Page 11 | Best Engineering Software in Canada of 2026

VIKTOR

VIKTOR is an AI-powered platform that enables engineers to automate workflows and build custom applications. It allows users to create tools for design, analysis, reporting, and data processing without extensive coding. The platform integrates with popular engineering software such as Autodesk, Bentley, and Trimble. Engineers can connect multiple tools into a single workflow, reducing manual work and errors. VIKTOR also supports collaboration by allowing teams to share apps with version control and governance. It helps turn complex engineering processes into efficient, repeatable systems. Overall, VIKTOR streamlines engineering tasks and boosts productivity through automation.

Starting Price: $0/per month/user

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PV*SOL

Valentin Software

PV*SOL premium is the professional software for 3D design and simulation of photovoltaic systems – including precise shading analysis. For more than 25 years, engineers, planners, and installers worldwide have relied on this industry standard to optimally design PV systems, reliably calculate yields, and create bankable reports. Whether for residential homes or commercial rooftops, for full or surplus feed-in, or in combination with battery storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps – PV*SOL premium models every system configuration realistically and flexibly.

Starting Price: 845,00 EUR

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Cogent DataHub

Skkynet

There is a growing need to securely operate on and utilize industrial data in every industry vertical. Skkynet's Cogent DataHub provides a secure-by-design industrial data operations platform that connects to, provides inline protocol conversion for, aggregates, contextualizes, edge processes, integrates with AI models, visualizes and securely streams industrial data to where ever it is needed - in OT, IT, or the cloud. Powered by patented technology and supported by decades of industrial expertise, Skkynet’s proven software is trusted by over 2,200 customers across more than 30,000 installations in 86 countries.

Starting Price: $495/month - unlimited data

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RFEM

Dlubal Software

The FEA program RFEM allows for quick and easy modeling, structural and dynamic calculation, as well as the design of models with member, plate, wall, folded plate, shell, and solid elements. Due to the modular software concept, you can connect the main program RFEM with the corresponding add‑ons in order to meet your individual requirements. The structural analysis program RFEM provides structural engineers with a 3D FEA program that meets all requirements in modern civil engineering. Efficient data input and intuitive handling facilitate the modeling of simple and complex structures. The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The basic program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

Starting Price: €697.50 rent 1 month

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Avica Cloud

Avica Cloud is a cloud-based 3D photogrammetry platform. Users can convert massive drone image data into accurate 3D models with easy operation. Rapid modeling: users can upload aerial data at any time and model while shooting. Efficient cloud computing: extremely high data processing speed with 40,000 GPU servers. Aerial Triangulation: Fast and accurate triangulation processing. Support uploading GCPs, support viewing camera calibration, photo overlay, photo information, connection points and control points in the report. Security: TPN certified. Multi-tenancy technology and HTTP-based encryption. 365*7*24 quick response: professional technical support team Price: Pay as you go.

Starting Price: $3.99 - $1.99

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Mapware

Mapware is the future of drone mapping software. Generate bigger, better 3D maps in the cloud. With Mapware’s easy-to-use interface, anyone can turn 2D drone photos into photorealistic 3D environments using a process called photogrammetry. Powerful enough for the biggest challenges. Simple enough for any project. Whether you want to map one building, a dozen cell towers, a whole oil field, or even an entire city, Mapware is the best tool for the job. Our browser-based software is easy to access from any device.

Starting Price: $99

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VariCAD

VariCAD is 3D / 2D CAD software primarily intended for mechanical engineering design. The comprehensive CAD software enables designers to quickly create, evaluate, and modify their models. The software is sold as one "fully loaded" package, with all features and functions, for one affordable price. VariCAD delivers an excellent performance-to-price ratio, making it one of the smartest choices on the market today. VariCAD is compact, fast, easy to use, and provides everything necessary for mechanical design. The system contains: 3D Modeling 2D Drawing and Editing Optional Support of Parameters Optional Support of Geometrical Constraints Shells Modeling, Pipelines, Wires Crash Tests (Interferences) 3D Assemblies and Groups Surface Development (Sheet Metal Unbending) Mechanical Part Libraries and Symbol Libraries Calculations of 3D Objects or 2D Sections BOM and Title Blocks

Starting Price: 989 €/user

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Optelos

Optelos is a flexible, scalable and secure cloud-based visual data management and AI analytics platform that transforms visual asset inspection data into actionable insights. Our patented technology geolocates and correlates all types of unstructured data into an intuitive, contextualized and searchable database ready for analysis and AI implementation. Leveraging computer vision AI, advanced image modeling and APIs for enterprise systems integration, Optelos enables businesses to operationalize and automate their visual asset inspection programs.

