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Note

NOTE: As of the

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NEW Gui Scripts available 4th July 2024

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26th September 2024, The latest job submission gui and documentation for it is now available from the OpenRadioss Tools repository on github, the script itself is now in python and platform agnostic, you may download and make further contributions there, instructions below are a copy of the README from the tools repository.

https://github.com

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/OpenRadioss/

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And Vortex Radioss page:

https://github.com/Vortex-CAE/Vortex-Radioss

There is an update available now to the job submission gui that adds the option to use this to convert anim files to d3plot at the end of a run

Windows gui scripts with d3plot option zip Download (9.7MB)

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namelinux_scripts_mk4.zip

Older Gui Scripts (23rd July 2023) without d3plot option

In order to facilitate easier working with OpenRadioss, some simple python/tk based guis (.exe versions available for windows) have been created for running jobs, queuing jobs and converting anim files to vtk and converting T01 files to csv. The gui job submission tool sets all required environment variables, so it makes getting started with OpenRadioss much easier!

The linked tools include a combination of the features available in earlier scripts from hotaosa and PaulAltair

The zip files linked below contain scripts for windows and for linux (for linux, if using the zip download, the files/folders will need to be set writable/executable after extraction, the tar.gz does not require this)

Windows gui scripts zip Download (8.4MB)

Linux gui Scripts zip download (10KB)

Linux gui Scripts tar.gz Download (8KB)

Installation and Launch

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titleWindows Installation and Launch

Windows Installation and Launch

The script folder (win_scripts_mk3) 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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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 ‘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 'openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.py’ files is the main python script)

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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:

full_path_to\win_scripts_mk3\openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.exe

Target for Python:

C:\Windows\pyw.exe “full_path_to\win_scripts_mk3\openradioss_run_script_for_windows_mpi_ps.py"

Start In Folder

full_path_to\win_scripts_mk3\

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

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Linux Installation and Launch

The script folder (linux_scripts_mk3) 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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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

Code Block
sudo apt-get install python3-tk

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

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

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languagebash
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.:

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

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

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Script Usage (windows/linux)

The gui usage is the same in both linux and windows, the gui takes input file and a number of OMP/MPI processors (-nt, -np) as arguments, there are also options for running single precision version, and having Anim-vtk and/or TH-csv conversion performed at end of the run.

Submission gui

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Job Input file can be Radioss format Starter (_0000.rad) Radioss format Engine (_0001.rad, _0002.rad etc.) or Dyna format .k or .key file

By default, all files for a run present in a folder will be submitted, e.g. if Starter, and Engine(s) exist, they will automatically be run sequentially starting from the file chosen.

If a Dyna format file is chosen, the ‘engine’ phase (automatically created) will be run automatically if interpretation of the keyword file was successful.

If ‘Run Starter Only’ option is checked, then the job will stop after the Starter (or keyword file) and not run the Engine(s).

If an engine file is selected, a restart run can be performed from that engine file (all engine files after the one selected will be automatically be run sequentially)

If -np is 1 then the SMP (OMP) version of OpenRadioss is run, if -np is > 1 then the SPMD (MPI) version of OpenRadioss is run

If ‘sp’ box is checked, the extended single precision version of OpenRadioss will be run (if self compiling, this version is not compiled by default, see compilation guides)

If ‘Anim - vtk’ box is checked, at the conclusion of the run, all animation files will be converted to vtk

If ‘TH - csv’ box is checked, at the conclusion of the run, all time history files will be converted to csv

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Tools/tree/main/openradioss_gui

OpenRadioss GUI

OpenRadioss GUI is a graphical launcher for OpenRadioss on Linux and Windows.

It is a simple Python/tk based tool to execute OpenRadioss, queue jobs and convert OpenRadioss output files to csv, vtk, d3plot at the end of the run

The D3plot converter can be found at: Vortex-CAE GitHub repository

Installation

  • Python3 must be installed on the system.

    • On Windows, install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/

    • On Linux, install python from your OS Repository.

      • On RedHat, CentOS, Rocky Linux

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        dnf install python3
        
      • On Debian, Ubuntu

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        apt-get install python3
        
  • Get latest OpenRadioss Release

  • Copy the openradioss_gui folder into an OpenRadioss Release Download (same level as exec, hm_cfg_files etc.)

Execution

  • Launch the OpenRadioss_gui.vbs on Windows

  • Launch the OpenRadioss_gui.sh on Linux

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Launch a job

  • Select the Starter input Deck in .rad or .k format

    • Click the folder Icon, a browser will appear

    • Browse to the Input deck Directory

    • Select Starter input Deck / Click on Open

  • Enter the number of thread for the job in the -nt field

  • Enter the number of MPI Domains for the job in the -np field

  • Click "Add Job" Run Window apprears.

Notes

  • Single Precision button enables the OpenRadioss single precision version

  • Run Starter Only button executes Starter only.

  • Anim - vtk button invokes the Animation to VTK converter at the end of OpenRadioss Engine simulation.

  • TH - csv button invokes the TH to CSV converter at the end of OpenRadioss Engine simulation.

  • Show Queue and Clear Queue buttons manage the run queue.

  • The info menu has links to the downloads section of github and an ‘About’ credit to the script creators

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  • In Windows version only: On first attempt to submit an mpi run (-np > 1) you will be prompted to locate a suitable vars.bat file on your machine, once selected, this is remembered (to reset, delete the created ‘path_to_mpi_vars.txt’ file from the install directory, or edit its contents)

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  • *D3plot button appears only if Vortex-CAE D3plot converter is detected.

The Run Window

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Stop

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stops the job at end of starter

The job runs in a window titled with the run name, with some option buttons at the bottom:

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Button Functions

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Starter phase

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Engine phase

Run Windows has the OpenRadioss output.

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Several buttons permits actions during job execution

  • Stop: stops the job cleanly writing restart (.rst) file(s)

  • Kill

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stops the job at end of starter

  • : kills the job (no restarts written)

  • Anim

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no function

  • : writes an Anim file at the current cycle

  • h3d

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no function

  • : writes/updates the h3d file at the current cycle

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Close

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becomes available when job is completed, and closes the run window

  • d3plot: converts any Anim files present in the run folder to d3plot (always converts all anim files present)

  • Close: becomes available when job is completed, and closes the run window

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The Queue

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manager

it is possible to submit further jobs from the submission gui after the first and they will be queued for running when the currently running job completes, the queue can be checked and edited, by clicking the ‘Show Queue’ button in the submission gui.

The Job Queue shows jobs queued along with the options chosen, with the buttons in the window it is possible to cancel the next or last job from the queue, or to manually start the next or last job from the queue (this happens in addition to the queue being processed, jobs will open another run window and run at same time as any running job, queue will continue to automatically run any remaining jobs only when 1st one finishes)

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Below is the archive of the old tool development on confluence, links to download there are now disabled:

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Archive of gui scripts