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Trace
Trace
Trace is an AI-native PCB design platform that takes hardware teams from idea to manufactured board. It combines professional schematic capture and PCB layout tools with intelligent agents that understand hardware in context. Users describe what they want to build in natural language, and Trace can research the problem, generate hierarchical multi-sheet schematics, parse datasheets, suggest components, check real-time availability, place parts, route multi-layer boards, tune matched-length signals, and run ERC, DRC, and design reviews. Its component library includes more than 30,000 symbols and footprints, with sourcing data from major distributors. Plan Mode researches complex tasks, asks clarifying questions, creates a step-by-step plan, and executes only after approval, while TraceRules preserves component preferences, layout constraints, and manufacturing targets across conversations.Starting Price: $20 one-time payment -
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FireFlow Studio for FDS
FireFlow Studios
FireFlow Studio for FDS is a fully integrated Windows GUI for NIST's Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), built by a practising fire safety engineer for fire engineering consultancies. It covers the complete workflow in one application: 3-D geometry modelling with DXF floor-plan tracing and automatic voxelisation of arcs and circles, multi-mesh setup with visible cells and MPI splitting, a guided fire-design wizard with a D* flame-resolution calculator, one-click runs of the bundled unmodified FDS solver with live monitoring of HRR and device outputs, and an integrated 3-D results viewer with slices, boundary quantities, smoke rendering, scenario-comparison tabs and CSV/PNG export. A built-in finite-element heat-transfer solver is live-coupled to the running FDS simulation, so structural steel temperatures develop alongside the fire with no external FEA package. Hand-written FDS decks round-trip.Starting Price: $449.99 AUD one-time (perpetua -
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DominoCAD
DominoCAD
DominoCAD is professional full-featured 2D and 3D CAD software with native DWG support and familiar AutoCAD-compatible commands, shortcuts and workflows. It includes professional drafting and modelling, ACIS solids, BIM interoperability with IFC and Revit underlays, STEP and IGES import/export, DGN and PDF support, point-cloud tools, and customization through LISP, VBA, .NET and IRX. DominoCAD Premium provides the complete toolkit in one edition with a perpetual licence, free technical support and a 30-day trial. It is designed for architects, engineers, surveyors, manufacturers, consultants, public organisations and other professionals who create, edit or manage DWG drawings on Windows.Starting Price: €299 one-time -
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QuantCAD-Hybrid
Dinamic pro ea srl
QuantCAD-Hybrid is a desktop software solution for CNC manufacturing quotation, RFQ analysis, and production cost estimation. Designed for CNC machining companies, job shops, subcontractors, and manufacturing departments, it helps users transform technical RFQ documentation into structured and traceable cost estimates and quotations. The software can work with CAD and technical documentation such as STEP files and PDF drawings. QuantCAD-Hybrid supports the analysis of individual parts, identification of manufacturing requirements, material selection, machining operation estimation, production time and cost calculation, and preparation of customer quotations. By combining CAD data analysis with manufacturing cost estimation, QuantCAD-Hybrid helps companies standardize their quotation workflow and reduce the manual effort required to evaluate CNC manufacturing requests.Starting Price: $4500/one-time license -
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PVGround
PVGround
PVGround is a solar design platform delivered as AutoCAD and ZWCAD plugins for ground-mounted (PVGround) and rooftop (PVRoof) PV projects. PVGround reads terrain from the drawing to lay out panels, calculates how many MWp fit at different row spacings, analyzes shading including fences and trees, plans DC, AC and HV cable routes in 3D, groups pile lengths with tonnage, calculates cut and fill earthworks, and verifies the design with cross-sections. PVRoof models roof geometry, slope and orientation and places panels automatically or manually with shading analysis. Designs export to PVsyst, Excel, PDF and DXF. WebView shares a finished design through a token: reviewers open the 3D project (terrain, modules, piles, structures), live shading and read-only performance results (annual production, specific yield, PR) in any browser on phone, tablet or laptop, with no AutoCAD or license needed, while your DWG stays with you. 14-day free trial available. -
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EasyCFD
EasyCFD