Starting Price: $1,000/month

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Virto.CAD

Virto Solar

Virto.CAD is a powerful PV design plugin for AutoCAD and BricsCAD. It allows EPC, engineering firms and developers in the solar industry to crate detailed drawings and calculations for commercial rooftop and ground mounted projects. Virto.CAD is an all-in-one platform that optimizes your workflow and productivity. Using our software will save you more than 85% on engineering time and costs by automating module layouts, ballast calculations, bill of materials, irradiations simulations, yield simulations, string mapping, cable trays, trenches and routing management...

Starting Price: 3.000$ - 4.500$

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ReluxCAD

RELUX Informatik AG

The ReluxCAD for Revit add-on enables lighting design in Revit. Enhance the quality of your specialist planning. Using the ReluxCAD for Revit add-on, the required number of luminaires in interior spaces can be determined in line with standards. Electrical designers are thus equipped with an easy-to-use and comprehensible simulation tool in their familiar working environment. A native interface to the ReluxDesktop application enables loss-free communication with lighting designers. As an electrical designer, you are responsible for ensuring that the positioning of luminaires in buildings complies with standards. On average, only 10% of installed luminaires are checked for compliance with lighting standards at present. Enhance the planning quality of lighting in buildings! This tool allows you to do just that. Clear display of complex products. Simulation of IEC 63180 passive infrared sensors. Interior & exterior measurement areas.

Starting Price: CHF 479.- single licence/year

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ReluxDesktop

RELUX Informatik AG

ReluxDesktop is a high-performance, intuitively-operated application for simulating artificial light and daylight. It provides you with rapid and efficient support on all the different aspects of big and small projects, without taking any unnecessary roundabout routes. Simulation of lighting and sensors in real-time! Calculation of absolute values, national and international standards, compatible with CAD and BIM systems, plus a great deal more. The application is available to you free of charge thanks to the support of our partners in the industry. Make ReluxDesktop your day-to-day tool, you'll be surprised how much time you save with it! Add-on for other programs. Useful functions for Autodesk Revit. Add-on for ReluxDesktop. Real tunnel calculation based on the current standards.

Starting Price: free of charge

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RWIND

Dlubal Software

The wind simulation program RWIND, like the other Dlubal Software programs, is easy to use and reliably provides the required result. If using RWIND, the wind will certainly not be taken out of the sails of your project. RWIND allows you to analyze wind flows (digital wind tunnel) around buildings or any other objects. For this, RWIND uses a CFD simulation (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and shows you how the wind flows affect the generated structures. Run a wind simulation for simple or complex structures – the result will always speak for itself. You can then simply import the wind loads calculated with RWIND into RFEM or RSTAB.

Starting Price: €2,950 one-time payment

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Process Engineering ToolS

Stratus Engineering

PETS® is an engineering software product with a collection of over 30 frequently used engineering calculations combined into one software product. PETS® software calculates Physical Properties, Hydraulic Analysis, Relief Calculations and Instrument Sizing. PETS® also calculates Equipment Sizing such as Pumps, Compressors, Tanks, Vessels, Spheres, Drums, Columns, Exchangers, Air Coolers and more. PETS® is used by Process, Chemical, Production, Mechanical, Instrument and other Engineers. PETS® is being used in Refineries, Chemical Plants, Utilities, Equipment Manufacturers and many other industries. PETS helps you design, analyze and troubleshoot your process. The graphical user interface makes PETS® easy to use increasing productivity and providing reliable results. Select a tool, there are over 30 ToolS, then begin entering the necessary data. The PETS® environment is interactive and calculations are performed and updated as required data is entered. Save or print the data.

Starting Price: $44.99/month/user

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Plex-Earth

In 2009, our founder and CEO Lambros Kaliakatsos, a civil engineer and software developer, saw firsthand how much rework designing without real-world data costs. So he built Plex-Earth: the first cloud-based SaaS tool in the CAD market, connecting AutoCAD directly to Google Earth. It became the original AutoCAD + Google Earth plugin, and it changed how engineers work every day. Today, Plex-Earth brings satellite and historical imagery, terrain, and two-way KML functionality into your drawing. From basemap providers like Google Maps, Google Elevations, Azure, and OpenStreetMap, and custom WMS/WMTS map connections, to premium providers such as Nearmap, Vexcel, Hexagon, Airbus, and Vantor, plus terrain data from GeoTIFFs and premium DTM/DSM sources, Plex-Earth is trusted by thousands of engineers across civil, solar, telecom, infrastructure, and beyond to design faster, smarter, and with real-world accuracy. Compatible with AutoCAD 2020–2027, Civil 3D, Map 3D & BricsCAD.

