Software

Below is a list of recommended software that is typically used in the space by our members, please only use/link legally obtainable software, open-source software is particularly encouraged. If you cant see what your looking for ask on Slack

CAD

 * https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/fusion-360/overview -probably the most used free 3D cad package
 * https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases -Use for converting 3D CAD files to 3D prints, Open-Source Teesside Hackspace's slicer of choice.
 * https://en.makercase.com/ -use to make laser cut boxes (like the donation box in the space)
 * https://www.onshape.com/ -another free powerful 3D CAD package for makers, runs in the browser, saves in the cloud, its creators used to work for Solidworks (so has a lot in common).

Comm's

 * http://freeserialanalyzer.com/ -Sniff your COM ports
 * http://www.putty.org/ -SSH client
 * https://realterm.sourceforge.io/ -Serial terminal/ monitor

Home Automation

 * https://nodered.org/ -created by IBM, open-sourced, powerful and can run on a raspberry pi, see https://notenoughtech.com/home-automation/nodered-home-automation/why-nodered-server/

Image Manipulation

 * http://www.getpaint.net/index.html -like Microsoft paint but with loads more functionality whilst staying simple.
 * https://www.gimp.org/ -GNU image manipulation package -closest thing to an open-source Photoshop

PCB design software

 * https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pcb-software -RS components Free package
 * https://kicad-pcb.org/ -Cross Platform and Open-Source Electronics Design Automation Suite

Programming

 * https://code.visualstudio.com -IDE for most common programming languages
 * https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ -simple text editor but with colour coding for HTML, XML etc
 * https://platform.io/ -add on for visual studio code for programming Arduino etc through a more developed interface.
 * http://winmerge.org/?lang=en -text file difference-ing and merging files