4. HOWTOs

The current HOWTOs:

• 4.1. Batch processing
  • 4.1.1. Activating module in SALOME in batch
• 4.2. Using ParaViS
  • 4.2.1. Line plots using ParaView
  • 4.2.2. Hints for line plots
  • 4.2.3. Using IOR in ParaViS plugins
  • 4.2.4. Writing filters in ParaVis
  • 4.2.5. Using a single programmable filter to multiple pipeline objects
  • 4.2.6. Extracting data from VTK file
  • 4.2.7. Activating ParaViS module with python in GUI mode
• 4.3. Test and Validation Cases
  • 4.3.1. Test-EQ3-inrshad1-inres1
  • 4.3.2. Test-MNEW8-sha12-res12
  • 4.3.3. Test-EQX40-shado14r-resf14r-3g
  • 4.3.4. Test-EQX40-shado14r-resf14r
  • 4.3.5. Val-F11-fw264t-fw4t-1l
  • 4.3.6. Val-F11-fw264t-fw4t
  • 4.3.7. Val-vde-bot-baf
  • 4.3.8. Val-vde-botsy-baf
  • 4.3.9. Val-HR-bott-baff
  • 4.3.10. Test-MNEW8-sha12-res12
• 4.4. Installing SMITER
  • 4.4.1. Building the SALOME framework and SMITER GUI application
  • 4.4.2. Developing and running SMITER
  • 4.4.3. Adding SALOME (sub)modules from GIT repos
  • 4.4.4. Changing prerequisites
  • 4.4.5. Publishing prerequisite archive
  • 4.4.6. IMAS
  • 4.4.7. Compiling with MPI
  • 4.4.8. Compiling documentation
  • 4.4.9. Catalog generator
  • 4.4.10. Building on the ITER cluster
  • 4.4.11. Building native SALOME GUI
  • 4.4.12. Build log
  • 4.4.13. Installation instructions for cluster admins
  • 4.4.14. Environment variables affecting SMITER GUI
  • 4.4.15. Platform notes
    • 4.4.15.1. CentOS 7.x & 8.x
    • 4.4.15.2. CentOS 8 and AlmaLinux 8
    • 4.4.15.3. Ubuntu 16.04
    • 4.4.15.4. Ubuntu 19.04
    • 4.4.15.5. Ubuntu 18.04
    • 4.4.15.6. Debian 8.6
    • 4.4.15.7. Debian 9 (stretch)
    • 4.4.15.8. Debian 10 (buster)
    • 4.4.15.9. ITER cluster
    • 4.4.15.10. Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
• 4.5. SMITER AppImage
  • 4.5.1. Issues and customizing startup
  • 4.5.2. SLURM Cluster integration
• 4.6. SMITER Parallelisation
  • 4.6.1. Introducing MPI to powcal
  • 4.6.2. Collecting power elements from neighboring processes
    • 4.6.2.1. Allocate IRecv statuses and requests for receiving strided arrays
  • 4.6.3. Conditional compilation WITH_MPI
• 4.7. Remote desktop with VirtualGL
  • 4.7.1. Allowing remote access to compute nodes
  • 4.7.2. Manual setup of the VNC server on the node with VirtualGL
  • 4.7.3. GPU memory usage
  • 4.7.4. Seting up VirtualGL server
  • 4.7.5. Remote access to compute node with VNC on Microsoft Windows
    • 4.7.5.1. Setting up VNC server using PuTTY
    • 4.7.5.2. Running TurboVNC viewer in Microsoft Windows
    • 4.7.5.3. Running SMITER in TurboVNC
    • 4.7.5.4. Running SMITER with virtualGL in TurboVNC
• 4.8. Using IMAS in SMITER
  • 4.8.1. Grid description
  • 4.8.2. Extracting prepared IDS
  • 4.8.3. Reading mesh from IDS
    • 4.8.3.1. ITER vessel mesh
  • 4.8.4. Writing mesh to an IDS
    • 4.8.4.1. Creating Vessel geometry
    • 4.8.4.2. Meshing Vessel geometry
    • 4.8.4.3. Writing mesh to IDS
  • 4.8.5. Reading G-EQDSK from IDS
  • 4.8.6. Writing G-EQDSK to IDS
• 4.9. Kerberos for batch processing
  • 4.9.1. EUROfusion Gateway (Marconi) cluster
• 4.10. Mesh preparation
  • 4.10.1. Meshing CAD geometry
  • 4.10.2. Importing NASTRAN meshes
  • 4.10.3. Building submeshes
  • 4.10.4. Building a Compound out of multiple Meshes
  • 4.10.5. Moving Meshes in 3D Space
    • 4.10.5.1. Translation of Mesh objects
    • 4.10.5.2. Rotation of Mesh objects
• 4.11. Plugins
  • 4.11.1. Writing plugins
  • 4.11.2. Create Divertor Mesh
  • 4.11.3. Save fieldlines to HDF5
  • 4.11.4. Convert Energopul data format to MAG
    • 4.11.4.1. Energopul Format
    • 4.11.4.2. Tutorial
• 4.12. Creating dialogs in SMITER
  • 4.12.1. Creating the file
  • 4.12.2. Writing the code
  • 4.12.3. Running the code outside of SMITER
    • 4.12.3.1. Linux
    • 4.12.3.2. Windows
    • 4.12.3.3. Result
  • 4.12.4. Populating the code further
  • 4.12.5. Resulting code
