FOSS for PCB trace/plane resistance analysis

[Palmitoxico]

Does anyone knows some free / open source software solution that does this: https://manual.pcb-investigator.com/pages/trace_resistance_simulation_ohmmeter ? I have a complex multilayer PCB with GND planes / pours and need to do some resistance checking between different points before manufacturing, this type of simulation doesn't seems to be commonly included into most PCB EDA packages.

Maybe there is some Finite Element Analysis library that can do this kind of thing with some extra coding, but I'm not very familiar with those. If anyone can provide some pointers where to start I would be glad!

Thanks
Augusto.

[Pseudobyte]

If you were determined enough you could download GNU octave and setup the gerber interpreter and ODE system yourself. Otherwise FreeFEM might be a fairly similar avenue that is more geared towards FEA but still requires you to know some math/physics.

[pointhi]

If you are adventurous, there is a WIP integration of power and signal integrity for KiCad: https://gitlab.com/pointhi/kicad/-/tree/sparselizard_fem

(Old) build instructions: https://gitlab.com/pointhi/kicad/-/wikis/Sparselizard-branch

[Palmitoxico]

If you are adventurous, there is a WIP integration of power and signal integrity for KiCad: https://gitlab.com/pointhi/kicad/-/tree/sparselizard_fem

(Old) build instructions: https://gitlab.com/pointhi/kicad/-/wikis/Sparselizard-branch

It looks promising, I'll take a look.

If you were determined enough you could download GNU octave and setup the gerber interpreter and ODE system yourself. Otherwise FreeFEM might be a fairly similar avenue that is more geared towards FEA but still requires you to know some math/physics.

I was going to this path, but I quickly discovered how little I know about FEA in general.