EasyCFD is a desktop computational fluid dynamics (CFD) application that brings geometry preparation, mesh generation, simulation and post-processing into one graphical environment. It supports two-dimensional and axisymmetric fluid flow and heat transfer, with structured and unstructured meshes and steady or transient calculations. Users can model laminar and turbulent flow, conduction and conjugate heat transfer, scalar transport, multicomponent flow, and isotropic or anisotropic porous media. Turbulence options include Standard, RNG and Realizable k-ε, SST k-ω, Spalart–Allmaras and Transition k–kL–ω. Results can be examined using contours, vectors, streamlines, XY plots and statistics. EasyCFD is primarily intended for CFD education and learning, and can also support research and initial engineering analysis. The website provides worked examples, video tutorials, a user manual and validation material. A fully functional 20-day trial is available.Starting Price: 129€ / year -
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CoteCote
CoteCote
CoteCote is Windows software that automates drawing ballooning and inspection reports. Open a mechanical drawing (CAD PDF, paper scan or shop photo) and run the automatic ballooning: every dimension, tolerance, ISO 286 fit, GD&T frame, surface finish and thread is found, read and numbered. Vector PDFs are read straight from the file; scans and photos by built-in character recognition. Each characteristic lands in the inspection table with its resolved limits, ISO 2768 general tolerances included; type the measured value and the status turns OK or NOK. Export the report in one click to Excel, editable vector PDF, Word or CSV. The Pro plan adds the AS9102 Rev C first article inspection package (Forms 1, 2 and 3), report customisation and gauge management. Everything runs locally: no drawing ever leaves your computer. 10-day free trial, no credit card.Starting Price: €69/user/month -
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LMX
LMX Lighting
LMX is Windows desktop software for programming and running stage lighting. It combines graphical and command-line programming with tracked cue lists, palettes, presets, effects and an integrated 3D visualiser. Outputs include Art-Net, sACN (E1.31) and FT232R USB-DMX. GDTF import and a fixture editor support rig setup, while MIDI mapping and a browser remote support hands-on playback. Multi-track audio provides waveform navigation and playback controls. Registered beta users can obtain a free beta licence; the Microsoft Store describes unlicensed Demo Mode as limited to six fixtures. Planned Pro pricing after beta is £299 once or £19/month, subject to change.Starting Price: Free beta; Pro planned £299 -
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CADCraft
ArtCraft
CADCraft is an open-source computer-aided design and drafting application for creating and editing technical drawings. Its interface pairs a command line with a graphical drawing area and tools for 2D geometry, object snaps, layers, properties, dimensions, hatches, blocks, layouts, and plotting. The software reads and writes DXF and DWG files and exports PDF, SVG, and PNG. Users can create floor plans, mechanical part drawings, and other 2D designs, then arrange sheets with paper-space layouts and viewports. CADCraft runs as a native desktop app on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an additional WebAssembly browser build. A command-line utility, JSON control protocol, and Model Context Protocol server support scripted drawing, inspection, and rendering. The project is under active development.Starting Price: $0 -
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PhotoMesh
Skyline Software
PhotoMesh is photogrammetry software that processes aerial, drone, and ground imagery, video, and LiDAR into georeferenced 2D and 3D geospatial products. It generates textured 3D meshes, Gaussian splatting models, point clouds, true orthophotos, and digital surface and terrain models. Aerotriangulation, ground control points, quality reporting, and alignment with existing 3D data or LiDAR support repeat surveys, change detection, mapping, infrastructure engineering, and asset inspection. PhotoMesh handles large image collections and can distribute project processing across multiple fuser machines or cloud resources. It supports RGB, multispectral, and thermal imagery. Outputs include 3DML, 3D Tiles, I3S/SLPK, LAS, and GeoTIFF for GIS and 3D visualization workflows. REST APIs support production automation and project-queue management. The desktop software runs on Windows, with Linux support for fuser installations; a separate managed cloud-processing service is also available. -
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Access Workspace
Access Group
Access Workspace: With all Access products in one place, working seamlessly together, Access Workspace changes how you engage with your software. It will transform your organization’s productivity and give you the freedom to do more. Business software is often only used by specially trained people in the organization. The apps in Access Workspace let everybody self-serve and get the answers they need without bothering those expert users. Now everyone can report progress, get approvals, and dramatically reduce the admin of repetitive tasks. Collaboration, communication and turbo-charged team-working. Analytics dashboards as standard for every Access product. Immediate access to the right information lets productivity soar. Routine tasks made easy, so you can get on with the job. Access Workspace shows you what you need in real-time. Now you can plan in the moment, and for the future. This is software that doesn’t get in your way, it lets you get on with your day. -
