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Quick Start

Step 0: Acquiring MICRESS

MICRESS® is a commercial software and can be acquired by contacting info@micress.de by email. The MICRESS group will provide information about pricing and software download details.

Results of the MICRESS examples and the freely available viewer DP_MICRESS can be downloaded from www.micress.de.

Step 1: Install MICRESS

Follow the installation instructions.

Step 2: Start MICpad

Use the MICpad shortcut on your desktop or run MICpad.exe (Windows), resp. MICpad.sh (Linux), to start MICpad.

Step 3: Load Example Simulation

  • Select File→Open in the navigation menu to open the file browser.
  • Navigate to the Examples directory located in the MICRESS installation directory.
  • Open T025_GrainGrowth.dri located in Examples/Training.

MICpad

Step 4: Save Input File to Home Directory

  • Select File→Save as in the navigation menu.
  • Browse to your Home directory and create an new folder MICRESS_QuickStart.
  • Open MICRESS_QuickStart, enter MyGrainGrowth as filename and hit Save.

MICpad

Step 5: Start Simulation

Select Simulation→Start in the navigation menu.

If done correctly, you should now see the MICRESS console output being printed to a window next to the driving file in MICpad.