For those interested in FEM, I found out about Fenics a few years back [1], here's an extract from their homepage:
"FEniCS is a popular open-source (LGPLv3) computing platform for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). FEniCS enables users to quickly translate scientific models into efficient finite element code. With the high-level Python and C++ interfaces to FEniCS, it is easy to get started, but FEniCS offers also powerful capabilities for more experienced programmers. FEniCS runs on a multitude of platforms ranging from laptops to high-performance clusters."
I never got to use it because I've moved out of mechanical simulations a few years ago, but it definitely looks pretty sweet ;)
"FEniCS is a popular open-source (LGPLv3) computing platform for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). FEniCS enables users to quickly translate scientific models into efficient finite element code. With the high-level Python and C++ interfaces to FEniCS, it is easy to get started, but FEniCS offers also powerful capabilities for more experienced programmers. FEniCS runs on a multitude of platforms ranging from laptops to high-performance clusters."
I never got to use it because I've moved out of mechanical simulations a few years ago, but it definitely looks pretty sweet ;)
[1] https://fenicsproject.org/