Installation#
DAMASK can be used in conjunction with three different solvers:
DAMASK_grid, the included solver for regular grids,
DAMASK_mesh, the included solver for unstructured meshes, and
MSC Marc, a commercial solver based on the Finite Element Method.
See Solver Selection for a comparison of the capabilities of each solver. Moreover, DAMASK comes with a collection of pre- and post-processing tools. Each of these four components can be installed separately.
Installation Options#
The following table provides an overview of the installation options. See each method for detailed instructions.
Method |
Grid |
Mesh |
MSC Marc |
Processing Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
recommended possible not possible
Remarks#
For Linux systems, use of the native package manager is recommended to install all freely available components. The open source suite contains the grid solver, the mesh solver, and the processing tools. An alternative that also works on MacOS is the Conda package manager.
Container runtimes such as Docker can be used for running DAMASK on almost all contemporary operating systems. Container images exist for the grid solver, the mesh solver, and the processing tools.
The pre- and post-processing tools are written in Python 3 and can also be installed from the Python Package Index (PyPI).
Manual compilation from source is meant for expert users only. Nevertheless, it is the only way for coupling MSC Marc with DAMASK.