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SOFA, Simulation Open-Framework Architecture

(c) 2006-2008 MGH, INRIA, USTL, UJF, CNRS


License


The SOFA distribution is composed of three parts:
  • SOFA FRAMEWORK: this is essentially the core of SOFA
  • SOFA MODULES: represents the main functionalities available in SOFA
  • SOFA APPLICATIONS: GUI and example applications built using the SOFA framework and modules

SOFA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the following licenses.

The SOFA FRAMEWORK can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The SOFA MODULES can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The SOFA APPLICATIONS can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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Preview of the next release (SVN access, UNTESTED code)

The currently in development code for the next version of SOFA (1.0 beta 3) can be found on a public SVN server.
It can be checked out through anonymous access with the following command: 

svn checkout svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/sofa/branches/Sofa-1.0
To compile it you will need same dependencies package as the current release.

Latest Release: SOFA 1.0 beta 2

Source distribution packages, as well as some required external dependencies, can be downloaded here:
SOFA::framework SOFA::modules SOFA::applications
Dependencies for Linux Dependencies for Windows
Binary distributions of SOFA are available for the following platforms:
SOFA precompiled for Windows
(including CUDA support if you have the SDK installed and a G80 GPU)

For installation instructions, please refer to the Installing SOFA documentation page.

To download older releases, please see here.

ChangeLog

In Development :: SOFA version 1.0 beta 3

  • MinGW support
  • Mac support
  • Qt3-Qt4 support on every platform
  • lots of new features

04/03/2007 :: SOFA version 1.0 beta 2

  • many bug fixes and small improvements
  • preliminary support for computations on GPU using CUDA
  • simple tutorials on how to create scenes procedurally
  • 2D types for simple test scenes
  • generateDoc tool to generate html pages documenting each registered classes ( see http://www.sofa-framework.org/classes )

02/09/2007 :: SOFA version 1.0 beta 1

  • First public release
Contact information: contact@sofa-framework.org
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