renumics/code-aster repository overview

⁠About

⁠Code_Aster

Code_Aster⁠ is an enterprise grade simulation package for structural and thermal analysis that is primarily developed by EDF⁠. Code_Aster can be used as solver backend, but can also be accessed from the Salome⁠ platform.

⁠CAEML

The Computer Aided Engineering Middleware Library (CAEML)⁠ is an open source toolkit for building and running simulation workflows that is developed by Renumics⁠.

⁠Version info

The latest version of this docker contains Salome Meca 2016 (Code_Aster 12.6), please refer to the Dockerfile⁠ for details.

⁠Getting started

⁠Stand-alone use

In order to run this GUI-enabled container, please install docker, add yourself to the docker group and make sure that your host system supports X-enabled applications. Then run the following command:

$ docker run -i -t -e LOCAL_USER_ID=`id -u` -v  /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw   -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY  renumics/code-aster:latest /bin/bash

Inside the container, Salome Meca can be opened using

$ ./opt/salome/appli_V2016/runAppli 

Other tools that are included in the package can be run accordingly, e.g. type

$ ./opt/salome/appli_V2016/runSession paraview

in order to start a Paraview session with MED-file support.

⁠Use with CAEML

In order to use this docker within CAEML⁠ please refer to the CAEML examples. The test cases of the CAEML Code_Aster package⁠ might be especially useful.