  CAELinux is a Linux distribution which is bundled with free software packages
related to Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). The free software packages include
software that can build a three dimensional solid model, programs that can mesh
a geometry, software for carrying out Finite Element Analysis (FEA), programs
that can carry out image processing etc. Present work has two goals: 1) To give
a brief description of CAELinux 2) To demonstrate that CAELinux could be useful
for Computer Aided Engineering, using an example of the three dimensional
reconstruction of a pig liver from a stack of CT-scan images. One can note that
instead of using CAELinux, using commercial software for reconstructing the
liver would cost a lot of money. One can also note that CAELinux is a free and
open source operating system and all software packages that are included in the
operating system are also free. Hence one can conclude that CAELinux could be a
very useful tool in application areas like surgical simulation which require
three dimensional reconstructions of biological organs. Also, one can see that
CAELinux could be a very useful tool for Computer Aided Engineering, in
general.
