Tochnog Professional

External Software



Pre-post only, Free:

Freecad is a free CAD program. Under active development by a community. A bit difficult to use, regularly bugs, and a bit chaotic.

Gmsh is a pre- and postprocessor. It is available for free. Tochnog Professional can read the mesh generated by GMSH, and write postprocessing files for GMSH.

Paraview is a postprocessor. It is available for free. Tochnog Professional can write vtk files for Paraview.



Pre-post only, Not Free:

Gid is a pre- and postprocessor. It is commercial, however free up to 10000 nodes. Tochnog Professional can read the mesh generated by GID, and write postprocessing files for GID. This is a fine program, easy to use, many options; recommended.



Pre-post + FEM calculations, Free:

Adonis is a free finite element program for geotechnical calculations, with a modern GUI. Tunnels, slope stability, etc. Isoparametric elements, structural elements, etc. Mohr-coulomb, modified camclay, etc.

PrePoMax is a free graphical pre- and postprocessor integrated with the free calculix finite element program. For pre-processing you need to use the CAD file from an external CAD program; then meshing can be done by prepomax. Clean and easy to use, recommended.

Analysis3D is a free finite element program for structural analysis. Easy GUI and calculations; includes norms (Eurocode etc.); import DXF files.

MFEM is a finite element program. It is free. Electro-mechanics and fluid dynamics. It specialises in large multi processor calculations.

Openradioss is an explicit FE program. It is open software. For simulating automotive crash and safety, shock and impact analysis, electronic and consumer goods drop testing, and fluid structure interactions.

Fenics Open-source computing platform for solving partial differential equations. Python, C++. High performance computing.



Pre-post + FEM calculations, Not Free:

Degree Tutors Engineering tutorials and courses. For students and professionals. Super simple and clear. Mechanics and civil (reinforced concrete, eurocode). Highly recommended.

Westatix is online structural analysis software. Free with limited option, payed schemes for more options.

Atena is finite element software for the analysis of reinforced concrete.

Strusoft is structural analysis software, compatible with eurocode. Steel, concrete, timber, ...

GGU - software is geotechnical software. Dedicated software for many typical geotechnical problems. Eurocode (EC), Deutsche Industry Normen (DIN)

Mecway is a finite element program. It is commercial, however extremely inexpensive. Tochnog Professional can read inp files from preprocessing in Mecway, and can write gmsh files for postprocessing in Mecway. This program is highly recommended for all kinds of standard calculations.

Welsim is a finite element program. It is commercial, however inexpensive. It enables quite typical finite element calculations, mostly mechanics.

Simscale finite element program in the cloud (in your webbrowser). It is commercial. Fluids, solids, etc.

Ansys is a commercial finite element program. A free academic version is available.

Abaqus is a finite element program. It is commercial, however an academic version is available.

Femap is a finite element program. It is commercial, however an academic version is available.

Sap2000 is structural design and analysis software. It is commercial. A trial is available.

Comsol is multiphysics software. It is commercial. Structural mechanics, acoustics, heat, fluid flow, chemics, ...

Scia is structural engineering software. It is commercial. A free student license is available.

Flac is geotechnical engineering software. It is commercial. Special licenses for universities are available.

Rocscience is geotechnical engineering software firm. Many software problems for specific calculations (sliding, settlements, supports, ...).



Other (theory, etc.):

SoilModels is an internet site propagating the use of advanced soil models. It is run by a group of leading researchers in the field of geomechanics.

Geotechpedia Site with overview of geotechnical engineering software and equipment.