ODE is an open source, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics. It is fully featured, stable, mature and platform independent with an easy to use C/C++ API. It has advanced joint types and integrated collision detection with friction. ODE is useful for simulating vehicles, objects in virtual reality environments and virtual creatures. It is currently used in many computer games, 3D authoring tools and simulation tools. This library is free software.
Physics libraries such as ODE provide excellent real-time simulation, embedding them in a 3D application to create a virtual reality is far from trivial. It is often prohibitively difficult to create a simulated reality that incorporates complex dynamic objects that interact with each other and the environment under physics’ constraints.
One of the major obstacles is mapping between meshes and objects supported by the physics engine.—This is what EZPhysics aims to solve.
EZPhysics API is licensed under the GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL).
The system is composed of two parts:
Editor & Simulator—Lets you interactively embed objects supported by the physics engine into 3D meshes, attach joints and constraints to the physics objects, save the “physically rigged” scenes into files, and run simulations.
API—Lets you embed the “physically rigged” meshes into your application. This involves using classes and methods for reading the editor files and manipulating the physical aspects of the objects, such as applying torques and forces to joints.
FreeCAD will be a general purpose 3D CAD modeler. The development is completely Free Software (GPL & LGPL License). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties.
FreeCAD features tools similar to Catia, SolidWorks or Solid Edge, and therefore also falls into the category of MCAD, PLM, CAx and CAE. It will be a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.
CAELinux is a computer aided engineering Linux distribution.They say you just insert the CAELinux LiveDVD in a computer and turn it into a professionnal CAE workstation.
It is based on the open-source CAE softwares Salomé, Code_Aster, Code_Saturne and OpenFOAM , you can load your CAD geometry in Salomé and start partitionning and meshing your problem in just 5 minutes.
Then you can simulate incredibly complex physics with the open-source FE & CFD solvers Code_Aster, Code-Saturne, OpenFOAM & Elmer: non-linear thermo-mechanics, coupled fluid-structure dynamics, seismic / non-linear explicit dynamics, contacts, visco-plasticity, fluid dynamics, heat exchange, convection heat transfer and radiation, electro-magnetcis in other words nearly all physics problem can be addressed with the integrated solvers!! Then reload your results files in post-processing applications like Salomé, GMSH, Visit, or Paraview to visualize your data in 3D… And don’t forget all these features are based on free softwares.
Included Software:
Software
Use
Salome_Meca_2007.1
3D CAD,Meshing Post Processing, Multiphysics FE analysis
Salome v3.2.6
3D CAD, Meshing Post Processing
Code Aster v9.1
multiphysics FE analysis
Impact
explicit FE dynamics
OpenFOAM v1.4.1
multipurpose CFD oriented solvers
Elmer v5.3
multiphysics FE package
Calculix 1.7
pre-post & FE solver, Abaqus-like syntax
Code-Saturne
3D CFD/combustion solver
GMSH 1.65 & 2.0
Scriptable & general purpose geometry modelling, meshing and post processing
Gerris flow solver v0.6.0
2D / 3D CFD solvers based on automatic octree mesh refinement
BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and geometric analysis, image and signal-processing tools, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, libraries for robust geometric representation, with more than 20 years of active development.
QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2d). With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas and diagrams. QCAD works on Windows, Mac OS X and many Linux and Unix Systems. The source code of the QCAD community edition is released under the GPL (Open Source).
QCAD was designed with modularity, extensibility and portability in mind. But what people notice most often about QCAD is its intuitive user interface. QCAD is a simple 2D CAD system for everyone. You don’t need any CAD experience to get started with QCAD immediately.
SALOME is a free software that provides a generic platform for Pre and Post-Processing for numerical simulation. It is based on an open and flexible architecture made of reusable components available as free software.
Characteristics:
Supports interoperability between CAD modeling and computation software (CAD-CAE link)
Makes easier the integration of new components on heterogeneous systems for numerical computation
Provides a generic user interface, user-friendly and efficient, which helps to reduce the costs and delays of carrying out the studies
All functionalities are accessible through the programmatic integrated Python console
Z88 is a free, fast, powerful and compact Finite Elements Analysis Program. Z88 features 20 finite element types covering plane stress, plate bending, axial symmetric structures and spacial structures up to 20-node Serendipity hexahedrons. Z88 comes with a user-friendly interface, a powerful mesh generator, a DXF-converter, a program and three powerful solvers. Import of NASTRAN and COSMOS files from Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA is supported.
Proyecto para diseñar un automovil completamente con softwar libre y cuyos planos y derechos a la manufactura será libres para todos.
It is the goal of the OScar Project to develop a car according to Open Source principles. In our opinion, a car is not a vehicle full of high-tech gadgets. Instead, we are looking for a simple and functional concept to spread mobility. Form follows function.
Apart from that, OScar is not just a car. It is about new ways of mobility and the spreading of the Open Source idea in the real (physical) world. On this website, you will find a great community of developers and drivers who want to invent mobility anew and together.
The project started in 1999. In December 2005, it reached release 0.2. Starting in 2006, everyone is welcome to participate.