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WinAir
AV-Base Systems
Bring added value to your standard business processes with a reliable aviation maintenance and inventory software! As the most cost-efficient, easy-to-use, and structurally integrated maintenance and inventory control software system in the aviation industry, WinAir ties in every aspect of your operation to improve business efficiency and cut cost. This world-class aviation management solution helps streamline purchasing, production, inventory control, cost accounting, maintenance forecasting, and invoicing processes. WinAir also features bar coding, real-time labor management, and more. -
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Solumina
iBase-t
iBase-t is a trusted provider of software solutions for complex, highly-regulated manufacturers. Solumina, iBase-t's manufacturing execution system (MES), significantly improves manufacturing productivity, quality, and compliance by helping supervisors, operators, and plant managers to gain visibility and improve performance. By leveraging Solumina, users are provided with accurate work instructions, paperless processes, real-time data, and manufacturing intelligence. Powerful integrations include Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), Manufacturing Execution Systems and Operations Management (MES/MOM), Supplier Quality Management (SQM), and Enterprise Quality Management Systems (EQMS). -
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Simio
Simio
Simio is a simulation, production planning and scheduling software designed from the ground up to support the object modeling paradigm. Simio aims to deliver rapid risk analysis and cost reduction capabilities to organizations of all sizes and industries. Simio is available in five editions to suit the unique needs of businesses: Personal, Design, Team, Enterprise, and Portal editions. Simio Academic Edition is also available to students and faculty. -
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MX System
QAV Aviation Systems
MX System is a feature-rich yet affordable aircraft maintenance system by QAV Aviation Systems. With MX System, today's aircraft operators can take advantage of a whole suite of features and functionality that lets them manage their aircrafts better. MX System offers maintenance component tracking, reliability analysis, maintenance planning, flight scheduling and log administration, maintenance control, aircraft status, parts purchasing, inventory control, and so much more. -
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Creo
PTC
Imagine, design, create, and innovate your products better with Creo, 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software, and solutions for product design and development. Now, more than ever, product design and manufacturing teams are expected to create products more efficiently and cost effectively, without sacrificing innovation or quality. Fortunately, Creo delivers the most scalable range of 3D CAD product development packages and tools in today’s market. Creo 7.0 has breakthrough innovations in the areas of generative design, real-time simulation, multibody design, additive manufacturing, and others! Take your products from concept to digital prototype efficiently, precisely, and intuitively with Creo—on the cutting edge of CAD for more than 30 years. With Creo 7.0, PTC amply demonstrates its skill at adding compelling new features to an already robust tool-set using smart partnerships to extend its capabilities even further. -
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PSCAD
Manitoba Hydro International
As power systems evolve, the need for accurate, intuitive simulation tools becomes more and more important. With PSCAD you can build, simulate, and model your systems with ease, providing limitless possibilities in power system simulation. Included is a comprehensive library of system models ranging from simple passive elements and control functions to electric machines and other complex devices. PSCAD has benefited from over 40 years of continuous research and development. We are inspired by the ideas and feedback from our global user base. This philosophy has helped establish PSCAD as the most popular power system transient simulation package available today. Software maintenance is the most cost-effective way to protect, support, and maintain your investment. With it, you gain the greatest value from your software. -
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Qlucore Omics Explorer
Qlucore