Starting Price: $590 per year

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MyArchitectAI

MyArchitectAI is an AI-powered rendering tool that enables architects and interior designers to produce photorealistic images in under 10 seconds directly from their browser, eliminating the need for installations or expensive hardware. Compatible with major CAD and 3D modeling software, it supports JPG and PNG uploads, preserving the original geometry, colors, and materials of designs. Users can customize renders by describing desired outcomes or selecting from over 80 predefined architectural styles, materials, and landscapes. The AI engine manages modeling, lighting, and texturing, delivering 4K resolution images ready for client presentations or further editing. Additionally, the style transfer feature allows experimentation with various design aesthetics by blending reference images with original designs while maintaining the initial geometry. This accelerates the conceptualization process, aiding clients in comprehending design visions early on.

Starting Price: $29/month

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Cableizer

Braavos GmbH

Cableizer is a software package for the electrical, mechanical, and thermal design of cable systems. Cableizer is completely web-based: it's inexpensive, widely available, easily customizable, has improved interoperability, and is easier to install and maintain than a desktop application. Properties * Software-based design of cables up to 500 kV! * Cable calculations including mass, heat of combustion, CO2, price, etc. * Calculations of rated current and cable pulls * Environmental calculations including magnetic fields and increase in ground temperature * Web-based without installation or dongle, but with automatic updates * Collaborate with share links directly with customer

Starting Price: 333 EUR/month

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RealityMAX

Atomic Pixels

The 3D design collaboration platform to boost your design workflows. Invite your teammates to collaborate in real-time, build, compose and present in a whole new way. Start building 3D projects together, faster. Stop struggling with different desktop design software and tools at every stage of the process, sending massive files back and forth, and wasting endless hours exporting assets. RealityMAX technology makes all this a thing of the past. Create scenes with multiple 3D models. All major 3D file formats are supported. Share the same 3D workspace, at the same time, working remotely. Get your content out in the world as Web 3D or AR experiences, or insert it on your web page. Invite people to your virtual 3D workspace with just one link. Bring your teammates together from anywhere using the same collaboration software. See changes and updates as they are made, from any device.

Starting Price: $40/mo

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4Reality

4Reality Studio

4Reality is a versatile real-time rendering software designed to deliver photorealistic visualizations and simulations. It supports CAD and 3D model imports, offering advanced features like Lumen and Pathtracing technologies, dynamic sky simulation, and real-time VFX. Equipped with libraries of materials and models, 4Reality streamlines design processes for professionals in architecture, engineering, and product design. The software supports real-time DEM and CFD simulations, VR headset compatibility, point cloud imports, and advanced material creation. Additional tools include dynamic scene control, saved camera views, interactive annotations, and rendering without resolution limits. Available in French and English, 4Reality transforms 3D models into lifelike experiences.

Starting Price: Free

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PoligonSoft

Professional tools for modeling and optimizing metal casting processes with the ability to predict the formation of defects in cast parts. - Filling Dynamics - Macro and Microporosity - Residual Stresses - Deformations and Warping - Cracks (Hot and Cold) - Hydrostatic Pressure - Mold Wear - Slag Formation PoligonSoft provides reliable simulations that prevent waste and costly redesigns, allowing manufacturers to "get it right" the first time. The core of PoligonSoft includes three calculation systems: hydrodynamic, thermal, and stress. Along with a set of additional options, it allows the simulation of all traditional casting technologies and many special processes. At PoligonSoft, all stages of the casting production process can be sequentially simulated: mold heating, mold filling with molten mass, solidification on the bench or in the thermostat, extraction of the cast part from the mold, cutting of the feeding system and risers, etc.

