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amsikking: Software options
A collection of software packages I use or find interesting.
Computer aided design (CAD)
- Autodesk Inventor
- Powerful mechanical design software for your most ambitious ideas.
- Blender
- The free and open source 3D creation suite.
- FreeCAD
- Your own 3D parametric modeler.
- Solidworks
- Desktop 3D CAD.
- SolveSpace
- A free (GPLv3) parametric 3d CAD tool.
Image and video
- FFmpeg
- A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio
and video.
- Fiji
- A “batteries-included” distribution of ImageJ2.
- ImageJ
- Image processing and analysis in Java.
- ImageMagick
- To create, edit, compose, or convert digital images.
- Inkscape
- A free and open source vector graphics editor.
- OBS Studio
- Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
- OpenShot
- Open source video editing software.
- PSFj
- A convenient tool for analyzing 3D PSF data to estimate microscope
resolution.
Microscope control
- μManager
- Open Source Software for Control and Automation of Microscope Hardware.
Optical design
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Code V
- The most capable, powerful optical design software on the planet.
- Oslo
- Optics software for layout and optimization.
- WinLens
- Free software Winlens Basic.
- Zemax
- The industry standard for optical design software.
PC setup
- 7-zip
- 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
- Chrome
- The browser built by Google.
- CutePDF
- Easiest Free PDF Converter.
- Google drive
- Easy and secure access to your content.
- Libre office
- A powerful and free office suite.
- Notepad++
- A free source code editor.
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Sumatra PDF
- A free PDF viewer for Windows.
- VLC media player
- A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player.
- Windows
- Microscoft operating system.
- Zotero
- A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share
research.