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| − | == Getting started with CAELinux == | + | == CAELinux Documentation: CAE softwares == |
| − | J.Cugnoni, [http://www.caelinux.com www.caelinux.com], 2006
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| − | === Content: === | + | === Getting Started with CAELinux === |
| − | # Welcome & Licence terms
| + | First of all, please read [[Doc:GettingStarted]] for a quick "getting started guide" ''(also included in CAELinux beta 3a)''. |
| − | # Introduction tutorial
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| − | # Softwares included in CAELinux Beta 3
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| − | # Installing & upgrading CAELinux
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| − | === Welcome & Licence terms: ===
| + | For tutorials on how to use CAELinux in practice, see: [http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=2 CAELinux Tutorials] |
| − | First of all, we would like to thank you for your interest in CAELinux
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| − | which we hope will fullfill your needs in Computer Aided Engineering.
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| − | This Linux distribution is based on the excellent PCLinuxOS system and
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| − | includes an allways increasing number of open source modelling,
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| − | simulation & design softwares. Most of the content (99%) of
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| − | CAELinux is provided under the well known GPL or LGPL
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| − | (Gnu Public Licence) which allows you to freely use and
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| − | redistribute these softwares but a small number of packages have their
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| − | own licencing terms (GraphiteOne for example). If you intend to use
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| − | this distribution for commercial work, it is your responsibility to
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| − | verify the licencing terms of the softwares that you are using. The
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| − | authors of the distribution are not responsible for these licencing
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| − | aspects and this distribution and all the included softwares are
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| − | provided without any warranty.
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| − | === Introduction tutorial ===
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| − | For a very quick introduction to CAELinux capabilities, you should follow our <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Introduction Tutorial</span> here: | + | |
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| − | file:///opt/helpers/docs/tutorials/IntroductionTutorial1.pdf
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| − | === Softwares included in CAELinux Beta 3 ===
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| − | Here is a non exhaustive list of CAE software packages included in
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| − | CAELinux as well as some key informations to get started. Some of the
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| − | softwares can be started from Desktop shortcuts or from the CAE start
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| − | menu, but most of the console based tools will require that you use our
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| − | special shell called 'Command line tools' (in CAE start menu).<br>
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| − | <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Software</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Use</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; width: 203px;">How to start</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; width: 134px;">Installation<br>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Documentation</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Salome v3.2.1</td>
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| − | <td>3D CAD,<br>
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| − | Meshing<br>
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| − | Post Processing</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">Salome shortcut on desktop & in CAE start menu</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/salome</td>
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| − | <td>- HTML doc accessible inside the application<br>
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| − | - Tutorials in /opt/helpers/docs</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Code Aster STA8.3</td>
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| − | <td>multiphysics FE analysis</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">Create a new FE analysis from templates with New FE Study shortcut on Desktop or directly use the interface called ASTK </td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/aster</td>
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| − | <td>- French documentation available from EFICAS.<br>
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| − | - English doc (automatic translations) in
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| − | /opt/helpers/docs/CodeAsterEnDoc, use SearchHelp.py from this
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| − | directory to search for keywords in the English docs.<br>
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| − | - Tutorials in /opt/helpers/docs<br>
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| − | - Examples in /opt/aster/STA8.3/astest</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Impact</td>
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| − | <td>explicit FE dynamics </td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">use shortcut in CAE start menu or start /opt/Impact.sh</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/impact</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation available from the interface <br>
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| − | - Examples in installation directory</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">OpenFOAM<br>
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| − | v1.2</td>
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| − | <td>multipurpose CFD oriented solvers</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">use 'Command line tools' from CAE start menu or start FoamX interface from CAE menu or /opt/FoamX.sh</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/OpenFOAM</td>
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| − | <td>- Examples & tutorials in /opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.2</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Elmer v4.0</td>
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| − | <td>multiphysics FE package</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">use the shortcut from CAE start menu or start 'ElmerFront' from CAE 'Command line tools' console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/elmer</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation in /opt/elmer<br>
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| − | - Examples in /opt/elmer/ELMER4.0<br>
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| − | - mesh converter from Salome: <br>
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| − | /opt/helpers/unv2ElmerUNV.py</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Calculix</td>
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| − | <td>pre-post & FE solver, Abaqus-like<br>
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| − | syntax</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from CAE 'Command line tools': start 'ccx' for Calculix solver & 'cgx' for pre-post GUI</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/calculix</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation in /opt/calculix/doc<br>
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| − | - Examples in /opt/calculix/example<br>
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| − | - mesh converter from Salome:<br>
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| − | /opt/helpers/unv2abaqus.py</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">GMSH</td>
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| − | <td>Scriptable & general purpose geometry modelling, meshing and post processing</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">use shortcut on desktop & start menu, or type 'gmsh' from 'Command line tools console'</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/aster/outils/<br>
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| − | gmsh</td>
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| − | <td>- tutorials & demos in installation directory</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Gerris flow solver</td>
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| − | <td>2D / 3D CFD solvers based on automatic octree mesh refinement</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">use from 'Command line tools' console:<br>
