Code: CALCULIX

Name	CalculiX
Status	Version 2.12 Available
Release Date	changing
Authors	CALCULIX
Contact	Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
License	GNU General Public License
Repository	CALCULIX
Documentation	CALCULIX
Known problems	None

Description: CalculiX is a package designed to solve field problems. The method used is the finite element method.

With CalculiX Finite Element Models can be build, calculated and post-processed. The pre- and post-processor is an interactive 3D-tool using the openGL API. The solver is able to do linear and non-linear calculations. Static, dynamic and thermal solutions are available. Both programs can be used independently. Because the solver makes use of the abaqus input format it is possible to use commercial pre-processors as well. In turn the pre-processor is able to write mesh related data for nastran, abaqus, ansys, code-aster and for the free-cfd codes dolfyn, duns, ISAAC and OpenFOAM. A simple step reader is included. In addition external CAD interfaces like vda_to_fbd are available. The program is designed to run on Unix platforms like Linux and Irix computers but also on MS-Windows.

The CalculiX package was developed by a team of enthusiasts in their raw spare time. They are employees of MTU Aero Engines in Munich, Germany which granted the publication.

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Build Directions

To build Calculix from the source code (necessary to use custom UMAT's) on Linux, follow the steps given.

1. Get the prerequisite ARPACK
1. Download ARPACK, or,

wget http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/SRC/arpack96.tar.gz
wget http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/SRC/patch.tar.gz

2. Unpack the two files

tar xzvf arpack96.tar.gz
tar xzvf patch.tar.gz

3. Edit the makefile "ARmake.inc"
• Change the home directory to the directory where you extracted ARPACK
• Change the definitions of MAKE and SHELL to be simply make and sh, respectively, with no paths
• Change the Fortran compiler to your version by changing the FC variable. The GCC version of gfortran worked as of version 5.4.0.
• If you are using gfortran remove -cg89 from the line

  FFLAGS	= -O -cg89

4. Edit the file "UTIL/second.f", adding a "*" to the front of the line

         EXTERNAL           ETIME

5. From the directory "ARPACK", type make lib in the command line.
2. Get the prerequisite SPOOLES
1. Download Spooles, or,

wget http://www.netlib.org/linalg/spooles/spooles.2.2.tgz

2. Unpack SPOOLES into a subdirectory

mkdir SPOOLES.2.2
mv spooles.2.2.tgz SPOOLES.2.2
cd SPOOLES.2.2
tar xzvf spooles.2.2.tgz

3. Change the compiler version in "Make.inc" to your compiler (gcc 5.4.0 worked: CC = gcc) on the line

  CC = /usr/lang-4.0/bin/cc

4. Build the SPOOLES library

make lib

3. Get Calculix
1. Download the Calculix source code, or on the command line:

 wget http://www.dhondt.de/ccx_2.12.src.tar.bz2 

2. Unpack the compressed source code

bunzip2 ccx_2.12.src.tar.bz2
tar xvf ccx_2.12.src.tar

3. Edit the makefile "Calculix/ccx_#.##/src/Makefile"
• Change the variables CC and FC to the same C and Fortran compilers, respectively, used previously
• Change "INTEL" to "SUN4" on the line

	../../../ARPACK/libarpack_INTEL.a \

4. Compile Calculix from the directory "Calculix/ccx_#.##/src/"

make

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