ANSYS Workbench Alternatives for Linux

ANSYS Workbench is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is COMSOL Multiphysics. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try FEATool Multiphysics or Elmer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ANSYS Workbench and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ANSYS Workbench are ENigMA, AICFD and Impact Finite Element.

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    COMSOL Multiphysics is an engineering, design, and finite element analysis software environment for the modeling and simulation of any physics-based system.

    54 COMSOL Multiphysics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • COMSOL Multiphysics is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ANSYS Workbench.

    • COMSOL Multiphysics is Paid and ProprietaryANSYS Workbench is also Paid and Proprietary
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    FEATool is a fully integrated multiphysics modeling and engineering simulation environment for Matlab and Octave, featuring built-in CAD and geometry tools, preprocessing and grid generation, solvers, and postprocessing and visualization.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Octave
    • MATLAB
     
    • FEATool Multiphysics is the most popular free alternative to ANSYS Workbench.

    • FEATool Multiphysics is Freemium and ProprietaryANSYS Workbench is Paid and Proprietary
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    Elmer is an open source multiphysical simulation software mainly developed by CSC - IT Center for Science (CSC). Elmer development was started 1995 in collaboration with Finnish Universities, research institutes and industry.

    21 Elmer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Elmer is the most popular Open Source alternative to ANSYS Workbench.

    • Elmer is Free and Open SourceANSYS Workbench is Paid and Proprietary
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    ENigMA is an object-oriented C++ template library which aim is to provide multi-physics simulation in a multi-domain environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    AICFD is universal computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software that is independently developed by Nanjing Tianfu Software Co., Ltd. to quickly and intelligently simulate flows and heat transfer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Impact is an explicit Finite Element Program Suite which simulates dynamic impact events. It has a range of elements, contact handling and different material laws. Models can be created, solved and analyzed with the included pre- and postprocessor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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