What kind of software do engineers use?

Are you incapable of reading comprehension? Have you even tried to read that post before replying?

Java

The point of matlab is that it's easy to use and it's got a lot of mathematical functions built in.
Like yeah I can write my own fourier transform but why would I when I can just use the builtin function.

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More hardware than software desu. As in, hard cocks down their throat.

>at my university
And once you enter into the job market you'll find that the majority don't use it. Honestly the "muh 100K starting job" or whatever that all of Veeky Forumss engineers think they're just going to walk into, where they start solving huge and complex problems, are few and far between. You're more likely to use excel than matlab.

True enough, I'm probably gonna usa Solidworks though

OS: Windows, everything else is mocked and ridiculed (unless you're talking electronic engineers; they're starting to get into Linux, since it now runs on a lot of their embedded devices)

Others:
Excel (major player)
Outlook (engineers have tons of meetings and shit)
Matlab (lol at , you have no fucking idea)
Python (but Matlab dominates)

CAD:
Catia
Creo
SolidWorks

CAE:
HyperWorks
ANSYS
StarCCM+
(i'm forgetting something)

some CAM shit i can't remember the name of

IDEs:
Visual Studio
Ecplise with bazillions of Plugins
ATMEL Studio, KEIL and other embedded device toolchains

i come in contact with all sorts of automotive engineers, which is my source of information.

Custom ICS or SCADA for plants.

>at my university
Everyone uses it at unis because they get big discounts for it. Besides universities I haven't seen it being used anywhere because it's just too expensive. That's also one of the reasons why Python got so popular.

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