Qlucore Omics Explorer is so easy to use that you no longer have to depend on an expert in bioinformatics to explore and analyze your Omics and NGS data sets. Qlucore Omics Explorer is a D.I.Y next-generation bioinformatics software for research in life science, plant- and biotech industries, as well as academia. The powerful and flexible visualization-based data analysis tool with inbuilt powerful statistics delivers immediate results and provides instant exploration and visualization of big data. The software is developed to allow the workflow which best suits you and your experiments and maximizes the outcome of your research. By combining instant visualization with powerful statistics and flexible selection methods, you will be able to see your results immediately. As a user, you decide your own workflow and starting point. You are in control and can tailor the exploration to meet your specific needs. -
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AMOS
Swiss AviationSoftware
With a history going back to the late eighties, the MRO software solution AMOS stands for innovation, high quality and continuity due to its proven track record of success, Swiss quality at its best. Decades of experience in both maintenance management and information technology have been incorporated into an easy-to-use, functionally superior and proven M&E software that empowers a large customer community to hold down costs and increase efficiency in aviation maintenance, but still maintain the highest standards of reliability and safety. Swiss AviationSoftware invests in the future of AMOS and is looking for dedicated employees who would like to join our team. Virtual cloud platform AMOScentral allows customers to collaborate with other members of the community. -
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aPriori
aPriori
aPriori, the leading Manufacturing Insights Platform, delivers strategic insights for manufacturers to continuously decide how to design a product and where to manufacture it. aPriori combines Product Cost Management, Design for Manufacturing and Sustainability, and Supplier Collaboration capabilities. The platform includes more that 450 manufacturing process simulation and more than 80 regional economic models, to yield insights that accelerate time to market by 20% while achieving hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings and decreased CO2 footprint. aPriori Manufacturing Insights Platform connects Design Engineers, Cost Experts, Sourcing/Procurement teams, and Supply Chain to collaborate, review real time insights to improve products, and optimize cost, carbon footprint and manufacturability to stay aligned with Corporate priorities and KPIs. More than 300 manufacturing companies in the world have chosen the aPriori Product Design & Manufacture Optimization platform. -
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Twinn Witness
Haskoning
Twinn Witness is a predictive simulation software developed by Royal HaskoningDHV that enables organizations to create dynamic virtual models of existing and planned facilities and operations. By experimenting with various 'what-if' scenarios, users can uncover in-depth business insights and validate decisions in a risk-free environment. The software offers both 2D and immersive 3D simulation models, facilitating improved communication and understanding of processes and data interrelationships. User-friendly, flexible, and powerful, Twinn Witness provides detailed insights into capital expenditures, continuous improvement, and operational enhancements before investments are made, thereby improving performance, reducing costs, and building robust business cases for sustainable growth and increased return on investment. -
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FARO Sphere XG
FARO Technologies, Inc.
FARO Sphere XG is a cloud-based digital reality platform that provides its users a centralized, collaborative experience across the company’s reality capture and 3D modeling applications. When paired with the Stream mobile app, Sphere XG enables faster 3D data capture, processing and project management from anywhere in the world. Sphere XG systematizes every activity while remaining intuitive to navigate, allowing users the ability to better organize their 3D scans and 360° photos alongside 3D models and manage that data across diverse teams around the world. With Sphere XG, 3D point clouds and 360° photo documentation can be viewed and shared all in one place, aligned to a floorplan and viewable over time. Ideal for 4D construction progress management where the ability to compare elements over time is critical, project managers and VDC managers can better democratize data and eliminate the need to use two platforms for their reality capture needs. -
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iCare AMS
AMC Aviation
Building on our experience as aviation maintenance experts, we developed a fully integrated ERP solution for the aviation maintenance industry, Today we have more than 25 customers worldwide using our system. Among these customers we have CAMO Organisations, Airlines, and major MRO organisations like: TARMAC AEROSAVE (An Airbus Company) AEROTECHNIC INDUSTRIES (Joint venture between AFI-KLM and Royale Air Maroc) These partners enjoy the benefits of our fully integrated and extremely customisable system, which is on a par with Major Aviation ERP providers while being 67% cheaper. iCare AMS includes maintenance management, airworthiness management, logistics management, purchases management, customers & providers quotes & invoices, and much more. iCare SMS manages: audits, findings, corrective actions. Basically all items related to Quality and safety management system. Our system is guaranteed to answer all your needs, and if it does not, we pledge to do our best fulfill It. -