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| − | gerris2D, gerris3D, gfsview2D, gfsview3D etc..</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/gerris</td>
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| − | <td>- examples & tests in installation directory</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">GraphiteOne</td>
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| − | <td>2D & 3D CAD system</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">start 'graphiteone' from a console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/bin</td>
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| − | <td>Free for personnal use, but not an 100% open-source package !!</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">BRL-CAD</td>
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| − | <td>2D / 3D CAD</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">start 'mged' from 'Command line tools' console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/brlcad</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation & examples in installation directory</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">MBDyn</td>
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| − | <td>multibody dynamics</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;"> from 'Command line tools' console: start 'mbdyn' </td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/mbdyn</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation & examples in installation directory<br>
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| − | - use 'mbdyn2easyanim.sh' & 'EasyAnimx' for visualization</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Tochnog</td>
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| − | <td>statics & dynamics FE solver</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;"> from 'Command line tools' console: start 'tochnog'</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/tochnog</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation & examples in installation directory<br>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">OpenFlower</td>
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| − | <td>3D CFD solver</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;"> from 'Command line tools' console: start interface 'OpenFlowerGUI' <br>
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| − | or solver 'OpenFlower'</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/openflower</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation & examples in installation directory</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">GetDP</td>
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| − | <td>general PDE solver</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;"> from 'Command line tools' console: start solver 'getdp'</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/getdp</td>
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| − | <td>- Documentation & examples in installation directory<br>
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| − | - can be started from GMSH</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Octave</td>
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| − | <td>MATLAB compatible mathematical programming</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from shortcuts on desktop or CAE menu, or type 'octave' in any console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/bin</td>
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| − | <td>- Help available from within the octave shell, with the 'help' command</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Scilab</td>
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| − | <td>Matlab/Simulink-like mathematical programming environment</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from shortcuts on desktop or CAE menu, or type 'scilab' in any console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/bin</td>
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| − | <td>- Help, examples, demos available from within the Scilab GUI</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">XMaxima</td>
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| − | <td>Maple like symbolic computing environment</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from shortcuts on desktop or CAE menu, or type 'xmaxima' in any console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/bin</td>
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| − | <td>- Help, examples, demos available from within the XMaxima GUI</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Paraview</td>
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| − | <td>general purpose 3D visualization software</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from 'Command line tools' console: start '/opt/paraview.sh' or 'paraFoam' for OpenFOAM specific post pro</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/opt/OpenFOAM/linux/<br>
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| − | paraview-2.2.0</td>
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| − | <td>- Help in OpenFOAM documentation </td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">QCAD</td>
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| − | <td>2D CAD program</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 203px;">from Office/Graphs menu or type 'qcad' from any console</td>
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| − | <td style="width: 134px;">/usr/bin</td>
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| − | <td style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">other usefull tools</td>
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| − | <td colspan="4" rowspan="1">Several usefull tools, documents and examples are provided in /opt/helpers directory:<br>
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| − | - CreateJob.py : GUI to create a Code-Aster FE analysis from template & Salome MED mesh<br>
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| − | - Unv2X, unv2abaqus, ...: a set of python scripts to facilitate mesh
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| − | conversion from UNV (Salome for example) to other solvers like
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| − | Calculix, Elmer or OpenFOAM.<br>
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| − | - GenEnsightCase.py: a python script to generate an Ensight .case file from an Ensight ouput directory generated by Code-Aster.<br>
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| − | - /opt/helpers/docs/CodeAsterEnDoc/SearchHelp.py: a simple GUI to search for strings in the English Doc of Code Aster<br>
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| − | - /opt/helpers/docs/tutorials and /opt/helpers/docs/examples contains some interesting tutorials on combined use of Salome & Code-Aster<br>
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| − | <h3><br>
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| − | === Installing & upgrading CAELinux ===
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| − | Thanks to the very simple PCLinuxOS installer, you can very quickly
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| − | turn your LiveDVD based CAELinux environment to a full featured hard
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| − | disk install which will let you customize and update your system as you
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| − | may want. We will not detail the installation steps here, but we highly
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| − | recommend that you read the documentation on the PCLinuxOS Wiki section
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| − | at [http://www.pclinuxos.com http://www.pclinuxos.com]. To install CAELinux Beta 3 on hard disk,
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| − | you will need at least 10Gb of free space on an ext3 partition and
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| − | preferably 1Gb on a Linux Swap partition (use PCLinuxOS disk
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| − | partitionning tool to resize or create your partitions & BACKUP
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| − | your data FIRST). <br>
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| − | After installation, you will be able to customize your OS, install new
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| − | packages & update your system (kernel, 3D drivers etc...) with the
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| − | very efficient PCLinuxOS Control Center (in Menu->Configuration).
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| − | From there, you will be able to configure all the aspects of the system
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| − | and directly install & update softwares from Internet with the
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| − | Synaptics software package manager.<br>
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| − | For more information about the OS, drivers, kernel, etc.. please visit [http://www.pclinuxos.com http://www.pclinuxos.com]<br>
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| − | For any other question regarding CAELinux or one of the included software, you can visit our forums at [http://www.caelinux.com http://www.caelinux.com]
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