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Engineering Applications

This CD/DVD/USB aims to contain versions of most of the software that an engineer requires. Most of the included applications are open-source (licensed under a free software license such as the GPL) and sometimes do not have all the functionality of a commercial package but are still very useful tools. The collection of software is continually being enhanced/supplemented and new support material is being added (e.g. a CFD package will potentially be added in the next release).

Note - This version of the system does not yet contain all the material. Items indicated (tbc) are "To Be Completed"

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Analysis/Mathematical Tools

• Octave (Numerically calculations - mstly compatible with MATLAB)
  • Introduction to Octave/MATLAB - Octave manual (online) .. (pdf) - Reference Card (pdf) - Octave FAQ - List of functions (online)
• Scidavis (Scientific spreadsheet/plotting)
  • Users' Guide
• Grace (2D Plotting for BW publication)
  • Users' Guide - Tutorial
• Gnuplot
  • Manual - Quick Reference Card - LaTeX-Gnuplot Tutorial
• wxMaxima (Algebra/Symbolic Manipulation)
  • Introduction - Manual
• gpiv (Particle Image Velocimetry)
  • Manual

Simulation

• Aster (FEA Package - from Salome-Meca)
  • Manual (html) Note: Automatic French-English translation
  • See Application Help (F1)
• FlightGear (Aircraft simulator)
  • Overview - Tutorial (html) - Manual - Hotkeys - Flight school - Aerodynamic model manual
• REDTools
  • Function Guide - Reference Card

Electronic/Electrical Design

• gEDA suite
  • gEDA documentation index - Starting with gEDA (NB Written for the previous version)
  • PCB : Tutorial / Manual / Reference Card - (PCB Design Tutorial)
• Electronics Optimizer - See Application Help (F1)
• Xoscope (Screen based oscilloscope)
• Manual
• Ktechlab (Electronic/PIC design and simulation)
• Manual
• Piklab (IDE for PIC processors)
• Manual - Supported Devices

Programming

• gcc (C/C++ compilers)
  • C++ Tutorial
• g77 & gfortran (F77/F90 & F95 compilers)
  • Guide To Fortran 77 - g77 manual
  • Overview of Fortran 95 - gfortran (F95) manual
• Java
  • Java Introduction (pdf)
• perl
  • Manual (html) - Tutorial (html) - CGI Perl (pdf)
• python
  • Tutorial (html) - Tutorial (pdf) - Ref. manual (pdf) - Libray manual (pdf)
• bash
  • Beginners Guide
• Brandy (BBC Basic)
  • User Manual
• BrickOS (Lego Programming for RSX processor)
  • Programming Reference
• MDP_Rolecks (ARM Assembler Emulator)
  • User Guide
  
  

2D Drawing/CAD

• Inkscape (2D [3D] illustration package)
  • Manual - Parts : 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - keyboard shortcuts
• Dia (2D Technical drawings - circuits/UML/..)
  • Manual
• QCad(2D CAD)
  • Manual (With kind permission of RibbonSoft)
• Chemtool (2D Chemical structures)
  • Quickstart guide

3D Drawing/CAD

• Blender ( 3D VRML )
  • Quickstart manual - Intro manual - Advanced manual - Resources
• Salome ( 3D CAD - Geometry entry for Salome-Meca )
  • Geometry Manual
• ghemical (3D Chemical structures)
  • Quickstart guide
• Pro/E Wildfire 3 (Commercial 3D CAD)
  • CUED Mini-manual (Wildfire 3) (pdf) - Quick Reference Guide (pdf) - Hints on the use of Pro/E for Sheet Metal Design (pdf)
  • Tutorial - this was originally written as a companion to the first year CAD course run at CUED. The individual sections are designed as short introductory practicals for home study to allow students to become familiar with particular Pro/Engineer functionality prior to coursework sessions.
    • Part I - Introduction Overview of CAD and one approach to constructing components within ProEngineer.
    • Part II - Parts - Worked Examples Simple part construction and 2-D drawing.
    • Part III - Assemblies - Worked Examples Simple static assemblies, use of predefined parts, assembly drawings.

    NB ProEngineer is only available on some editions of the CD. Currently, you must provide a license or license server for ProE to operate. Please contact your Parametric Technology Corporation contact/reseller for further information