Starting Price: $14,137 USD/year

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Avoyd

enkisoftware

Avoyd Voxel Editor and Renderer Create, import, export and render large voxel worlds. 3D art and rendering tool for voxel artists, map builders and game developers. Main Features: - Large scenes up to 256k voxels a side. - CPU and GPU path traced rendering. - Export to optimised mesh glTF and OBJ with physically-based materials parameters, and VOX. - Import MagicaVoxel VOX, Minecraft maps, heightmaps, palettes. - Orthographic projection with Isometric presets. - Up to 65k physically based materials. - Physically based light and atmosphere

Starting Price: €15 one-time payment

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RSECTION

Dlubal Software

Do you often spend too long calculating cross-sections? Dlubal Software and the RSECTION stand-alone program facilitate your work by determining section properties of various cross-sections and performing a subsequent stress analysis. With the stand-alone program RSECTION, Dlubal Software provides you with a time-saving solution for the calculation of thin-walled and massive cross-sections. The program determines the section properties and performs a stress analysis. The seamless integration with the FEA software RFEM and the structural frame & truss analysis software RSTAB allows for efficient cooperation. RSECTION cross-sections are available in the RFEM and RSTAB libraries, and you can easily import the internal forces in the programs.

Starting Price: €292.50 rent 1 month

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RSTAB

Dlubal Software

RSTAB is a powerful analysis and design software for 3D beam, frame, or truss structure calculations, reflecting the current state of the art and helping structural engineers meet requirements in modern civil engineering. Use the successful structural frame & truss analysis software RSTAB for your design of beam, frame, or truss structures consisting of steel, reinforced concrete, timber, aluminum, or other materials. With RSTAB, you can easily and quickly define a structural model and then calculate the internal forces, deformations, and support reactions. There are design add-ons at your side that you can use to consider the material- and standard-specific requirements.

Starting Price: €487.50 rent 1 month

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KUKA.Sim

KUKA

KUKA.Sim is an intelligent simulation software designed for efficient offline programming of KUKA robots, enabling users to optimize system and robot operations outside the production environment swiftly and effortlessly. The software facilitates the creation of digital twins, providing an identical representation of subsequent production processes. This 3D simulation encompasses the entire planning process, from process design and visualization of material flows to identifying bottlenecks and generating PLC code. KUKA.Sim ensures 100% data consistency, allowing both virtual and real controllers to operate with identical data, thereby laying the groundwork for virtual commissioning. This approach enables pre-testing and optimization of new production lines, offering significant time savings by allowing rapid and individualized planning of system and robot concepts without the necessity of physical construction.

Starting Price: Free

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Pipe Flow Calculations

Application Services LLC

Fast & Accurate Fluid Flow Calculations. Pipe Flow Calculator is essential for engineers, students, and professionals working with fluid dynamics. With 18 desktop calculators, it solves simple and complex fluid flow problems in under a minute—GUARANTEED. Why Choose Pipe Flow Calculator? ✅ Easy to Use – Just enter values and get instant results. ✅ Trusted Worldwide – Used daily by thousands of professionals. ✅ Reliable & Updated – Bug fixes within 1-2 days. ✅ Transparent Calculations – All formulas are provided. Key Features ✔️ Switch between metric and imperial units. ✔️ Select pipes, materials, and fluids from predefined lists. ✔️ Export results to Excel & Word, save, print, and continue where you left off. ✔️ Copy/paste full calculation reports. Available Calculators 🔹 Pressure Drop, Pipe Diameter, Pump Performance, Reynolds Number 🔹 Orifice Plate, Venturi Tube, Nozzle, Prandtl Probe 🔹 Control Valve, Gas Flow, LPG, Thermal Energy

Starting Price: $9.95/month

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GerbView

Software Companions

GerbView is a software application primarily designed for viewing, printing, and converting PCB design files, particularly Gerber and ODB++ formats. It offers a comprehensive set of features for visualizing, analyzing, and manipulating these files, making it a valuable tool for PCB designers and manufacturers. GerbView allows users to open and display Gerber (RS-274D and RS-274X), ODB++, Excellon, PDF, DXF, and HPGL/2 files. Both RS-274D and RS-274X Gerber formats are supported, and you can use GerbView to convert your older Gerber files to the new RS-274X extended format. GerbView includes a comparison tool to highlight differences between design revisions, aiding in version control and quality assurance.

Starting Price: $85

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RunMat

RunMat (by Dystr) is a fast, free, open-source alternative for running MATLAB code. Users can run their existing .m files with complete MATLAB language grammar and core semantics. No license fees, no lock-in. 300+ built-in functions supported. RunMat is built with a modern Rust runtime featuring a tiered execution model: an interpreter (Ignition) for instant 5ms startup and a JIT compiler (Turbine/Cranelift) for hot paths. GPU acceleration is automatic via a fusion engine that detects elementwise operation chains and dispatches them as optimized GPU kernels across NVIDIA, AMD, Apple Silicon, and Intel GPUs through Metal, DirectX 12, Vulkan, and WebGPU. Up to 131x faster than NumPy and 7x faster than PyTorch on dense numerical workloads. Runs everywhere: CLI, NPM package, Homebrew, Jupyter kernel, or instantly in the browser via WebAssembly + WebGPU. Single portable binary. MIT licensed.

