list of computer-aided engineering software

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This is a list of notable computer-aided engineering software.

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! Software !! Developer !! Operating System

20-simControllab{{Nonfree|Windows}}
AbaqusDassault Systèmes{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
ABViewer

|CADSoftTools

|{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux with Wine}}

ActranFree Field Technologies, MSC Software{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
Advanced Simulation LibraryASL community{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix}}
ADINABentley Systems{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
Advanced Design SystemPathWave Design{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux, Solaris}}
Altair SimSolidAltair Engineering{{Nonfree|Windows}}
ANSA pre-processorBETA CAE Systems{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
ANSYSANSYS, Inc.{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
ASCENDCarnegie Mellon University{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
Atomistix ToolKitSynopsys{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
AutoCAD

|Autodesk

|{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS}}

AutoCASTIndian Institute of Technology Bombay{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
Autodesk InventorAutodesk{{Nonfree|Windows}}
Autodesk SimulationAutodesk{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
CATIADassault Systèmes{{Nonfree|Windows}}
CONSELFCONSELF SRL{{Nonfree|Web application}}
COMSOL MultiphysicsCOMSOL, Inc.{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
Creo ParametricPTC{{free|Windows}}
DWSIMDWSIM community{{Open source|Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, Android}}
EcosimProESI ITI GmbH{{Nonfree|Windows}}
Elmer FEM solverCSC – IT Center for Science{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
FidelityCadence Design Systems{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
FEATool MultiphysicsPrecise Simulation{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
FusionAutodesk{{free|Windows, macOS, web browser}}
GmshChristophe Geuzaine at University of Liège{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
GoldSimGoldSim Technology Group{{Nonfree|Windows}}
IRONCADVisionary Design Systems{{Nonfree|Windows}}
KhimeraKintech Lab{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
LibreCAD

|Ries van Twisk

| {{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix-like, Haiku}}

MapleSimMaplesoft{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
ModelicaModelica Association Project{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
MoldflowAutodesk{{Nonfree|Windows}}
NastranMSC, NEi, Siemens{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux, Unix}}
NI MultisimNational Instruments{{Nonfree|Windows}}
OpenSimSimbios{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
OpenFOAMOpenFOAM Foundation{{Open source|Linux}}
OrCADOrCAD Systems Corporation{{Nonfree|Windows}}
PLECSPlexim{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
Project ChronoUniversity of Parma, UW-Madison{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
PSF LabMichael J. Nasse, Jörg C. Woehl{{Free|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
PSIM SoftwarePowersim{{Nonfree|Windows}}
PTC CreoPTC{{Nonfree|Windows}}
Rhinoceros 3D

|TLM, Inc

|{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS}}

RFEMDlubal Software{{Nonfree|Windows}}
ROMeoSimSci, Invensys, Schneider Electric, AVEVA{{Nonfree|Windows}}
SalomeOpen Cascade, EDF, CEA{{Open source|Windows, Unix}}
SDC Verifier

|SDC Verifier

|{{Free|Windows}}

Siemens NXSiemens Digital Industries Software{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
Simcenter AmesimSiemens Digital Industries Software{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
Simcenter STAR-CCM+Siemens PLM Software{{Nonfree|Windows, Linux}}
SimScaleSimScale GmbH{{Open source|Web browser}}
SimulationXESI ITI GmbH{{Nonfree|Windows}}
SimulinkMathWorks{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
Solid EdgeSiemens Digital Industries Software{{Nonfree|Windows}}
SolidWorks SimulationDassault Systèmes{{Nonfree|Windows}}
SU2 codeStanford University, SU2 community{{Open source|Windows, macOS, Linux}}
TecnomatixSiemens{{Nonfree|Windows}}
TopSolidMissler Software{{Nonfree|Windows}}
TRNSYSUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison{{Nonfree|Windows}}
VisualSim ArchitectMirabilis Design Inc{{Nonfree|Windows, macOS, Linux}}

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