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Lab Workstation Software

The software listed here represents current applications and packages available on the workstations in the Digital Scholarship Lab. You may also suggest new software packages for us to add to our collection by completing the consultation request form .

  • AutoDesk (design, including AutoCAD, Maya, and Revit)
  • Blender (2D and 3D design)
  • Fusion 360 (3D CAD/CAM modeling tool)
  • Maya 3D (2D and 3D design)
  • Meshlab (processing and editing 3D meshes)
  • MeshMixer (triangle meshes for 3D)
  • MetaShape (Formerly Agisoft PhotoScan)
  • Revit
  • Rhino (3D Modeling)
  • RTI (Reflectance Transformance Imaging – for 3D scanning and simulating)
  • Sketchup (Building Information and 3D Modeling)
  • VectorWorks (3D CAD and BIM software) 
  • VR Toolkit (components for VR creation in Unity)
  • Xnormal (for baking texture maps) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, After Effects, and more)
  • AutoDesk (design, including AutoCAD, Maya, and Revit)
  • Enscape (VR & real-time rendering plug-in, on computers #23, #24, #25, #26)
  • Epic Games Launcher (for working with/testing games developed in Unreal)
  • Inkscape (vector graphic tool for drawing textile, laser cut and scalable designs) 
  • Insta360 Studio 2023 (Editor for 360 photos/videos)
  • Krita, a Python library (digital painting and art tools)
  • Lumion (architectural design, on computers #23, #24, #25, #26)
  • MikTex (Tex/LaTeX typesetting)
  • Pixera (projection mapping software for stage and set design)
  • TwinMotion (Unreal Engine environment rendering tool)
  • Unity, including Photon Engine, Vuforia, and the VR Toolkit (3D design and development)
  • Unreal Engine (3d design and development)

  • AntConc (corpus/textual analysis) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.
  • Cytoscape (network analysis) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.
  • Gephi (network analysis) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.
  • ImageJ (image processing and analysis) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.
  • Nvivo (qualitative analysis) - Use restricted to select workstations.

  • Arduino (coding for microcomputing)
  • Open Refine (data normalizing)
  • Python (programming language), including Krita (digital painting and art tools)
  • R and Rstudio (statistical programming language and interface)
  • Ruby (programming language)
  • Tabula (data collection)

  • ARCGis
  • QGis 3.2 (mapping)
  • Xnormal (for baking texture maps) - Software not installed, can be downloaded to user workstation.

  • Steam and Steam VR (Netflix for games; for testing games built with Unity)
  • Zotero (citation manager)