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Written by Joël Cugnoni

Category: News

Published: 04 January 2019

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Despite the rather complicated times that we are all going through, I am happy to announce that a new CAELinux version is ready for you to download. CAELinux 2020 is based on Xubuntu 18.04 and as usual it is customized to offer many open source simulation tools for stress analysis, thermal or fluid flow simulation and other physics  but it also contain a full range of mathematical modeling, graphic, design, CAD / CAM, prototyping software which makes it ideal for running a Fablab or a MakerSpace using purely open-source tools.

CAELinux 2018 had many issues mostly related to the installer and LiveDVD creation or boot. The causes were related to the large size of the ISO image which could not be handled properly by most  boot codes. As many software that we include become also much larger, we had to find a solution to keep proposing a full CAE workstation despite the usual 4GB constrain on ISO images. We have now found a way to go past the 4Gb barrier and still produce a valid ISO image. However, this also means that from now CAELinux will only be able to boot from a USB flash disk. Booting a >4Gb ISO is not trivial so please read the instructions provided in the Getting Started guide available on the Sourceforge release page.

For downloads: caelinux.sourceforge.net

Features

• LiveDVD distribution based on Xubuntu 18.04 LTS 64 bit with XFCE lightweight desktop
• Available as an installable ISO image for USB flash drive; 
• Runs directly from USB key without any installation
• For best performance: installation to hard disk with the simple Ubuntu installer
• Offers a complete platform for open source engineering development: Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and simulation (CAE, FEA / CFD), electronics design, scientific computing,  programming and mathematical modelling
• CAD/CAM & 3D printing: Salome, Freecad, OpenSCAD, LibreCad, Pycam, Camotics, dxf2gcode & Cura
• FEA, CFD & multiphysic simulation: Salome-Meca 2019 / Code-Aster, SalomeCFD/Code-Saturne, HelyxOs/OpenFOAM v7, Elmer FEM, Calculix  with Launcher & CAE GUI
• Meshing, pre-post, & visualization: Salome, Paraview, Helyx-OS, Elmer GUI, VoxelMesher
• Electronic design and prototyping: KiCad, Arduino, Flatcam, dxf2gcode / cadpy for PCB isolation milling.
• Scientific & development tools: Python 3 with Spyder, GNU Octave, R, wxMaxima, OpenModelica, Qt Creator, gcc, gfortran, java, g++, perl, tcl/tk

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Written by Joël Cugnoni

Category: News

Published: 31 July 2018

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As you have probably noticed, our site has been migrated to a new more modern CMS and all previous users, forum posts and articles have been transfered, so normally everything should work as previously.

Please note that the old web site will still be maintained online for a while as long as we are sure that everything has been migrated correctly. However, the old website (http://www.caelinux.com/CMS) will not been updated and the forums will be locked.

Please post in the forum if you experience any issue. We hope that you like the new design and ergonomy of the site.

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Written by Joël Cugnoni

Category: News

Published: 30 November 2017

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After a long break, we have the pleasure to let you know that a new release of CAELinux is in development. Based on Xubuntu 16.04 64bit, the new release will propose an up to date suite of open source computer aided engineering applications such as :

Finite Element simulation:

• Salome-Meca 2017 with the new GUI module AsterStudy
• Code-Aster 13.4 FEA (MPI version)
• Elmer FEM multiphysics solver
• Calculix with CalculixLauncher GUI

Computational fluid dynamics:

• Code Saturne 5 Finite Volume CFD solver (MPI parallelism) with Salome & Paraview Pre-Post
• HelyXOS GUI (hex dominant mesher, preprocessor) with OpenFOAM CFD solver (MPI)
• Javafoil, XLFR5, XFoil

CAD/CAM & Electronics

• Freecad stable version with Openscad & FEA module
• Salome CAD & mesher
• LibreCAD / Inkcape for 2D drawings
• Pycam, Flatcam, HeeksCNC, pcb2gcode CAM preprocessors, Camotics 3axis milling simulation
• Kicad EDA, Arduino IDE

Mathematics, Scientific tools & Development

• Octave, Scilab, R, RkWard &Rcmdr, wxMaxima, Spyder / Scipy & Python, Gnu compilers for C/C++/Fortran
• Latex & Texmaker for scientific editing
• Libre Office suite
• Jabref literature database manager

and many more...

You can now download and try the current beta version from here:

CAELinux 2017 Testing on Sourceforge.net

We expect to finalize this new version by end 2017 or early 2018.

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Written by Joël Cugnoni

Category: News

Published: 09 March 2014

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Although seriously delayed, we are pleased  to announce our new release CAELinux 2013

CAELinux 2013 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit distribution and contains a unique suite of open source simulation tools for FEA, CFD or multiphysics simulation but also a large panel of other engineering software for CAD-CAM & 3D printing, electronics, mathematics & programming . CAELinux 2013 represents a complete rebuild of the distribution with up-to-date software for a better support of modern hardware and a significantly enhanced ease of use, and we hope that you will enjoy it.

This release is available in the form of  an liveDVD ISO image for AMD/Intel 64 bit CPUs that can be burned on a DVD or installed on a USB key for "mobile" use and testing and then installed on hard-disk for best performance. A virtual machine image for use on Amazon EC2 (standard and cluster instances) is also available.

Interested ? Get your copy of CAELinux 2013 here

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