  • 4.12.6. Writing more specific dialogs
    • 4.12.6.1. Minimum requirements for a dialog
  • 4.12.7. Adding images to Qt resource system
• 4.13. Using SSH agent to login on remote clusters
• 4.14. Setting custom samples for POWCAL edgeprofparameters
• 4.15. SMITER-PFCFLUX benchmark ‘HNB FW study’ Test case
  • 4.15.1. Introduction
  • 4.15.2. Input data
    • 4.15.2.1. Meshes
    • 4.15.2.2. Equilibrium
    • 4.15.2.3. Display of meshes and EQDSK
  • 4.15.3. Setting up the SMITER case
    • 4.15.3.1. Creating the SMITER case
    • 4.15.3.2. Settings parameters for GEOQ
    • 4.15.3.3. Setting parameters for HDSGEN
    • 4.15.3.4. Setting parameters for POWCAL
    • 4.15.3.5. Run case
  • 4.15.4. Results
    • 4.15.4.1. Effect of misalignment on wetted area
    • 4.15.4.2. POWCAL results on HNB 5mm + refined edges meshes + misaligned shadow
  • 4.15.5. Edge results comparison
    • 4.15.5.1. Edge indexing
    • 4.15.5.2. Edge #1
    • 4.15.5.3. Edge #2
    • 4.15.5.4. Edge #3
    • 4.15.5.5. Edge #4
    • 4.15.5.6. Edge #5
    • 4.15.5.7. Edge #5 bis
    • 4.15.5.8. Edge #6
    • 4.15.5.9. Edge #7
• 4.16. SMITER-PFCFLUX benchmark ‘Faraday screen bars’
  • 4.16.1. Introduction
  • 4.16.2. Input data
    • 4.16.2.1. Equilibrium
    • 4.16.2.2. Meshes
  • 4.16.3. Setting up the SMITER case
    • 4.16.3.1. GEOQ parameters
    • 4.16.3.2. HDSGEN parameters
    • 4.16.3.3. POWCAL parameters
    • 4.16.3.4. Run case
  • 4.16.4. Results
• 4.17. SMITER-PFCFLUX ‘Faraday screen bars misalignment’
  • 4.17.1. Introduction
  • 4.17.2. Input data
    • 4.17.2.1. Equilibrium
    • 4.17.2.2. Meshes
  • 4.17.3. Cases description
    • 4.17.3.1. GEQO parameters
    • 4.17.3.2. HDSGEN parameters
    • 4.17.3.3. POWCAL parameters
  • 4.17.4. Results
    • 4.17.4.1. 1 mm misalignment
    • 4.17.4.2. 2 mm misalignment
• 4.18. SMITER-PFCFLUX benchmark ‘ELM case of ICRH optimized equilibrium on FWPs’
  • 4.18.1. Input data
    • 4.18.1.1. Equilibrium
    • 4.18.1.2. Meshes
  • 4.18.2. Setting up the SMITER case
    • 4.18.2.1. GEOQ parameters
    • 4.18.2.2. HDSGEN parameters
    • 4.18.2.3. POWCAL parameters
  • 4.18.3. Results
• 4.19. Calculation of connection lengths for ELM cases
  • 4.19.1. Introduction
  • 4.19.2. Generate mesh for connection length (baseline scenario)
  • 4.19.3. Creating the SMITER cases
    • 4.19.3.1. Settings parameters for POWCAL
    • 4.19.3.2. Plotting the result
    • 4.19.3.3. Specifying ELM power deposition profile to POWCAL
• 4.20. Power deposition on ICRH antenna for ELM and SS profile
  • 4.20.1. Power deposition model
    • 4.20.1.1. Edge localized mode profile
  • 4.20.2. Steady state profile
  • 4.20.3. Heat load calculation
  • 4.20.4. Radiation
  • 4.20.5. Results
• 4.21. 3D Magnetic Field
  • 4.21.1. ENERGOPUL 3D field
    • 4.21.1.1. Ideal ENERGOPUL field
    • 4.21.1.2. ENERGOPUL field with perturbations
  • 4.21.2. SMITER 3D file format
  • 4.21.3. Inputs and Outputs
    • 4.21.3.1. ITER Case with uniform 3D magnetic field
    • 4.21.3.2. ITER NF55 Case with 3D magnetic field
• 4.22. Guide to Raysect samples
  • 4.22.1. Raysect basics
  • 4.22.2. Raysect benchmarking
    • 4.22.2.1. Cutoff
    • 4.22.2.2. Ratio
    • 4.22.2.3. Code
    • 4.22.2.4. Number of cores
• 4.23. SALOME module workflow
  • 4.23.1. Adding a new module to SMITER
    • 4.23.1.1. Adding a new module
    • 4.23.1.2. Solving problems
  • 4.23.2. SMITER dialogs
    • 4.23.2.1. SMITER dialogs file structure
    • 4.23.2.2. CORBA
    • 4.23.2.3. NEW_MODULE_case.py
    • 4.23.2.4. create_NEW_MODULE_case.py
    • 4.23.2.5. NEW_MODULEGUI.py
    • 4.23.2.6. NEW_MODULE_utils.py
  • 4.23.3. Creating SMITER dialogs
    • 4.23.3.1. NEW_MODULE_base_dialog.py
    • 4.23.3.2. Creating dialogs
    • 4.23.3.3. Adding a new dialog
• 4.24. Guide to RSECT case
  • 4.24.1. Example with mesh as observer
    • 4.24.1.1. Importing data
    • 4.24.1.2. Settings
  • 4.24.2. Example with camera observer