Open Source ChromeOS Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Software

LibreCAD is an open-source cross-platform 2D CAD program, which is translated in over 30 languages. LibreCAD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Source: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/releases Track the latest development: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/milestones https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/commits/master Create bug reports and feature requests: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/issues Get help: - https://forum.librecad.org - https://dokuwiki.librecad.org - https://librecad.readthedocs.io/

TexGen is a geometric textile modelling software package to be used for obtaining engineering properties of woven textiles and textile composites. Citing TexGen We would be grateful if you could acknowledge use of TexGen where appropriate and suggest using one of the following references: L P Brown and A C Long. "Modelling the geometry of textile reinforcements for composites: TexGen", Chapter 8 in "Composite reinforcements for optimum performance (Second Edition)", ed. P Boisse, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2021, ISBN: 978-0-12-819005-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819005-0.00008-3 Lin, H., Brown, L. P. & Long, A. C. 2011. Modelling and Simulating Textile Structures using TexGen. Advanced Materials Research, 331, 44-47. To reference version 3.13.0 please use: Louise Brown, mike-matveev, & georgespackman. (2023). louisepb/TexGen: TexGen v3.13.1 (v3.13.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8221491

Open Source CAM - Toolpath Generation for 3-Axis CNC machining

FRAME3DD is a program for the static and dynamic structural analysis of two- and three-dimensional frames and trusses with elastic and geometric stiffness.

An STL format importer/exporter plugin script for Google SketchUp. Supports both binary and ASCII import and export.

Voxel CAD. Open source voxel editing and analyzing software. Edit and create multi-material voxel objects. Simulate the dynamics in a quantitative physics sandbox to test engineering designs or make moving creatures. www.voxcad.com for videos.

GeomSS is a geometry modeling and scripting system in Java. Write scripts that create and analyze complex geometry including NURBS curves and surfaces. This is especially useful for tasks that must be repeated with small or parametric variations.

MaxFem is an open software package for electromagnetic simulation by using finite element methods. The package can solve problems in electrostatics, direct current, magnetostatics and eddy-currents. Since version 0.4.0, MaxFEM requires Python 3. We have moved the installers to the MaxFEM website (see below). In order to improve MaxFEM, we will require you to fill out a simple form before downloading them.

Advanced Simulation Library (ASL) is a free and open source multiphysics simulation software package. Its computational engine is based, among others, on the Lattice Boltzmann Methods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_Boltzmann_methods) and is written in OpenCL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL) which enable extraordinarily efficient deployment (http://asl.org.il/benchmarks) on a variety of massively parallel architectures, ranging from inexpensive FPGAs, DSPs and GPUs up to heterogeneous clusters and supercomputers. The engine is hidden entirely behind C++ classes, so that no OpenCL knowledge is required from application programmers. ASL can be utilized to model various coupled physical and chemical phenomena and employed in a multitude of fields: computational fluid dynamics, virtual sensing, industrial process data validation and reconciliation, image-guided surgery, computer-aided engineering, high-performance scientific computing, etc..

Linux TinyCad, or LiniCad, is a tiny CAD used for educational purposes. It is written in Python/Tk and its goals are to be as programmatically easy and small as possible.

ThanCad is a 2dimensional cad, with limited 3d support and raster inclusion capability and emphasis in engineering. It is being written in Python and since it uses the Tkinter library, it is platform independent.

The BladeDesigner package is a CAD/CAE tool providing classes for turbomachine blade design. So far it is optimized to be useful in the aerodynamic design process. It comes with a GUI but is most powerful with user defined python scripts.

COPanno is now at http://download.tuxfamily.org/copanno/ COPanno is a small utility to find the best solution for cutting rectangular panels in a defined-size sheet. * v1.2 Introduce multi-threading (calculation is up to 8 times faster) and internationalization support. English and French translations are done. * v1.3 Add per panel orientation keeping Copanno est un utilitaire de calepinage donnant la meilleure manière de découper des panneaux rectangulaire dans une feuille de dimension définie. * v1.2 Le calcul parallèle permet d'accélérer le traitement sur les ordinateurs multi-cœurs. La traduction en Français et en Anglais est réalisée. * v1.3 La conservation de l'orientation des panneaux (le fil) peut être définie pour chaque élément.

The ADG library (Automatic Drawing Generation) is a set of functions focused on automating the drawing of mechanical parts. It is not a CAD system but a GObject-based library where a custom application can put common CAD entities such as paths, hatches and dimensions, to automatically create technical drawings. A demo application is provided in order to show the capabilities of the canvas. Although it is possible to interact with the library directly in C (that is what the adg-demo program is doing), the canvas is expected to be used from higher level languages, much in the same way as what done in the GNOME stack. Lua bindings based on LGI are already provided out of the box. The adg-lua project, downloadable from the "Files" section, provides Lua programs and demos that leverages these bindings.

Buildes is an integrated development environment that assists the user in creating building information. It reads a text (session) file from which it compiles the information. It then allows the user to browse, analyze and export the resulting building knowledge. The compilation system is written in pure Python. The building components created are rendered in PythonOCC. The GUI is written using PyQt.

FEDES is a Finite Element Data Exchange System for mapping finite element analysis data between different FE solvers and meshes with different element types and densities. Six commercial FE solvers are supported (ABAQUS, ANSYS, DEFORM, MARC, MORFEO, VULCAN). The FEA data outputted can be visualized with the open source program ParaView.

A tool for CNC toolpath generation. Model data in, G-Codes out. The system is kept as generic as possible. Machines with up to 9 axis can be defined. Machine simulator included.

GeoPDEs is a suite of software tools for research on Isogeometric Analysis of PDEs. GeoPDEs is free software implemented in Octave and fully compatible with Matlab. GeoPDEs is no longer developed at SF, and has moved to GitHub. Please visit http://rafavzqz.github.io/geopdes/ The mailing list will remain active. Releases up to 2.0.4 can be found here. From version 2.1.0 onward, see https://github.com/rafavzqz/geopdes

IdCREATE stands for "Idea Creation, Representation & Execution Automated Tools and Engine". This is intended to be a graphical tool for 1) representing your thoughts and ideas in a mindmap-like charts and 2) implementing them as code, article text, etc

The PARSEC CEE is the primary achievement of several years of effort at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The CEE was developed to allow engineers in the Advanced Concepts Department to rapidly prototype launch vehicle and spacecraft concepts.

QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D). With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schematics and diagrams. QCAD works on Windows, Mac OS X and many Linux and Unix Systems.

A robotic DIY styrofoam cutter consisting of one rotational and two translational axes. It cuts a variety of shapes out of styrofoam-like materials using a hot wire. This project documents the necessary hardware and software parts. Don't miss the follow-up project at http://raumschaum.org Its goal is to further develop hardware and software into an user friendly application.

VRforCAD developed in Java and Java3D API, combines two systems: Computer-aided design (CAD) system and Virtual Reality system with its special equipments for visualization and manipulation. See more at: http://www.vrforcad.org

Library for creating and analyzing voxel objects. This project has moved to github. https://github.com/jonhiller/Voxelyze

Software application, firmware and U.I. for 4-motors 3-axis milling machine, open hardware, software and mechanics. See also project in details for schematics and images on http://www.contesti.eu/opensource/xyz-dc-motor-controller