CAELinux is a live DVD Linux distribution dedicated to open source engineering with a focus on Computer Aided Engineering and Scientific Computing. Based on Ubuntu, it features a full software solution for open source production development with many CAD/CAM/CAE applications. It includes Freecad & LibreCad 2D/3D CAD systems, Salome & GMSH pre/post processors, Code_Aster & Calculix non-linear FE solver, Code-Saturne & OpenFOAM CFD solvers, Elmer multiphysics suite, Helyx-OS, Discretizer, EnGrid & Netgen 3D meshers, GEDA, KiCad & Arduin electronic design tools, PyCAM, OpenSCAM & Cura for CNC G-code generation, GNU Octave, Rkward, wxMaxima, Scilab, Scipy & Spyder for computationnal & mathematics modeling, and many more.

Features

  • CAD/CAM & 3D printing: Freecad, OpenSCAD, LibreCad, Pycam, OpenSCAM, GCAM, dxf2gcode & Cura
  • FEA, CFD & multiphysic simulation: Code-Aster, Code-Saturne, OpenFOAM, Elmer FEM, Calculix, Impact FEM, MBDyn
  • Meshing, pre-post, & visualization: Pre/post processing packages: Paraview 3.10.2, Discretizer, EnGrid 1.4, Helyx-OS, Elmer GUI, Netgen, Tetgen, CGX, GMSH v2.5, Salome v.6., Meshlab
  • Electronic design and prototyping: GEDA suite, KiCad, Fritzing, Arduino, dxf2gcode / cadpy for PCB isolation milling.
  • Scientific & development tools like GNU Octave (+ QtOctave GUI ), R & Rkward, Scilab, wxMaxima, Scipy & Spyder IDE, Qt Creator, gcc, gfortran, g++, python, perl, tcl/tk, ruby compilers
  • Scientific writing and office tools: Latex , Texmaker , Lyx , LibreOffice, Gimp, Inkscape, Jabref
  • Based on XUbuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit for maximum compatibility
  • Available as an installable ISO image for DVD/USB flash drive; ready to use on laptop, workstations or even clusters (with OpenMPI)
  • Cloud-computing ready: Amazon EC2 image available in EU and US-East regions for standard and cluster compute instances

Project Samples

CFD study using Salome and OpenFOAM FEA with Salome-Meca and Elmer Biomedical modeling with ITKSnap, Meshlab and Netgen Mathematical modeling with wxMaxima and QtOctave

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Categories

Simulations, Physics, Computer-aided technologies (CADD/CAM/CAE)

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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  • lucaluca Posted 03/27/2018

    is well done but has very few applications dedicated to electronic engineering

  • gaixiaotao Posted 05/21/2016

    its a great project and for new users like me you shoude shutdown the autoupgrade i found that when upgrade to the newest unbunt14.0 the terminals in caelinux will be broken

  • kojaa Posted 08/07/2014

    CAELinux a pleasant breeze in the CAD/CAE field, where engineers are forced to burn their money for expensive licenses. This Linux distro is a collection of reliable tools that need knowledge and skills, not money, to get your tasks done. - IMPORTANT: As soon as you install CAE_Linux at your machine's harddisk/usb whatever, DON'T forget to install the Hardware Enablement Stack for Ubuntu 12.04 by issuing following command: ' sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-saucy xserver-xorg-lts-saucy libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-saucy ' - This command will install the latest hardware drivers and latest kernel automatically.

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  • menosoft Posted 09/12/2013

    hi MeNoTu =Caelinux menosoft.users.sourceforge.net Caelinux is excellent

  • biscarri Posted 04/23/2013

    The best worth work to contribute to the dissemination of open-source CAE tools. Excellent!

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Intended Audience

Aerospace, Science/Research, Education, Manufacturing, Engineering, Automotive

Registered

2011-10-30
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