foam-extend4.1-coherent-io/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/READMEBinaryPackage.txt

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***** IMPORTANT: THIS IS VERSION IS NOT FULLY TESTED OR VALIDATED. PLEASE USE WITH CARE. *****
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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL AND RUN THE WINDOWS VERSION OF FOAM-EXTEND
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1) Unzip the package file to any suitable directory (with no whitespaces) on your computer.

2) Install OpenMPI if you do not already have it. You can download this from:
       http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/downloads/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-1_win64.exe
   It is strongly recommended to install this in a directory with no whitespaces.
   Once installed, create a new environment variable called MPI_ROOTDIR to point to the
   installation directory where you install OpenMPI.

3) If you wish to perform post-processing using ParaView and you do not already have it,
   you can download ParaView from:
       http://www.paraview.org/download
   It is strongly recommended to install this in a directory with no whitespaces.
   Once installed, create a new environment variable called PARAVIEW_HOME to point to the
   installation directory where you install ParaView.

4) Start a new CMD (DOS) prompt, and run the following command:
       call <PATH_TO_FOAM>\setWindowsEnvironment.bat
   where <PATH_TO_FOAM> is the full path of the directory where you unzipped the package.
   The foam environment is now configured correctly for use within this CMD prompt only.

   Alternatively, create a desktop shortcut to <PATH_TO_FOAM>\foamWindowsShell.bat
   When you double-click this shortcut, a new CMD prompt is open with the foam environment automatically set.

5) From the CMD prompts opened in the previous step, you can now run the usual foam applications, for example:
       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
       blockMesh
       sonicFoam

6) To run in parallel using using OpenMPI, run (for example):
       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
       decomposePar
       mpirun -np 4 sonicFoam.exe -parallel

7) To post-process the results using ParaView, just run "parafoam" in the case directory:
       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
       parafoam

   This will create a temporary .foam file in the case directory and automatically launch ParaView.


NOTES
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1) This version does not fully support runtime selection of extended features. If necessary, you can
   explicitly load the required DLL using the "libs" function in system/controlDict, for example:
       libs ("liblduSolvers.dll");

2) foam-extend is licensed under GPL v3. The source code is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/