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Awesome Aerospace Software

Table of Contents:

• Calculations
• CFD
• CAD
• Structural Analysis
• UAV (Airfoil Analysis)
• Data Acquisition
• Programming
• Rocketry
• Thermodynamics
• PCB Design (For Projects)
• Space Visualization
• Circuit Simulation
• Ground Station
• Technical Writing and Presentations

Calculations

MATLAB & Simulink (Paid, offers discount for students): Official Website, Student Edition

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Mathematica (Paid, offers discount for students): Official Website, Student Edition

Maple (Paid, offers discount for students): Official Website, Student Edition

Microsoft Excel (Paid, Free Online Student Version): Official Website Student Edition

Octave (Free): Official Website

MathCad (Paid, Free Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

CFD:

Ansys (Paid, Free Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

Open Foam (Free): Official Website

CAD:

SolidWORKS (Paid, offers discount for students): Official Website, Student Edition

Siemens NX (Paid, Free Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA (Paid, offers discount for students): Official Website, Student Edition

Onshape (Free, Paid, Student Version) (SaaS, Cloud): Official Website, Student Edition

Structural Analysis:

Siemens Femap (Paid, Free Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

UAV (Airfoil Analysis):

XFLR5 (Free): Official Website

XFOIL (Free): Official Website

Data Acquisition:

LabView (Paid, Free Community Limited Version): Official Website

Programming:

Arduino (Free): Official Website

Rocketry:

OpenRocket (Free): Official Website

RASAero (Free): Official Website

Thermodynamics:

EES (Paid): Official Website

PCB Design (For Projects):

Altium (Paid, Free Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

Diptrace (Paid, Free Community Version): Official Website

KiCad (Free): Official Website

EasyEDA (Free, Paid, Student Version) (SaaS, Cloud): Official Website

Space Visualization:

OpenSpace (Free): Official Website

SpaceEngine (Paid, Old Versions are available for free): Official Website

Celestia (Free): Official Website

Circuit Simulation:

Proteus (Paid): Official Website

Ground Station:

QGroundControl (Free): Official Website

Technical Writing and Presentations:

Microsoft Office (Paid, Free Online Student Version): Official Website, Student Edition

Google Docs (Free): Official Website