Tip: List of Free Engineering Software

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Guys Please share useful Software name and download link of your filed so other Ceans can get knowledge of it.

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thanks for sharing software list is best list and easily download this software

You are an encyclopedia man.Thanks for the effort to compile the list.
Do you know any analysis software used in Automobile industry.

Time to update this discussion!

Top free Data Analysis software -

#-Link-Snipped-# (Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures)
<a href="https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/r-software-environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">R Software Environment in 2022 - Reviews, Features, Pricing, Comparison - PAT RESEARCH: B2B Reviews, Buying Guides & Best Practices</a> (For statistical computing and graphics)
#-Link-Snipped-# (A Machine Learning toolkit)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Physics Analysis Workstation - a FORTRAN/C data analysis framework)
<a href="https://root.cern.ch//" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ROOT: analyzing petabytes of data, scientifically. - ROOT</a> (A modular scientific software framework)
<a href="https://ipython.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jupyter and the future of IPython — IPython</a> (rich architecture for interactive computing)

Free Mechanical Engineering Software -

<a href="https://openfvm.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenFVM project</a> (CFD solver, evaluator of partial differential equations etc.)
<a href="https://www.salome-platform.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Salome Platform - The open-source platform for numerical simulation</a> (Open source platform aimed at numerical simulation)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Uses an explicit time stepping algorithm to simulate dynamic situations)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Modeling for fluid dynamics, electromagnetics and heat transfer)

CAD/CAM Free Software -

<a href="https://mecsoft.com/freemill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free Milling Software | MecSoft Corporation</a> (Fully functional free 3-axis mill CAM software
#-Link-Snipped-# (Free use)
#-Link-Snipped-# Free CNC mill CAD/CAM
#-Link-Snipped-# (Demo version is free)
#-Link-Snipped-# (CAD/CAM software for milling)
<a href="https://www.metalpuncher.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SketchLine Technologies-The Sheet Metal Cad Cam Software Solutions</a> (CAD/CAM program for drawing and producing G-codes for sheet metal parts)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Online tool to build circuit boards, it generates G-Code for CNC)

Three Popular Freeware tools for CAD/CAM Engineers & Designers:

#-Link-Snipped-# (For 3D Design Concepts)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Cloud-based 3D CAD/CAM tool - free for students)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Eases the transition from 2D AutoCAD)

If anyone has any more freeware tools to share, please do.

RFEM - FEM Structural Analysis Software

Free student license for educational purposes - only registration required.
Network license for Universities and educational institutions.
TRIAL version with all features available for evaluation (30 days) for everyone.

Webapge: #-Link-Snipped-#
Program: <a href="https://www.dlubal.com/en/products/rfem-fea-software/what-is-rfem" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RFEM 6 | FEA Software | Dlubal Software</a>

I hope it helps.
Enjoy the work with the program.

ashWell, I thought of just posting this after I compiled a big list of programs, but it'll take some time. So i'll just post an initial list. To make the list complete, it'll take all of you CEans to contribute 😀 I was sorta inspired by the Neowin's List of free alternative software (click #-Link-Snipped-#), so I believe a dedicated engineering one here would be useful!

CAD software
#-Link-Snipped-#(OSS)
#-Link-Snipped-#(Free edition, need to register)
#-Link-Snipped-# (freeware)
#-Link-Snipped-#(General purpose 2D, freeware)
<a href="https://brlcad.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BRL-CAD: Open Source Solid Modeling</a> (solid modelling system, OSS)

ECAD software
#-Link-Snipped-#(OSS)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Free edition)

Mathematics/Numerical
<a href="https://www.scilab.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Scilab | Scilab</a>(sorta OSS, alternative to MATLAB)

Analysis
<a href="https://www.visualizationsoftware.com/gram.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spectrograms, Spectrographs and Spectrogram Software | VisualizationSoftware.com</a>(Wave analysis. Freeware)
#-Link-Snipped-# (design and analysis of buried structures. Free version)
#-Link-Snipped-# (stability analysis of slopes. Free version)

