COMSOL Multiphysics Alternatives

Apps similar to COMSOL Multiphysics include FEATool Multiphysics, which has a free version. Other options are Elmer, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS AIM and Abaqus Unified FEA. You're spoiled for choice with CAD Software like COMSOL Multiphysics: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Chrome OS.

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  1. ADINA icon
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    ADINA is a commercial engineering simulation software program that is developed and distributed worldwide by ADINA R & D, Inc.

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    • Windows
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  2. PLAXIS 3D icon
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    PLAXIS 3D is a finite element package intended for three-dimensional analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. CAD Sketcher icon
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    CAD Sketcher is a free and open-source project looking to enhance precision workflows in Blender by bringing CAD like tools, features and usability to Blender.

    61 CAD Sketcher alternatives

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    • Blender
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    Structures and thermomechanics analysis for studies and research.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  5. AIPOD icon
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    AIPOD is a universal platform for intelligent design optimization. AIPOD provides SilverBullet, an industry-leading intelligent optimization algorithm designed to remove pain points in industrial design, such as high computational costs of numerical simulation.

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  6. Code_Aster is a free software for numerical simulation in structural mechanics. It is a general software for simulation in mechanics and calculation of structures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  7. OpenModelica icon
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    OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.

    48 OpenModelica alternatives

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    • Open Source

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  8. Calculix icon
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    Calculix is a free and open-source finite-element analysis application that uses an input format similar to Abaqus. It has an implicit and explicit solver written by Guido Dhondt and a pre- and post-processor written by Klaus Wittig.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. midas NFX icon
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    midasNFX provides a high-performance finite element pre-processor that provides a highly interactive and visual environment to analyze product design performance. midasNFX presents the users with an advanced suite of easy-to-use tools to build and edit CAE models.

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  10. Code_Saturne solves the Navier-Stokes equations for 2D, 2D-axisymmetric and 3D flows, steady or unsteady, laminar or turbulent, incompressible or weakly dilatable, isothermal or not, with scalars transport if required.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  11. FlexPDE icon
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    The Original Unlimited Scripted Multi-Physics Finite Element Solution Environment for Partial Differential Equations is now more powerful than ever!.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. SimFlow icon
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    SimFlow is a powerful CFD software, focused on engineering and science. It combines an intuitive user interface with the advantages of the open-source OpenFOAM® libraries in something more than a compact OpenFoam® GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
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    • Windows
    • Linux
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