Ask HN: What are the best simulators for inventing from your desktop?

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12 years ago

Hi HN, I'm a long time hacker who's always wanted to give inventing a try, despite not having an engineering background.

What are my best bets for experimenting from my computer?

They seem very expensive, but Would I need something like Hyperworks, Autodesk, or Wolfram?

I'm noticing some interesting open source projects here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_simulation_software

Are any of these worthwhile?

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