Computer Aided Engineering Linux distribution (CAElinux) Just insert the CAELinux LiveDVD in your computer to turn it into a professionnal CAE workstation: no installation is required! Based on the open-source CAE softwares Salomé & Code_Aster, you can load STEP / IGES geometry in Salomé and start partitionning and meshing your problem in just 5 minutes.
Then you can simulate incredibly complexe physics with the ISO 9001 certified FE solver Code_Aster: non-linear thermo-mechanics, coupled fluid-structure dynamics, sismic / non-linear explicit dynamics, contacts, visco-plasticity, in other words all that you could imagine can be simulated with Code_Aster!! Then reload your results files in Salomé to post-process your data in 3D... And don't forget all these features are based on open-source / free softwares, so now you don't have to pay for excessively expensive licenses.
Runs directly from the DVD without any installation
Optional installation to hard disk in 3 easy steps
Dedicated to CAE and more specifically to finite element simulation
Includes the new integrated 3D pre-/ post / FE solver package SALOME_MECA 2007(GPL, developped by EDF, France) which represents the fusion of Salome v3.2.6 GUI and Code-Aster v9.1 finite element solver (updated, GPL)
Offers a complete solution for CFD with OpenFOAM 1.4 , Gerris, Code-Saturne and Openflower solvers
Contains several 2D & 3D CAD/pre/post packages: Paraview, Netgen, Tetgen, GMSH v2 (updated), Salome v.3.2.6 & QCad
Includes other simulation softwares for multiphysics simulation: Elmer v5, Calculix v1.7 (updated), Tochnog, Impact (updated), MBDyn
Offers several scientific tools like GNU Octave + Forge, R & Rkward, Scilab, wxMaxima and a full set of developpement tools / compilers.