Software

Explore engineering software tools for designing everything from dams to helicopters to websites. Includes links to industry platforms and modeling systems. 

FREE SOFTWARE

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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Space

• NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • Apps

  • NASA Technology Transfer Program - Software Catalog

• PTC - Creo (Pro/Engineer)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

• ChemEnggCalc.com

  • Calculators for Chemical Engineers - Free Online Tools

  • Open Source Tools

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Multidisciplinary Sellers

• AutoDesk Civil3D

• Bluebeam

• CADTools

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• NRCS Tech Tools Webpage

Construction Engineering

• Builterra

Geomatics, Surveying & GIS

• ArcGIS

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• Earth Point - Lat/Long & State Plane Coordinate Conversion Calculator

• WM - Survey II app

Geotechnical Engineering

• Bentley - Geotechnical Engineering Software Programs

  • KeyLAB - Geotechnical Laboratory Management Software

  • OpenTunnel Designer

  • PLAXIS Designer

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• Ensoft, Inc. - Multiple Geotechnical Engineering Software Products

• FAA - Airport Concrete Pavement Design Software

• FHWA - SNAP-2 - Soil Nail Analysis Program

• Geo Engineer - Software Webpage

• NCPTC - Concrete Pavement Design Spreadsheets

• NRCS Tech Tools Webpage

• Pavement Designer

• PAVER - Pavement Management Software

• PAVEXpress/PAVEInstruct - Asphalt Pavement Design Software

• Redi-Rock Retaining Wall Design Software

• RocScience - Software

• StreetSaver - Pavement Management Software

• TCPavements - Software

• USGS - Active Groundwater Wells - Software 

• Vialytics

• Vulcan Materials Company - Construction Aggregate Calculator

• WellCAD

• WM - Subsurface

Structural Engineering

• Autodesk

  • Advance Steel

  • AEC Collection Package

  • Revit

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• Redi-Rock Retaining Wall Design Software

• SDI - Steel Deck Institute - Design Tools

• SJI - Steel Joist Institute - Design Tools

Transportation Engineering

• ArcGIS

• Autodesk

  • Advance Steel

  • AEC Collection Package

  • Civil3D

  • InfraWorks

• Bentley - OpenRail Designer

• Bentley - OpenRoads Designer

• Bentley - OpenRoads SignCAD

• CADTools

  • BricsTurn - (swept path analysis)

  • MS Turn - (swept path analysis) for Microstation

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• FHWA - USLIMIT2

• McTrans-HCS - Highway Capacity Software

• Q-Free

• Transoft - AutoTurn

  • AutoTurn Online

  • GuideSIGN

• Yunex Traffic

Water Resources, Environmental & Utility Engineering

• ACPA - Software

• Aquaveo

  • AGWA - Automated GSSHA Watershed Analysis Web Application

  • ArcHydro Groundwater

  • CityWater - Water Distribution Management Software

  • GMS - Groundwater Modeling System

  • SMS - Surface Modeling System

  • WMS - Watershed Modeling System

• ArcGIS

• Bentley - Hydraulics & Hydrology Software Applications

• Bentley - Utility & Communication Networks Software Applications

  • Gas Utility Software

    • OpenUtilities sisHYD - Integrated Design, Analysis, and Simulation of District Energy & Gas Networks

  • Telecommunications Utility Software

    • Bentley Raceway and Cable Management

    • OpenComms Designer - GIS Network Engineering and Communications Solution

    • OpenComms PowerView - Communications Network GIS Software

    • OpenTower Designer

    • OpenTower iQ

    • OpenTower Mount Analysis

    • SPIDAcalc - Pole Design and Analysis Software

    • SPIDAsilk - Sag and Tension Analysis Software

    • SPIDAstudio - Overhead Asset Management Software

  • Water Utility Software

  • Wastewater Utility Software

    • OpenFlows Sewer

• CESDb - Civil Engineering Software Database

• FLO-2D

  • Modeling Resource Website

  • Training

• GISHydro@Maryland

• HI - Hydraulic Institute - Free Resources Webpage

• HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling

• Hydrology Studio

• PipePac

• SRH-2D

• Streamline Technologies

  • FloodWise

  • StormWise

• USACE - US Army Corps of Engineers Software Programs 

  • HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Engineering Center - Hydrologic Modeling System)

  • HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center - River Analysis System)

• USDA-NRCS - US Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service

  • Tech Tools Webpage

  • Web Soil Survey

• USGS - US Geological Survey

  • Active Groundwater Wells Software 

  • National Map

  • StreamStats

  • Water Resources Mission Area Software Catalog

• WaterCAD

• Waterloo Hydrogeologic

• WellCAD

• WM - Subsurface

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Building Design

• AutoDesk Revit

• Bluebeam

• HI - Hydraulic Institute - Free Resources Webpage

Power

• Bentley - Utility & Communication Networks Software Applications

  • EasyPower

  • OpenUtilities Designer

  • OpenUtilities PowerView - Utility Network GIS Software

  • OpenUtilities sisHYD - Integrated Design, Analysis, and Simulation of District Energy & Gas Networks

  • Power Line Systems

  • XGSLab EMF (Electromagnetic Field)

  • XGSLab Grounding

  • XGSLab Lightning Shielding and Analysis

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Building Design

• Autodesk

  • CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Software

  • Revit

• Bluebeam

• HI - Hydraulic Institute - Free Resources Webpage

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

• Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute - Software and Tools Webpage

Web Design

• Google Sites

• Simple Machines Forum

• JobMount

• Site Builder Report