From a3083e8ba3b76345408fa18a14bee25fd944c699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine@ulg.ac.be>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 21:41:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] up
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@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ generator <a href="http://gmsh.info">Gmsh</a> and the finite element solver
easily interfaced as well.
</p>
-<h2>Give it a try!</h2>
+<h2>Getting started</h2>
<ol>
<li>Download the ONELAB software bundle:
<ul>
<li>Desktop version for <a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-Windows64.zip">Windows</a>
(<a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-Windows32.zip">32 bit</a>),
- <a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-Linux64.zip">Linux</a> and
+ <a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-Linux64.zip">Linux</a>
+ (<a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-Linux32.zip">32 bit</a>) and
<a href="http://onelab.info/files/onelab-MacOSX.dmg">MacOS</a>
<li>Mobile version for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geuz.onelab">Android</a> and
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onelab/id845930897">iOS</a>
@@ -66,101 +67,60 @@ easily interfaced as well.
<ul>
<li>Desktop version: go to the <code>File/Open</code> menu and select a
GetDP <code>.pro</code> file,
- e.g. <code>models/magnetometer/magnetometer.pro</code>
+ e.g. <code>models/Magnetometer/magnetometer.pro</code>
<li>Mobile version: select one of the preloaded models
</ul>
- <li>Press <code>Run</code>.
- <li>... then explore <a href="http://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis">other models</a>
+ <li>Press <code>Run</code>
+ <li>... then explore
+ <a href="http://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis">other models</a>, or
+ learn how to create your own with
+ <a href="http://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/tutorials/wikis">the tutorials</a>
</ol>
-<h2>Use existing clients</h2>
+<h2>Additional information</h2>
<p>
- <em>Native</em> clients directly embed the ONELAB library:
+ ONELAB can interface finite element and related software (<em>ONELAB
+ clients</em>) in two ways:
</p>
<ol>
- <li><a href="http://getdp.info">GetDP</a>: a finite element solver for
- electromagnetism, heat transfer, acoustics and generic PDEs
- <li><a href="http://gmsh.info">Gmsh</a>: a mesh generator and post-processor
- (Gmsh also plays the role of ONELAB server)
- <li>Onelab/Mobile: GetDP and Gmsh
- on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onelab/id845930897">iPhone, iPad</a>
- and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geuz.onelab">Android</a>
- devices
+ <li>By directly embedding the ONELAB C++ library or the ONELAB Python
+ module. This is what <a href="http://getdp.info">GetDP</a> (a finite element
+ solver for electromagnetism, heat transfer, acoustics and generic
+ PDEs), <a href="http://gmsh.info">Gmsh</a> (a mesh generator and
+ post-processor (Gmsh also plays the role of ONELAB server) and Onelab/Mobile
+ (GetDP and Gmsh
+ on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onelab/id845930897">iPhone,
+ iPad</a>
+ and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geuz.onelab">Android</a>)
+ do. Any C++ and Python code can do the same.
+ <li>By preprocessing the input files of any software. The different steps of a
+ simulation (meshing, solving, post-processing) are then controlled by a
+ python script. <a href="https://www.csc.fi/web/elmer">Elmer</a>,
+ <a href="https://www.openfoam.com/">OpenFOAM</a>,
+ <a href="https://www.code-aster.org/">Code_Aster</a>,
+ <a href="https://www.3ds.com/fr/produits-et-services/simulia/produits/abaqus">Abaqus</a>
+ and <a href="http://www.calculix.de">CalculiX</a> have all been reported to
+ be used in such a way.
</ol>
<p>
- Examples of models based on GetDP and Gmsh:
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/tutorials/wikis/home">Step-by-step tutorials</a>
- introducing new features gradually to learn how to build your own GetDP/Gmsh ONELAB models.
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis/home">Full-featured
- models</a> highlighting various phsyical models and numerical methods.
-</ul>
-<p>
- Other clients (<em>non-native</em>) are interfaced with ONELAB by a system of
- input file pre-processing. The different steps of a simulation (meshing,
- solving, post-processing) are controlled by a python script. See worked-out
- examples with:
-</p>
-<ol>
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis/Elmer">Elmer</a>: a
- finite element solver for multi-physic problems developed by CSC
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis/OpenFOAM">OpenFOAM</a>:
- an open source CFD software package developed by OpenCFD
-</ol>
-<p>
- Any software driven by input data files (e.g. Code_Aster, Abaqus, CalculiX,
- FreeFem, Gnuplot, ...) can be readily interfaced in the same way.
-</p>
-<p>
- Here are
- some <a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/tutorials/wikis/Onelab-graphical-user-interface-tips-and-tricks">useful
- hints to efficiently use the ONELAB graphical user interface</a>.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Develop your own client</h2>
-
-<p>
-Implement your own native ONELAB clients:
-</p>
-<ol>
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis/Python">With
- Python</a>: any Python code can become a native ONELAB client
- <li><a href="https://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/models/wikis/C++">With C++</a>:
- how to create a native C++ ONELAB client
-</ol>
-
-<h2>Technical information</h2>
-
-<p>
- The ONELAB interface allows calling sequences of independent clients
- (e.g. mesh generators, finite element solvers and other related tools) and
- have them share parameters and modeling information. It is based on an
- abstraction of the interface to finite element solvers and related tools: for
- geometry modeling and meshing, for the definition of physical properties,
- constraints and other solver parameters, and for post-processing.
-</p>
-<p>
- The implementation is based on a client-server model, with a server-side
- database and (optional) graphical front-end, and local or remote clients
- communicating in-memory or through TCP/IP sockets. Contrary to most available
- solver interfaces, the ONELAB server has no <em>a priori</em> knowledge about
- any specifics (input file format, syntax, ...) of the clients. In practice,
- this is made possible by having any simulation preceded by an analysis phase,
- during which the clients are asked to upload their parameter set to the
- server.
-</p>
-<p>
- Native ONELAB clients can be written in C++ or Python, and embed the ONELAB
- library. For native clients the specification of which data to share is
- completely dynamic. For non-native clients, the ONELAB server acts as a
- pre-processor of their input files, which should be instrumented to specify
- the information to be shared. In all cases the issues of completeness and
+ The ONELAB interface allows to call such clients and have them share
+ parameters and modeling information. The implementation is based on a simple
+ client-server model, with a server-side database, an (optional) graphical
+ front-end, and local or remote clients communicating in-memory or through
+ TCP/IP sockets. Contrary to most available solver interfaces, the ONELAB
+ server has no <em>a priori</em> knowledge about any specifics (input file
+ format, syntax, ...) of the clients. This is made possible by having any
+ simulation preceded by an analysis phase, during which the clients are asked
+ to upload their parameter set to the server. The issues of completeness and
consistency of the parameter sets are completely dealt with on the client
side: the role of ONELAB is limited to data centralization, modification and
re-dispatching.
</p>
+<p>
+ See the <a href="http://gitlab.onelab.info/doc/tutorials/wikis">the
+ tutorials</a> for examples.
+</p>
<h2>Sponsors</h2>
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