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
Code_Aster 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
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
Install Code_Aster on Windows
On Linux, the official manner to install code_aster as a standalone package is to download the souces and compile from scratch. We provide here an easy way to install Code_Aster on Windows. Install Code_Aster for windows Download Code_Aster for windows provided in the download page. Right click on the downloaded file and choose "extract all...". … Continue reading Install Code_Aster on Windows
