A curated list of awesome CAE frameworks, libraries and software.
- pythonocc - pythonOCC is a 3D CAD/CAE/PLM development framework for the Python programming language
- cadmium - Cadmium is a python library for Solid Modelling.
- CadQuery - CadQuery is a Python CAD library that uses the OpenCASCADE CAD kernel
- oce - oce is a C++ 3D modeling library.
Libraries mainly meant for preprocessing of data before simulation
- pyNastran - pyNastran is an interface library to the various Nastran file formats (BDF, OP2, OP4)
- qd-ansa - python utility library for scripting in Beta CAE suite
- abapy - Abaqus Python “AbaPy” contains tools to build, postprocess and plot automatic finite element simulations using Abaqus.
- AbqParse - A simple parser for Abaqus input files that parses out the keywords, parameters, and data lines.
- abaqus2dyna - abaqus2dyna is a script to convert, in a limited fashion, Abaqus keyword inputfiles to LS-DYNA keyword input files.
- pycalculix - pycalculix is a Python 3 library to automate and build finite element analysis (FEA) models in Calculix.
- pyDOE - library for creating design of experiments studies
- meshpy - MeshPy offers quality triangular and tetrahedral mesh generation for Python
- pymesh - PyMesh — Geometry Processing Library for Python
- smesh - A complete OpenCascade based MESH framework
- pygmsh - The goal of PyGmsh is to combine the power of Gmsh with the versatility of Python
- FreeCAD - FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM
- VTK - VTK is an open-source software system for image processing, 3D graphics, volume rendering and visualization
- Robust-Hexahedral-Re-Meshing - Robust Structure Simplification for Hex Re-meshing
- gridder - gridder is a simple interactive grid generation tool for creating 2D and 3D orthogonal grids. Used at Los Alamos National Laboratory (EES Group).
- libMesh - The libMesh library provides a framework for the numerical simulation of partial differential equations. A major goal of the library is to provide support adaptive mesh refinement (AMR).
- Simright WebMesher - Simright WebMesher is a Web-based preprocessor. It supports importing most popular CAD formats, interactive meshing, definitions of loads & BCs and exporting into various CAE formats.
- meshzoo - A collection of simple meshes for canonical domains
- pyvista - 3D plotting and mesh analysis through a streamlined interface for the Visualization Toolkit (VTK)
- ABAQUS-US - A variety of ABAQUS user element (UELs) and user material (UMATs) subroutines
- ABAQUS_Subroutines - Viscoplastic UMAT, rotational body force UEL, UMAT implmenentation of Linder et al. 2011
- ABAQUS_Subroutines 2 - collection of abaqus user materials
- SU2 - SU2 is a C++ suite of tools for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDE) and performing PDE constrained optimization, primary for CFD.
- OpenFoam - Open Source CFD solver
- jobwatch - Abaqus Job Status Plotter
- NASTRAN-95 - FEM solver
- abaqus-fortran-env-setup - Files and docs to assist getting Abaqus with Intel Fortran development environment configured.
- OpenBLAS - OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library
- PyOP2 - Framework for performance-portable parallel computations on unstructured meshes
- pyamg - Algebraic Multigrid Solvers in Python
- Fluid-Solver - Staggered-Grid Fluid Solver in Rust
- boltzmann - Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution simulator written in Rust
- nusa - A Python library for simple structural analysis using FEM
- JuliaFEM - The JuliaFEM project develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed FEM
- FEniCS - FEniCS is a computing platform for solving partial differential equations in a very comfortable manner.
- deal.II - A C++ software library supporting the creation of finite element codes
- CFDEM - This code provides models and solvers to realize coupled CFD-DEM simulations using LIGGGHTS and OpenFOAM® technology.
- Voxelyze - Voxelyze is a general purpose multi-material voxel simulation library for static and dynamic analysis.
- CalculiX - CalculiX is an OSS package designed to solve field problems. The method used is the finite element method.
- Modelica - Free library from the Modelica Association to model mechanical (1D/3D), electrical (analog, digital, machines), thermal, fluid, control systems and hierarchical state machines.
- Simright Simulator - Simright Simulator is a Web-based structural analysis software.
This section contains software regarding postprocessing
- qd - CAE python library for reading binary LS-DYNA result files and some other smaller CAE related utilities.
- pyNastran - pyNastran is an interface library to the various Nastran file formats (BDF, OP2, OP4)
- matlab-lsdyna - Reader of ascii results files from the Finite Element solver LS-DYNA, and a wrapper to run LS-DYNA simulations programmatically from MATLAB.
- postPro4Abq - Python scripts to read and process an odb file.
- ParaView - ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application based on Visualization Toolkit (VTK).
- abaqusPython - A collection of frequently used abaqus scripts and other useful gems!
- matplotlib-4-abaqus - Allow abaqus(v6.14-1) to use matplotlib in its build-in python scripts environment.
- colorbrewer-colormaps-4-abaqus - An easy way to use the beautiful color schemes in Abaqus to plot contour.
- PyQus - Python codes for post-processing of Abaqus ODB files.
- IsoSurfaceExtraction - Isosurface extraction from regular voxel grids
- glue - Glue is a python project to link visualizations of scientific datasets across many files.
- Simright Viewer - Simright Viewer is a Web-based viewer for CAD/CAE models. It can also be used to create a 3D snapshot URL for sharing.
- dynareadout - A C/C++/Python library for reading binary LS-DYNA result files (binout, d3plot) with a focus on performance and memory usage.
Tools for doing optimization.
- opti4Abq - An optimisation method for python2 and ABAQUS.
- OpenMDAO - OpenMDAO is an open-source high-performance computing platform for systems analysis and multidisciplinary optimization, written in Python.
- ToOptiX - ToOptix is used for multiphysical topology optimization.
- CasADi - CasADi is a symbolic framework for numeric optimization implementing automatic differentiation in forward and reverse modes on sparse matrix-valued computational graphs.
- YALMIP - MATLAB toolbox for optimization modeling
- Simright Toptimizer - Simright Toptimizer is a Web-based Topology Optimization software.
- nastran-find - Nastranfind is a solution for browsing Nastran input deck
- FEconv - Program feconv converts finite element (FE) mesh files between several formats
- odb2vtk - Python script converts Abaqus ODB files to VTK format for Paraview visualisation.
- nastran-find - Nastranfind is a solution for browsing Nastran input deck files for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix.
- Simright Converter - Simright Converter is a web-based tool for converting CAE models between different formats.
- abaqus_scripts - Python scripts to automate the boring stuff in everyday use of Simulia Abaqus, from opening the GUI to controlling parametric analysis.
- abqpy - Type hints for Abaqus/Python scripting.
Here you can find editors or plugins for editors.
- vim-lsdyna - vim-plugin for LS-DYNA input files.
- vim-lexer-lsdyna - LS-DYNA keyword input file lexer for vim.
- vim-abaqus - vim-plugin for ABAQUS input files.
- vim-radioss - vim-plugin for RADIOSS input files.
- ATOM language-abaqus - ABAQUS language highlighting in the editor ATOM.
- ATOM language-nastran - Adds syntax highlighting to NASTRAN files in Atom.
- ATOM language-abaqus - Basic syntax highlighting for Abaqus input files in Atom.
- ATOM language-ansys - ANSYS apdl language support for ATOM.
Projects related to documentation
- LS-DYNA-Sublime - Sublime Text syntax highlighting for the LS-DYNA finite element software.
- Abaqus-Sublime - Sublime Text syntax highlighting for the Abaqus finite element software.
- Abaqus-Documentation-Scraper - Python script to extract keywords, parameters, and parameter values from the Abaqus HTML documentation.