Do you know about the most important software programs in geoscience?

Below is a curated list of 100 of the most important software packages used in Geoscience, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geology, Rock Mechanics, Tunnelling, Transportation Engineering, GIS, Hydrogeology, and Numerical Modelling.

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1. Geotechnical Engineering & Soil Mechanics

1. PLAXIS 2D
2. PLAXIS 3D
3. GeoStudio
4. SIGMA/W
5. SLOPE/W
6. SEEP/W
7. TEMP/W
8. RS2
9. RS3
10. Settle3
11. Slide2
12. Slide3
13. FLAC2D
14. FLAC3D
15. UDEC
16. 3DEC
17. DeepEX

2. Rock Mechanics & Underground Excavation

16. UDEC
17. 3DEC
18. Dips
19. UnWedge
20. Swedge
21. RocPlane
22. RocFall
23. RocTopple
24. EX3
25. Examine3D

3. Mining Engineering

26. Surpac
27. Datamine Studio RM
28. Datamine Studio OP
29. Vulcan
30. MineSight
31. Deswik
32. Whittle
33. MineSched
34. Spry
35. NPV Scheduler
36. Maptek PointStudio
37. Maptek Evolution
38. MinePlan
39. PCBC
40. MassFlow

4. Geology & Resource Modeling

41. Leapfrog Geo
42. Leapfrog Works
43. RockWorks
44. GOCAD
45. Petrel
46. Micromine
47. Target for ArcGIS
48. Discover
49. GeoModeller
50. Move

5. GIS, Remote Sensing & Geospatial Analysis

51. ArcGIS Pro
52. ArcMap
53. QGIS
54. Global Mapper
55. ERDAS IMAGINE
56. ENVI
57. SAGA GIS
58. GRASS GIS
59. TerrSet
60. Google Earth Pro

6. Photogrammetry, LiDAR & Mapping

61. Pix4Dmapper
62. Agisoft Metashape
63. RealityCapture
64. ContextCapture
65. DroneDeploy
66. ShapeMetriX3D
67. Sirovision
68. CloudCompare
69. Trimble Business Centre
70. LiDAR360

7. Civil & Structural Engineering

71. SAP2000
72. ETABS
73. SAFE
74. MIDAS Civil
75. STAAD.Pro
76. CSI Bridge
77. RFEM
78. Tekla Structures
79. Autodesk Civil 3D
80. Revit

8. Transportation Engineering

81. VISSIM
82. VISUM
83. AIMSUN
84. SIDRA Intersection
85. TransCAD
86. Synchro
87. OpenRoads Designer
88. MX Road
89. InfraWorks
90. AutoTURN

9. Hydrogeology, Numerical Modelling & Scientific Computing

91. MODFLOW
92. FEFLOW
93. HYDRUS
94. COMSOL Multiphysics
95. ABAQUS
96. ANSYS Mechanical
97. MATLAB
98. Python
99. R
100. OpenFOAM

Top 20 Most Valuable Software for a Geotechnical–Mining–Tunnel Engineer

Based on your background in geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics, tunnels, dams, slope stability, and mining, the most important software to master are:

1. PLAXIS 2D/3D
2. FLAC3D
3. RS2
4. RS3
5. Slide2/Slide3
6. GeoStudio
7. UDEC
8. 3DEC
9. Dips
10. RocFall
11. Surpac
12. Vulcan
13. Datamine
14. Leapfrog Geo
15. MassFlow
16. Pix4D
17. ShapeMetriX3D
18. ArcGIS Pro
19. MATLAB
20. ABAQUS

These 20 packages cover nearly all advanced work in tunnels, dams, slopes, open-pit mines, underground mines, block caving, geological modelling, and geotechnical numerical analysis.

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