Circuit Analysis and Schematics
#-Link-Snipped-# (student edition)
#-Link-Snipped-#(student edition)
#-Link-Snipped-# (freeware edition. Im not sure of the limitations yet)
#-Link-Snipped-#(free version)
#-Link-Snipped-#(Circuit Simulator)

Compiler
#-Link-Snipped-#5 beta (OSS)
#-Link-Snipped-# (OSS. It can run off a USB, pretty useful)
#-Link-Snipped-# (Freeware IDE's from Microsoft. Has some limitations, but ideal for students and hobbyists)

Microcontroller stuff
- PIC
#-Link-Snipped-# IDE (free version)
#-Link-Snipped-#(freeware with some limitations, quick registration)
#-Link-Snipped-# (firmware burner)
<a href="https://www.microchipc.com/PIC16bootload/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PIC16BOOTLOAD - PIC16F87x bootloader</a>(freeware)
<a href="https://www.picbasic.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">picbasic.org — Coming Soon</a> (PICBASIC, free version available)

- NXP
<a href="https://www.flashmagictool.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Welcome - Flash Magic</a> (Free. Programming Tool For NXP Semiconductors)

-Freescale
#-Link-Snipped-# (Product Summary Page)
#-Link-Snipped-#(Development Studio,free version with some limitations)

-ATMEL
#-Link-Snipped-# (IDE)

-8051
<a href="https://www.rigelcorp.com/8051soft.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">8051 Software, C Compilers, Basic Editor, and Chip Simulator</a>

Embedded RTOS
#-Link-Snipped-# (free version with some limitations)

Terminal/SSH
<a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PuTTY: a free SSH and Telnet client</a> (great free telnet and SSH client)
#-Link-Snipped-# (useful connection manager for multiple tabs and instances)

Network Tools
<a href="https://www.wireshark.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wireshark · Go Deep.</a> (awesome network protocol analyzer)
#-Link-Snipped-# (cisco network simulator based on Dynamips. Note: Still need a licenced IOS)

Robotics
#-Link-Snipped-# (Express edition. Robot control and simulator)
#-Link-Snipped-#(freeware version. Latest one is a trial version)
#-Link-Snipped-# (a super fun physics simulator. xhx used it for our CE bot project)

Testing Tools
#-Link-Snipped-# (web application testing tool. Discussion Thread -> #-Link-Snipped-#)


Thanks to those who contributed! 😀

Yep, this list still has a long way to go. I've tried most the software listed above. I could have just googled for more, but it isnt right if I just copy paste them unless I've actually tested them. So, please post in any free software which you have used that could be useful to the rest of us! I'll update this list often. If we can have a big list, it can be sticky'd 😛

Great list, thanks for sharing!

I'd like to suggest 2 more free software repositories to add to this list: QCAD and MaiQAD. The first is a stand-alone CAD application for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and the second is a web application devoted to helping engineers manage site visit and civil engineering data..

There's a download available from the QCAD website (https://www.qcad.org). The download is a QCAD Pro Trial, but once you remove the Pro plug-in, you have a completely free and open source product, which is very useful. Quoted from their download page:

"QCAD Community Edition

If you are looking for the free open source QCAD Community Edition, you can download the trial version for your platform (see above) and then remove the QCAD Professional add-on running in trial mode (click Remove in the Trial widget and follow on screen instructions)."

MaiQAD (https://maiqad.com) is a web application dedicated to site visit and civil engineering data management. It currently imports LandXML to a DXF, but the plan is to covert data in both directions, and also import survey data and site visit data (It will extract geolocation data from photos using javascript without ever uploading the image files. Combining this with GPS data, you will soon be able to quickly and easily convert electronic data from a site visit into graphics and data products that can be used as deliverables to the client.

As an aside, IMHO, I think this list is a great idea but the presentation could be a lot better. The list at the top should be the "latest and greatest", with the thread below. We shouldn't make people read through the whole thread to see a complete, updated list of (vetted and approved) free software.