Salome-Meca 2018 for Windows is available for download. This version includes AsterStudy 2018.0 and Code_Aster stable 13.6 and testing 14.2 binaries for Windows. The interface does not change much since 2017 version and It should be possible to follow series of tutorials already available on the Web. Note that this version is based on Salome … Continue reading Salome-Meca 2018 for Windows
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Code_Aster and MPI parallelism on Windows
The Code_Aster for Windows binary package available for free in our download page does not include MPI parallelism. For those interested in performance, we build a premium version, with powerful MPI parallelism and MUMPS 5.1.1, that aims to better exploit multi-core modern processors. We present here performance comparison and time gain by increasing number of processes … Continue reading Code_Aster and MPI parallelism on Windows
Quantum Mechanics simulation using Finite Elements
This post is about an unusual kind of simulation using Code_Aster: a quantum mechanics system. In this case we will try to calculate the probability of finding the electron somewhere in a hydrogen atom. This means that we need to find the wave function of the electron in a potential field, by solving this problem … Continue reading Quantum Mechanics simulation using Finite Elements
Altair HyperMesh to Code_Aster: exporting mesh
This post is about how to export a Code_Aster compatible mesh from a widely used professional pre-processor: Altair HyperMesh™. To read this article one will need some knowledge both in HyperMesh™ and in Code_Aster. Special thanks to: Dr. Enrico Bertocchi from "Enzo Ferrari" department at Unimore University for his precious help with the HyperMesh™ interface and testing the … Continue reading Altair HyperMesh to Code_Aster: exporting mesh
Beginning with AsterStudy and Salome-Meca on Windows
This post is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners wishing to start with the new AsterStudy interface on Windows. This is an update compared to this post, published a few months ago, before AsterStudy came out. We are going to proceed the same way here: Pick up an existing case Run the case Analyze results This … Continue reading Beginning with AsterStudy and Salome-Meca on Windows
Install Salome on Windows
This post shows how to install the salome-platform package on Windows. The same method can be applied to install Salome-Meca for Windows package available in our download page. For Code_Aster Windows standalone package installation, follow this post. Install Salome for windows Download Salome for windows from the official salome-platform download page. Execute the downloaded file. … Continue reading Install Salome on Windows
ParaView Med for Windows to open Code_Aster results
As demonstrated in a previous post, Salome Paravis module can be used to import Code_Aster rmed results on Windows. Some people showed interest to a standalone ParaView version with Med support as an alternative to Salome. Although official ParaView does not include Med format, the fact of the matter is that it is possible to … Continue reading ParaView Med for Windows to open Code_Aster results
Code_Aster Windows performances
This post presents some performance comparisons which involve Code_Aster Windows. Based on official performance Code_Aster tests, we compare time consumption using different way to run Code_Aster. For each test, the same hardware is used: i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz, cache size : 3072 KB Mem: 16GB Three comparisons are made: GCC/openblas vs Intel/MKL on Linux Mingw64/openblas … Continue reading Code_Aster Windows performances
Beginning with Salome and Code_Aster for Windows
This post provides is a step by step tutorial for beginners. Before to start, a working installation of Salome and Code_Aster on Windows is required, some help can be found here for Salome and here for Code_Aster. Note : you can follow this more recent post to begin with AsterStudy module in Salome-Meca on Windows. AsterStudy … Continue reading Beginning with Salome and Code_Aster for Windows
Testing Code_Aster in Microsoft Azure
Running the whole test suite available for Code_Aster is an important task to be sure about the quality of the binary, but requires some resources. Code_Aster contains about 3600 tests, each one coming with its documentation and it is an invaluable source of informations both for beginners and experts. Actually, more than 3200 tests are passing (the … Continue reading Testing Code_Aster in Microsoft Azure
