good for old mathcaders) |
| Professional numerical Software http://www.scilab.org/ http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ |
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| R, RkWard - Statistical software, open-source http://rkward.sourceforge.net/ |
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| For Structures | ||
| Beam and Shell Elements - for Structural Engineers | ||
| Wolsink FrameWork (best freeware for beam elements) http://members.ziggo.nl/wolsink/ |
****** | Try it, it's rare case when the good engineer and programmer is in one person |
| LISA-FET (multiphysics software with classical GUI) http://www.lisa-fet.com/ |
***** | Demo up to 1,300 nodes can be used for commercial. Very liberal license and good cheapware |
| Frame3dd (beam elements) http://frame3dd.sourceforge.net/ |
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| LinPro (2D frames, static &dynamic) http://www.line.co.ba/ |
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| MASTAN (nonlinear analisys) http://www.mastan2.com/download.html |
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| Multiphysics/mechanical software | ||
| CalculiX - A Free Software Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Element Program http://www.calculix.de/ http://www.dhondt.de/ http://www.calculixforwin.com/ |
****** | Nice and Good documented software |
| Code-Aster http://www.code-aster.org |
***** | ISO Certified industrial software (but in French) |
| http://tochnog.sourceforge.net/ | *** | Can be useful for soil problems |
| IMPACT - Explicit dynamic analysis http://impact.sourceforge.net |
**** | LS-Dyna like software |
| ELMER FEM http://sourceforge.net/projects/elmerfem/ |
**** | Good but too much science |
| Also see http://www.z88.uni-bayreuth.de/english.html |
why 88??? | |
| Free Meshers | ||
| GMSH http://geuz.org/gmsh/ |
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| NETGEN http://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/ |
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| CGX http://www.dhondt.de/ |
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| 2D-CAD /dwg | ||
| A9CAD Google it, the official website is dead |
**** | Simple good dwg up to 2005 |
| ProgeCAD Smart - free last DWG but for home/student use only Google It |
? | Generally it's not free but home/cheapware |
| Nanocad - free with registration, can't say more http://nanocad.com/ |
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| 3D-CAD | ||
| Salome-Platform - Classical Industrial Software (OpenCascade based) http://www.salome-platform.org/ For Windows here, here and here for VMWare youtube |
***** | This is classical concept of 3d CAD |
| Freecad http://free-cad.sourceforge.net/ |
***** | good for simple models |
| Narocad (.NET Opencascade based) http://narocad.com/ |
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| gCAD3D http://www.gcad3d.org/ |
*** | can be good for dxf2 iges,step conversion |
| For Programming | ||
| Delphi-like multiplatform http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ |
****** | It's the Best Free RAD for Programming |
| Rapid-Q Basic, RQ-Work http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rapidq/ https://sites.google.com/site/rqwork/news |
*** | See above and learn pascal |
| Just for Fun (simulators) | ||
| http://www.armadillorun.com/ | ||
| Numpty Physics http://numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org/ |
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