我的科研软件

2D modeling

  • PowerPoint (Basic)
  • Adobe Illustrator (Good)
  • AutoCad (Industry design, i.e. Photo mask design or EBL pattern design, nanoscale)

3D modeling

  • PowerPoint (Basic, not handy)
  • SketchUp Make (FREE, Easy to use, good but not very accurate, no rendering, no nanoscale)
  • Blender (FREE, good and rendering possible, hard to use, no nanoscale)
  • AutoCad (FREE, good and nanoscale, hard to use, no rendering)
  • 3Ds MAX (Powerful and rendering, hard to use, no MAC version)
  • SpaceClaim (easy to use, compatible to ANSYS, no nanoscale, no MAC version)

Simulation tools (Thermal electric mechanical fluid)

  • COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS (easy to use, nanoscale, 3D modeling not handy, MAC license hard to find)
  • ANSYS (easy to use, nanoscale?, internal 3D modeling is handy but not nanoscale, no MAC version)

Simulation tools (Micromagnetics)

  • OOMMF (open source and free, writing code needed, good extendability)
  • GPMagnet (GPU based, easy to use, poor extenability, not free)
  • NUNAX (GPU based, easy to use, free)

Mathematical computation

  • Mathematica (Good at analytical calculation)
  • Matlab (Good at numerical calculation and image processing, fast)
  • Pycharm (Python programming)

Text input

  • Word (Easy to use, hard to typeset)
  • Evernote (notes collections, iOS, Web, Mac)
  • Latex language (Pro typeset language, good for writing paper)
    • WinEdit in Windows
    • Texpad in MAC
  • Markdown language (Lite typeset language, good for making notes)
    • WebApp: CMD Markdown (good, synchronized with Evernote), 马克飞象, Stackedit, Madoko (Latex output)
    • CMD Markdown, 马克飞象, Mou in MAC
    • Matcha in iOS

Have fun!