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Computer Aided Design

  • CAD, CAE, CAM, FEA/FEM, CFD
  • PCB Design

Closely related to: PLM, BoM - MBoM, EBoM, BoE

Apps

Scan2CAD - Raster to CAD

CAD Software

Links to: Engineering
The major corporate companies in the league are:
3DS (Dassault Systemes), Siemens, PTC, Autodesk, Altium and ANSYS.
Apart from these, there are open-source software as well.
3DS

  • 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
  • 3DEXPERIENCE Solidworks Suite (has better Student and startup discounts)

Siemens

  • NX (formerly Unigraphics)
  • Solid Edge Suite (free for Students, Startups and Hobbyists)

Autodesk
Has a free academic license for all their applications.

  • AutoCAD (2D)
  • Revit (2D)
  • Inventor (3D)
  • Fusion 360 (3D) (Has a free startup and hobbyist license as well)

PTC

  • CREO (Has a free academic edition)

Altium

  • Designer

ANSYS
Has a free academic license for all their applications.

  • Fluent

Open Source Software
2D CAD Modelling

  • LibreCAD

3D CAD Modelling

  • FreeCAD
  • BRL-CAD
  • OpenSCAD

ECAD

  • KiCAD

FEA

  • OpenFOAM Suite
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