Machine Science and Mechanism Design

Kinematics and Dynamics

  • SpaceLib : a library for 3D Kinematics and Dynamics of system of rigid bodies
  • KDL : Orocos Kinematics and Dynamics Library
  • IKFast : The Robot Kinematics Compiler
  • ODE : Open Dynamics Engine, an open source, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics
  • RBDL : the Rigid Body Dynamics Library

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

  • FreeCAD : a parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size
  • LibreCAD : a free Open Source CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux
  • IRIT : a freeform geometric modeling environment that allows one to model general freeform surfaces' based models as well as polygonal objects, and use Boolean operations on both

Finite Element Method (FEM)

  • FreeFem : a partial differential equation solver
  • OOFEM : free finite element code with object oriented architecture for solving mechanical, transport and fluid mechanics problems that operates on various platforms