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RockWorks
RockWare
RockWorks is a comprehensive software program for creating 2D and 3D maps, logs and cross sections, geological models, volume reports, and general geology diagrams for the environmental, geotechnical, mining, and petroleum industries. RockWorks is the standard in the environmental, geotechnical, petroleum, and mining industries for surface and subsurface data visualization, with popular tools such as maps, logs, cross sections, fence diagrams, solid models and volume calculations. RockWorks offers numerous options for analyzing your surface and subsurface data, and accepts many different data types, such as stratigraphy, lithology, downhole geochemistry/geophysics / geotechnical measurements, color intervals, fractures, and aquifer data. Display RockWorks graphic output in its built-in 2D and 3D viewing/editing windows, or export to CAD, Google Earth, and other GIS programs. Use the ReportWorks module to create page layouts for reports and posters. -
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Equip360
GenAlpha
GenAlpha is the provider of Equip360, the most complete B2B eCommerce Solution available for equipment manufacturers. Equip offers an innovative technology solution including eCommerce, a 2D and 3D commerce-enabled parts catalog, and aftermarket business analytics. -
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EnSuite-Cloud ReVue
CADCAM-E
EnSuite-Cloud ReVue is a revolutionary secure real-time peer-to-peer CAD collaboration product that allows participants to conduct engineering design reviews using 3D multi-CAD data like CATIA, NX, SOLIDWORKS, Creo, NX... directly in the browser. No software installation or browser extensions required CATIA, NX, SOLIDWORKS, Creo...collaboration - no CAD licenses required No uploading of the native, proprietary design data No data footprint left after collaboration Integrated conference call facility Well-defined roles & privileges for participants for data protection -
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IronCAD
IronCAD
IronCAD significantly reduces manufacturing barriers and increases engineering productivity with intuitive 3D and 2D solutions for rapid design and seamless collaboration enterprise-wide. Create design iterations, proposals, and production drawings in less time and simply design faster than any other CAD system available today. What makes us different? IronCAD lets you design intuitively in the way you interact in the world, in 3D. With this easier and faster design approach over traditional CAD software, it’s a fundamentally better way to design. IronCAD gives you the speed to invent the future, with time left to watch it unfold. Skip repetitive steps so you can get to market faster, ahead of your competitors, and with far more return on your investment. -
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SwiftComp
AnalySwift
SwiftComp is a revolutionary multiscale, multiphysics composite simulation code that quickly and easily delivers the accuracy of 3D FEA at the efficiency of simple engineering models. In doing so, SwiftComp reduces barriers for engineers by enabling them to model composites as easily as metals using conventional structural elements in their FEA codes (without losing accuracy while capturing all the microstructural details). SwiftComp provides unified modeling for 1D (beams), 2D (plates/shells), or 3D structures, calculating all the effective properties. Use SwiftComp either independently for virtual testing of composites or as a plug-in to power your conventional structural tools with high-fidelity composites modeling. SwiftComp can compute the best structural model for use in macroscopic structural analysis, as well as perform dehomogenization to compute the pointwise stresses in the microstructure. SwiftComp directly interfaces with ABAQUS, ANSYS. -
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VABS
AnalySwift
VABS is a popular general-purpose cross-sectional analysis tool for quickly and easily computing beam properties and recovering 3D fields of composite beams, including helicopter and wind turbine blades. It is the only tool capable of rigorously decoupling an original 3D slender solid with complex microstructure into a simple engineering beam model. AnalySwift’s roots are in the aerospace industry, where its tools have been used for composite beams (helicopter rotor blades, propellers, high aspect ratio wings, wing section design), plates/shells, and 3D structures. Used for several years in the wind turbine industry, VABS delivers rapid, rigorous results when modeling wind turbine blades. SwiftComp provides additional solutions for plates/shells, and 3D structures manufactured from composites. As the automobile industry adopts a higher use of composites, opportunities increase to leverage SwiftComp and VABS to model a wide variety of structures, including beams, plates, shells, etc.
