AutoCAD for students
Autodesk
The full AutoCAD, free for students and academic staff — educational use only.
Get it from the vendorWindows has the broadest coverage in this guide, particularly among traditional engineering design tools. Some of the software here exists only for Windows.
Note that several of the research solvers in CFD and finite elements were developed for Linux first, and the Windows build may lag a version behind or require installation through WSL. If the tool is core to your work, check how it is maintained on your platform.
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Autodesk Fusion (personal use licence)
Autodesk
Cloud CAD/CAM. Free personal licence for non-commercial home projects, with reduced capability.
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Blender
Blender Foundation
Full 3D suite — modelling, visualisation and presentation-quality rendering, with Python scripting.
Get it from the vendorBonsai (BlenderBIM)
IfcOpenShell
סביבת BIM פתוחה מעל Blender, עובדת ישירות על קובצי IFC — עריכה, בדיקות והפקת תוכניות.
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BRL-CAD
BRL-CAD Project
CSG solid modelling with built-in ray tracing, aimed at analysis rather than drafting.
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CadQuery Project
מידול מוצק פרמטרי ב-Python מעל OpenCASCADE, עם ייצוא STEP ו-STL.
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CalculiX Project
Open-source FEA with syntax close to Abaqus. The solver behind the FreeCAD FEM workbench.
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Cantera
Cantera Developers
תרמודינמיקה, קינטיקה כימית ובעירה — הסטנדרט הפתוח לחישובי תגובות ולהבות.
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CloudCompare
CloudCompare Project
Point cloud and laser scan processing — registration, cleaning, as-built comparison and measurement.
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EDF
EDF industrial finite element solver — nonlinear, dynamic and thermo-mechanical, open source.
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Code_Saturne
EDF
General-purpose CFD from EDF — turbulence, heat transfer, combustion and multiphase, with a GUI.
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NIST
Airflow and contaminant dispersion inside buildings — ventilation, pressures, smoke and CO2.
Get it from the vendorCoolProp
CoolProp Project
תכונות תרמופיזיות למאות זורמים, מ-Python או מ-Excel — תחליף לטבלאות הקיטור.
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Deltares
Coastal and marine engineering — currents, waves, sediment transport and shoreline morphology.
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Dia
GNOME Project
עורך תרשימים שולחני עם ספריות הנדסיות — חשמל, פנאומטיקה, זרימה ורשתות.
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JGraph
תרשימי זרימה, סכמות מערכת ו-P&ID בדפדפן או במחשב, בלי חשבון ובלי מגבלה.
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DWSIM
DWSIM Project
סימולטור תהליכים כימיים עם תרשים זרימה, תרמודינמיקה ומודלי ציוד — חלופה פתוחה ל-Aspen.
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DXF2GCODE Project
המרת שרטוטי DXF לקוד G ל-CNC — סדר חיתוך, פיצוי כלי ועומק.
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Static Free Software
תכן מעגלים משולבים (VLSI) — פריסה, סכמות ובדיקות DRC/ERC, בקוד פתוח.
Get it from the vendorElmer FEM
CSC — IT Center for Science, Finland
Multiphysics FEA — solids, flow, heat and electromagnetics — with its own graphical interface.
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US Department of Energy
Annual building energy simulation — envelope, HVAC, thermal comfort and daylight. The US DOE engine.
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Water distribution network model — flows, pressures and water quality. The engine behind most commercial tools.
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University of Utah / Columbia University
FEA for biomechanics and soft materials — hyperelastic, viscoelastic and tissue-implant contact.
Get it from the vendorFEniCS
FEniCS Project
פתרון PDE באלמנטים סופיים מתוך ניסוח וריאציוני ב-Python — לבעיות לא סטנדרטיות.
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