Engineering Base Desktop (EBD) for Departments

The Windows Engineering Base Desktop (EBD) is CAEN’s fully-configured, easy-to-install, and ready-to-use software environment based on Microsoft Windows 11.
It is designed to support the administrative and productivity needs of Michigan Engineering departments.
As configured and with no other modification, it supports web browsing, working with Microsoft Office documents, viewing PDFs, and accessing cloud-based files.
It is fully integrated with Microsoft Windows network services, including access to CAEN’s online file storage and AppsAnywhere services.

Highlighted Features

The Engineering Base Desktop (EBD) is available to Michigan Engineering departments at no direct cost, however, software license restrictions limit its installation to University of Michigan-owned computers. It is intended to be installed on supported hardware configurations by departmental IT support staff. Faculty and staff who are interested in using the EBD should contact the IT staff in your department.

The Windows Engineering Base Desktop includes:

Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, complete with current patches, anti-virus software and automatic updates enabled.
A default set of pre-installed applications, including Microsoft Office, and access to additional applications via a AppsAnywhere.
For laptops, Cisco VPN Client is installed by default, which allows for seamless access to resources from off-campus, including mapped network drives and online file storage.
Default security (including support for enabling BitLocker), power management, and other system settings that reflect best practices and technical expertise from campus and Microsoft.

In addition to being usable “as is,” the EBD may be customized at the departmental level with additional applications, access control, and other system settings.

Getting Started

Faculty & Staff

Contact your departmental IT support staff to request the Engineering Base Desktop for your University-owned computer.

Departmental IT Support Staff

It is important to understand your responsibilities before beginning installation of CAEN’s Microsoft Windows-based products on your departmental computers. Download the installation media only after you have read and understood your responsibilities described in the Pre-Deployment Guide.

Available Software

Pre-Installed Applications

The following set of applications are installed and available locally on computer running the Windows Engineering Base Desktop:

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
Google Chrome
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft OneDrive
Mozilla Firefox
Horizon Client
Zoom

Applications Available via AppsAnywhere

The following set of applications are available to faculty and staff using the Windows Engineering Base Desktop via AppsAnywhere. These applications are primarily available for instructional use and non-commercial academic research. Refer to the CAEN Software Listing for permitted use cases prior to using any title(s):

3dconnexion 10.8.14
3DSSPP 7.1.3
7-Zip 25.01
Abaqus 2025
Adobe Reader DC 2025
Altair Hyperworks Suite 2025
Altium Designer 23.7.1
AMPL Research 2021_1
ANSYS 2025 R2
ANSYS Discovery 2024 R2
Ansys Granta EduPack 2025R1
Ansys Granta Selector 2025R1
ANSYS Lumerical 2024 R2
ANSYS ModelCenter 2025 R2
ANSYS Optics 2025 R2
ANSYS Rocky 2024 R1
Ansys STK 2025 R1 (12.10)
Ansys Thermal Desktop 2024R2
Ansys Zemax OpticStudio 2024 R1
ArcGIS Pro 3.5.2
Arduino IDE 2.3.6
Aspen Engineering Suite 14
Audacity 3.7.3
Autodesk 3ds Max 2026
Autodesk AutoCAD 2026
Autodesk Civil 3D 2026
Autodesk Desktop Connector 2026
Autodesk Fusion 360
Autodesk Inventor 2026
Autodesk Licensing Service 15.2.0.12803
Autodesk Maya 2026
Autodesk MotionBuilder 2026
Autodesk Mudbox 2026
Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2026
Autodesk ReCap Pro 2026
Autodesk Revit 2026
Blender 4.5.1 LTS
CAEN VNC 4.4
CARLA 0.10.0
Colosseum(Airsim) 2.1.0.2
Cplex Studio12.9
Digilent Waveforms 3.20.1
EEPP 2.0.7
Foxit Reader 9.7.1
GaussView 6.1
GeNIe 4.1
Geometrical Analysis Of Sections ( GAS2.0 )
Ghostscript 9.21 with GSview 6.0
GIMP 3.0.4
GitHub Desktop 3.5.2
Google Earth Pro 7.3.6
Gurobi 10.0.3
HEC-HMS 4.9
HEC-RAS 6.1
IDL 9.1
Inkscape 1.4.0
Intel oneAPI 2023_1
Jack 9.0
JuliaPro 1.10.2
Kinovea 0.9.5
LabVIEW 2021 SP1
LAMMPS 19Nov2024
Lens Studio 4.46
LINCAGES 2000
LS-DYNA R12.0
MagicDraw 2024x Refresh 1 (Academic Research License)
Maple 2025.0
MathType 6.9b (for Office 365)
MATLAB 64-bit 2025a (Academic License)
Maxsurf 24
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages
Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 17.7.3 (Windows 11)
Mind+ Desktop V1.8.0
Minitab 22.2
NA470 NA475 Ship Design Educational Toolset [cv4]
NavCad 2024.1
Notepad++ 8.9.1
NVDA 2021.2
Nvidia Cuda Toolkit 12.1
Orca3D 2.0.23 For Rhino 7.31
OriginPro 2024
OVITO 3.11.3
ParaView 5.11.2
Perforce 222.230.4646
PlasticSCM 11.0.16.8204
Plaxis 2D Ultimate 22.2
Pointwise 2022.2
ProModel Professional 10.14.350
PrusaSlicer 2.9.2
PuTTY 0.74
QGIS 3.40.10 LTR
Quartus extra redis
Quartus Prime Lite 20.1.1
R for Statistical Computing 4.4.3
Read and Write Gold 11.5
Rhino 7 7.37
Rhino 8 8.21
RStudio Open Source Edition 2024.12.1-563
Sculptris Alpha 6
Siemens AMESim 2021.1
Siemens Fibersim 17.3
Siemens NX 2015
Siemens STAR-CCM+ 2506
Siemens STAR-CCM+ 2506 – Tutorials
Siemens STAR-CCM+ 2506 – Viewers and VR
Siemens STAR-CCM+ 2506 (Double Precision)
Siemens System Modeling Workbench 6.2.1
Siemens Teamcenter 14.2
Silvaco TCAD & EDA 2021
SPSS Amos 30
SPSS Statistics 30
SRIM 2008
Tecplot 360 EX and Chorus 2025 R1
Thermocalc 2024b
Twine 2.6.2
UNC2LTR
Unity 2022.3.20f1
Unity Hub 3.7.0
Unreal Engine 4.27.2 DMC
VirtualBox 7.0.14
Visual Minteq 3.1
Visual Studio Code 1.100.2
VLC 3.0.8
WinSCP 5.9.6
Wolfram Mathematica 14.2.1
Wolfram Player 12.1.1
Xfoil 6.99
Zoom Workplace 6.7.2

Questions?

Many frequently asked questions about the Engineering Base Desktop are covered in our online knowledge base. Departmental IT support staff are encouraged to contact CAEN regarding problems or questions about deployment.