List of mechanical engineering software

This is a list of mechanical engineering software.

Computer-aided design

See also: Comparison of computer-aided design software

Software	Developer	Operating system
AutoCAD	Autodesk	Windows, macOS
Autodesk Fusion	Autodesk	Windows, macOS, Web
Autodesk Inventor	Autodesk	Windows
BRL-CAD	BRL-CAD community	Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix
CATIA	Dassault Systèmes	Windows
Creo	PTC	Windows
FreeCAD	FreeCAD community	Windows, macOS, Linux
IRONCAD	IronCAD LLC	Windows
KeyCreator	Kubotek USA	Windows
Rhinoceros 3D	Robert McNeel & Associates	Windows, macOS
Siemens NX	Siemens	Windows, Linux
Solid Edge	Siemens	Windows
SolidWorks	Dassault Systèmes	Windows
SpaceClaim	ANSYS, Inc.	Windows

Computer-aided manufacturing

See also: List of computer-aided manufacturing software

Software	Developer	Operating system
Edgecam	Hexagon AB	Windows
Mastercam	CNC Software, LLC	Windows
PowerMILL	Autodesk	Windows

Additive manufacturing

See also: List of 3D printing software

Software	Developer	Operating system
Cura	Ultimaker	Windows, macOS, Linux
PrusaSlicer	Prusa Research	Windows, macOS, Linux

Computer-aided engineering

See also: List of computer-aided engineering software

Finite element analysis

See also: List of finite element software packages

Software	Developer	Operating system
Abaqus	Dassault Systèmes	Windows, Linux
Altair HyperWorks	Altair Engineering	Windows, Linux
ANSYS	ANSYS, Inc.	Windows, Linux
Calculix	CalculiX community	Windows, Linux, macOS
COMSOL Multiphysics	COMSOL AB	Windows, macOS, Linux
Elmer FEM solver	CSC – IT Center for Science	Windows, Linux, macOS
FEniCS	FEniCS Project	Linux, macOS
LS-DYNA	ANSYS	Windows, Linux
MSC Nastran	MSC Software	Windows, Linux

Pre-processing and meshing

Software	Developer	Operating system
ANSA pre-processor	BETA CAE Systems	Windows, Linux
HyperMesh	Altair Engineering	Windows, Linux
Gmsh	Christophe Geuzaine, Jean-François Remacle	Windows, macOS, Linux
SALOME	Open CASCADE / CEA / EDF	Windows, Linux
ScanIP	Synopsys	Windows, Linux
TetGen	Hang Si	Windows, macOS, Linux

Computational fluid dynamics

See also: List of computational fluid dynamics software

Software	Developer	Operating system
OpenFOAM	OpenFOAM Foundation	Windows, Linux, macOS, Unix
Simcenter STAR-CCM+	Siemens	Windows, Linux

Multibody dynamics

Software	Developer	Operating system
MSC Adams	MSC Software	Windows, Linux

Product lifecycle management

See also: Product lifecycle management

Software	Developer	Operating system
Teamcenter	Siemens	Windows, Linux
PTC Windchill	PTC	Windows, Linux

Engineering computation and modeling

Software	Developer	Operating system
GNU Octave	GNU Project	Windows, macOS, Linux
Mathcad	PTC	Windows
MATLAB	MathWorks	Windows, macOS, Linux
Scilab	Dassault Systèmes	Windows, macOS, Linux
Simulink	MathWorks	Windows, macOS, Linux

Visualization and post-processing

Software	Developer	Operating system
ParaView	Kitware	Windows, macOS, Linux
Tecplot	Tecplot, Inc.	Windows, macOS, Linux
VisIt	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Windows, macOS, Linux

•   Proprietary
•   Open source

See also

• Mechanical engineering
• List of 3D modeling software and list of 3D rendering software
• List of automotive engineering software
• List of computational materials science software
• Lists of engineering software
• List of mathematical software
• List of open-source mathematics software
• List of mechanical engineering journals
• List of power engineering software
• List of software for nanostructures modeling

External links

• ANSYS product portfolio