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Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 Code_Aster & Salome-Meca on Windows platform maximilien.siavelis@simulease.com Make FEA accessible www.simulease.com

1. Code_Aster & Salome-Meca on Windows platform : Why? Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 2/14

Code_Aster website Most famous open-source FEA project ➢ Affordable www.alexa.com ➢ modest budget Siteinfo ranking (lower is better) ➢ High-level 4500000 code-aster.org 295205 4000000 3500000 fenicsproject.org 318611 3000000 ➢ Multi-analysis dealii.org 818615 2500000 2000000 febio.org 857976 1500000 ➢ customized solutions freefem.org 1041006 1000000 code-saturne.org 1221661 500000 0 calculix.de 2031125 g g r r o o conself.com 2262934 . . r r e e t t s dune-project.org 2839859 s a a - - e e agros2d.org 3320518 d d o o c c z88.de 3830442 Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 3/14

Code_Aster website for Linux platform only! ➢ Really difficult to understand what to do Statcounter ➢ New visitors % desktop OS Market share Worldwide (fev 2018) will give up Windows OS X Windows 82.55 Unknown Linux + Other OS X 12.38 + Chrome OS ➢ Fearless ones Unknown 2.6 Linux 1.46 will look for an Chrome OS 1.01 alternative Other 0.01 Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 4/14

Salome-Meca Alternative 1 Check for a Windows version ➢ Proof of concept versions ➢ Missing features Year Version Publisher Arch Model 2006 8.2 Sourceforge 32 Free ➢ Unmaintained testing A Assire bits 2007 8.4 NECS 32 Free ➢ Not convenient stable bits 2009 10.1 Pimeca 32 Free ➢ Commercial testing J-F Maurel bits 2012 10.7 Alneos 64 Commercial versions, price stable bits ➢ Unmaintained 2013 11.4 Alneos 64 Commercial stable bits ➢ not affordable Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 5/14

Salome-Meca Alternative 2 Virtual env, dual boot, cluster ➢ Virtual env : performances, memory, stability ➢ Dual boot : time reboot, work-flow breaking ➢ Not convenient ➢ Cluster : IT installation, price ➢ not affordable ➢ Linux : installation, command line, compilation ➢ learning curve with a steep start ➢ Not convenient, nor affordable Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 6/14

2. Code_Aster for Windows establishment code-aster-windows.com Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 7/14

Code_Aster for Windows an independant project ➢ An open-source fork on bitbucket ➢ Fixed blocking issues ➢ QA : 3200/3600 tests ➢ Planned missing features ➢ homard, mfront, ... ➢ A dedicated website for Windows users ➢ code-aster-windows.com Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 8/14

Code_Aster for Windows free recent binary versions ➢ Salome-Meca 2017 ➢ Asterstudy ➢ Salome Launcher ➢ Code_aster 13.4 ➢ Code_Aster 13.4 ➢ 64 bits, Stable ➢ Med, Mumps, ... ➢ Other products Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 9/14

Code_Aster for Windows a welcome to new users ➢ Step by step tutorials ➢ Begin with Code_Aster ➢ Begin with AsterStudy ➢ Begin with ParaVis ➢ FAQ page ➢ Installation issues ➢ Common issues Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 10/14

3. Code_Aster for Windows feedback code-aster-windows.com Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 11/14

Code_Aster for Windows Visitors: Top 10 countries and mapping overview Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 12/14

Code_Aster for Windows Success: a rapid growth and numerous downloads More than 50000 hits Product Download count Salome-Meca 4300 2017 Code_Aster 13 2450 (standalone) Other 900 Total 7650 Salome-Meca 2017 Code_Aster 13.3 released on Windows released on Windows Very positive feedback Code_Aster 13.4 released on Windows Make FEA accessible Salome-Meca Users’ Day 2018 13/14

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