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Windows Installation and Launch

The script folder (win_scripts_mk3 or mk4) should be extracted to the installation folder of OpenRadioss (at the same level as exec, hm_cfg_files etc), the scripts work only from this directory level currently

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The initial contents of the folder appear as below, for the windows version, python is not a pre-requisite, there is an .exe version of the gui that may be used directly without a python installation, the main gui tool is ‘openradiossthe mk4 gui requires python installation due to the interaction with vortex radioss d3plot converter and does not include an exe version. The main gui tool is the the 'openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.exe’ and can be launched from windows explorer on double click, the python code is still included for information and the .py script may still be used if python is installed (the py’ file. The mk4 version also includes a d3convert.py script to call the Vortex Radioss d3plot python libraries.

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For the mk3 windows version, there is also an .exe version of the gui for which python is not a pre-requisite, it may be used directly, 'openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.py’ files is the main python script)

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exe’ can be launched from windows explorer on double click.

If the tools for anim-vtk , or th-csv or the Vortex Radioss d3plot conversion are required, they should be loacted located in the exec folder with the radioss executablesImage Removed

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Windows Desktop Shortcut (Optional)

It is possible to create shortcut Links for the exe or python tools with the form e.g.:

Target for exe (mk3 version only):

full_path_to\win_scripts_mk4mk3\openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.exe

Target for Python:

C:\Windows\pyw.exe “full_path_to\win_scripts_mk4\openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.py"

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full_path_to\win_scripts_mk4\

You may also ‘change icon’ to the one in the included icon folder

Linux Installation and Launch

The script folder (linux_scripts_mk3 or mk4) should be extracted to the installation folder of OpenRadioss (same level as exec, hm_cfg_files etc), the scripts work only from this directory level currently.

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If the tools for anim-vtk, th-csv or the Vortex Radioss d3plot conversion are required, they should be loacted located in the exec folder with the radioss executables

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bash shell, and python with tk is a pre-requisite in linux

not all linux distros necessarily include python/tk by default, e.g. lubuntu has it, but for ubuntu-mate following is needed

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

In linux, the content of the linux_scripts_mk3 or mk4 folder is as below, the ‘openradioss_run_script_for_linux_mpi_ps.py’ file is the main gui,

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the d3convert.py file is included in the gui directory if mk4 version is installed.

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in order to launch it, enter the linux_scripts_mk3 or mk4 folder in a terminal window open it with python3, e.g. :

python3 openradioss_run_script_for_linux_mpi_ps.py

Linux Desktop Shortcut (Optional)

It is possible to create a clickable desktop/menu icon for linux:

add/create a file: ./local/share/applications/openradioss.desktop (make executable)
content of form e.g.:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=OpenRadioss
Exec=bash -c "cd /home/user/OpenRadioss/linux_scripts_mk3mk4 && /usr/bin/python3 /home/user/OpenRadioss/linux_scripts_mk3/openradioss_run_script_for_linux_mpi_ps.py"
Icon=/home/user/OpenRadioss/linux_scripts_mk3mk4/icon/ross.png

This will add a shortcut to desktop, menus: then can be pinned to desktop also: