build123d — The Complete Guide: Free Parametric CAD Written in Python Code
build123d is an open-source Python library for parametric CAD on the OpenCascade kernel: sketches, extrusions and fillets in code, exported to STEP and STL.
Guides and Articles
COLMAP — The Complete Guide: Photogrammetry From Photos to Point Clouds and 3D Models
COLMAP is open-source software for 3D reconstruction from photos: Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo for dense point clouds and surface meshes.
OpenTURNS — The Complete Guide: Reliability, Sensitivity and Probabilistic Models for Engineering
OpenTURNS is an open-source Python and C++ library for uncertainty: probabilistic modelling, reliability, sensitivity and metamodels for engineering risk.
quoFEM — The Complete Guide: Uncertainty Quantification Around Finite Element Models
quoFEM from NHERI SimCenter wraps an existing finite element model and runs sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo, Bayesian calibration and surrogate models on it.
QGroundControl — The Complete Guide: A Ground Station for PX4 and ArduPilot Drones for Mapping and Surveys
QGroundControl is an open-source ground station for PX4 and ArduPilot drones: mission planning, area surveys and corridor scans for photogrammetry and mapping.
Mission Planner — The Complete Guide: An ArduPilot Ground Station for Mission Planning and Mapping
Mission Planner is an open-source ground control station for ArduPilot drones and vehicles: map-based mission planning, autopilot setup, telemetry and logs.
Total Open Station — The Complete Guide: Downloading Survey Data From Total Stations, Open Source
Total Open Station is open-source software that downloads survey data from total stations and converts it to CSV, DXF and GeoJSON for CAD and GIS work.
Potree — The Complete Guide: Viewing and Measuring Huge Point Clouds in the Browser
Potree is an open-source browser viewer for LiDAR and scan point clouds of billions of points, with distance, area, volume and height-profile measurements.
PDAL — The Complete Guide: Processing Pipelines for LiDAR and Scan Point Clouds
PDAL is an open-source library and command-line toolset for point clouds: noise filtering, ground classification, cropping, thinning and LAS/LAZ conversion.
GDAL — The Complete Guide: Converting, Reprojecting and Processing Geodata From the Command Line
GDAL is the foundation library of GIS with command-line tools to convert, reproject, clip and process raster and vector data: DEMs, GeoTIFF and Shapefile.
handcalcs — The Complete Guide: Readable Hand-Calc Style Sheets From Python and Jupyter
handcalcs is an open-source Python library that turns Jupyter calculations into hand-calc style sheets: formula, substituted values and result, in LaTeX.
sectionproperties — The Complete Guide: Properties of Any Cross-Section by Finite Elements in Python
sectionproperties is an open-source Python library that computes properties of any cross-section with finite elements: inertia, torsion, warping and stresses.