{"id":110,"date":"2009-06-03T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T18:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cae.tntech.edu\/mwr\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2009-06-03T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T18:40:56","slug":"freeware-open-source-or-free-to-students-software-for-engineers-and-scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/renfro\/freeware-open-source-or-free-to-students-software-for-engineers-and-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeware, Open Source, or Free-to-Students Software for Engineers and Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(So far, the list below is focused on software useful to mechanical engineering students. As I get recommendations for software useful in other areas, I&#8217;ll add those, too.)<\/p>\n<h2>Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Illustration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openoffice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenOffice<\/a> (open source) &#8212; we have <a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.cae.tntech.edu\/pub\/openoffice\/stable\/3.1.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an on-campus mirror for OpenOffice<\/a>, including installers for <a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.cae.tntech.edu\/pub\/openoffice\/stable\/3.1.0\/OOo_3.1.0_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe\">Windows<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.cae.tntech.edu\/pub\/openoffice\/stable\/3.1.0\/OOo_3.1.0_MacOSXIntel_install_en-US.dmg\">MacOS X<\/a>. Linux users should probably use the OpenOffice that is packaged with their preferred distribution, but you can find Linux installers at the mirror link given previously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Computer Aided Design and Drafting, Solid Modeling<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Alibre-Design-Xpress\/3000-6677_4-10424841.html\">Alibre Design Xpress<\/a> (Windows only, free, fully functional for 30 day trial, with limits on number of parts in an assembly after trial period) &#8212; 3D parametric solid modeling system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/students.autodesk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AutoCAD<\/a> (Windows only, free to students) &#8212; 2D and 3D computer aided drafting system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/students.autodesk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Autodesk Inventor Pro<\/a> (Windows only, free to students) &#8212; 3D parametric solid modeling system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptc.com\/appserver\/wcms\/forms\/index.jsp?&amp;im_dbkey=86840&amp;im_language=en\">Pro\/E Wildfire Schools Edition<\/a> (Windows only, free to students) &#8212; 3D parametric solid modeling system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.progesoft.us\/index.pl?id=3985;isa=Category;op=show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProgeCAD 2008 Smart<\/a> (Windows only, free for personal use) &#8212; very similar to AutoCAD, and file-compatible with AutoCAD 2008 and earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Symbolic Mathematics (Computer Algebra Systems)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maxima.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maxima<\/a> (open source) &#8212; works similar to Maple or Mathematica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Non-Symbolic Mathematics and Programming<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeblocks.org\/\">Code::Blocks<\/a> (open source) &#8212; integrated development environment for C++.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodshed.net\/devcpp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dev-C++<\/a> (Windows only, open source) &#8212; integrated development environment for C++.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lepsch.com\/2009\/05\/downloads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Force Fortran<\/a> (Windows only, freeware, uses open source compilers) &#8212; integrated development environment for Fortran 77, 90, 95, and newer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/octave\/\">Octave<\/a> (open source) &#8212; generally compatible with Matlab. Installers for Windows and OS X are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/octave.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Octave Forge<\/a>. Linux users should probably use the version that is packaged with their preferred distribution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/python.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Python<\/a> (open source) &#8212; general-purpose programming language. Can be used interactively, as an interpreted scripting language, or can be converted to executables. Huge standard library of modules for GUI creation, networking, Windows-specific libraries, etc. If the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scipy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SciPy<\/a> modules are added, it should handle most any scientific or numerical task required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Finite Element Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisa-fet.com\/download.htm\">LISA<\/a> (Windows only, free version limited to 1300 nodes) &#8212; solves static, thermal, eigenvalue, dynamic response, fluid, electromagnetic, and acoustic problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(So far, the list below is focused on software useful to mechanical engineering students. As I get recommendations for software useful in other areas, I&#8217;ll add those, too.) Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Illustration OpenOffice (open source) &#8212; we have an on-campus mirror for OpenOffice, including installers for Windows and MacOS X. 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