Starting Price: $0

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netScope® Cloud

Net-Base Software GmbH

Access your wsi data easily via digital remote/tele access, even in a joint session with others via the Internet if you wish. In addition, you can automate some processes using barcodes and QR codes, distribute slides to your customers without having to send them manually. Or use netScope Cloud in teaching, show many people what you are talking about at the same time. Aside Data from ZEISS Axio Scan all kinds of CZI data can be displayed. ZEISS customers who still use older MIRAX slides in the previous MRXS format can also display those slides in the netScope. Similar to CZI, netScope also supports all channels of Perkin-Elmer Vectra/Akoya Biosciences QPTIFF files. DICOM, Big-tiff slides such as Philips tiff files, IBL (basic implementation; more sample files needed) Hamamtsu NDPI and those in the formats Aperio SVS, Aperio AFI, Leica SCN, Roche Vantana BIF, Sakura Virtual Slide SVSLIDE, NanoZoomer VMS, VMU and many more are also supported.

Starting Price: €19.98

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Filio

Filio is an AI-powered construction photo management app and field data collection platform with two parts: (1) Filio Data Collector mobile app and (2) Filio Web Console. On site, teams capture geo-tagged photos, videos, 360° media (Insta360/Ricoh), and document scans, then pin everything to Google Maps, plan sheets, and blueprints. Add AR measurements, markups/annotations, tags, and multilingual voice notes with AI transcription plus automatic English translation. Every file preserves metadata (lat/long, elevation, bearing, time, author). In the web console, manage offices/groups/projects and permissions, search by AI captions/labels (including video transcription), and build drag-and-drop PDF/Word reports for inspections, QA/QC, punch lists, roof surveys, insurance claims, environmental & geotechnical work—backed by unlimited cloud storage.

Starting Price: $20/month/user-annual contract

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Wingops

Designed as an easy-to-use, complete solution for managing all aspects of aircraft airworthiness and maintenance. Wingops is modern, cloud-based, customizable, and intuitive to use.

Starting Price: Free Trial

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PhCNC LSSE

TELENET LTD.

PhCNC LSSE is Windows PCB CAM software for CNC PCB milling and prototyping. It imports Gerber RS-274X, Excellon Drill, ODB++, DXF and Pick&Place data and provides tools for arranging, cloning and panelizing PCB projects. It generates toolpaths for isolation milling, copper rubout, drilling, routing and board cutout, marking drill operations and stencil milling, with support for multiple machining tools. Generated G-code can be inspected and simulated in the integrated CNC workspace before export. PhCNC LSSE supports multiple PCB designs in a single project, breakout tabs and configurable machining operations. Evaluation Mode has no time limit and allows complete project preparation, toolpath generation and CNC simulation. A EUR 75 perpetual license for one computer enables saving, copying and exporting G-code and other production-use output files. PhCNC LSSE does not directly control CNC machines and is also available through Microsoft Store.

Starting Price: €75 one-time

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Best Engineering Software in Canada - Page 11

Compare the Top Engineering Software in Canada as of September 2026 - Page 11

VIKTOR

PV*SOL

Cogent DataHub

RFEM

Avica Cloud

Mapware

VariCAD

Optelos

Virto.CAD

ReluxCAD

ReluxDesktop

RWIND

Process Engineering ToolS

Plex-Earth

MyArchitectAI

Cableizer

RealityMAX

4Reality

PoligonSoft

Avoyd

RSECTION

RSTAB

KUKA.Sim

Pipe Flow Calculations

GerbView

RunMat

netScope® Cloud

Filio

Wingops

PhCNC LSSE

Best Engineering Software in Canada - Page 11

Compare the Top Engineering Software in Canada as of September 2026 - Page 11

VIKTOR

PV*SOL

Cogent DataHub

RFEM

Avica Cloud

Mapware

VariCAD

Optelos

Virto.CAD

ReluxCAD

ReluxDesktop

RWIND

Process Engineering ToolS

Plex-Earth

MyArchitectAI

Cableizer

RealityMAX

4Reality

PoligonSoft

Avoyd

RSECTION

RSTAB

KUKA.Sim

Pipe Flow Calculations

GerbView

RunMat

netScope® Cloud

Filio

Wingops

PhCNC LSSE

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