Basics¶

Applications¶

MICRESS is the main application for running microstructure simulations via command-line.

MICpad is a graphical user interface providing tools to configure, start and monitor simulations.

DP_MICRESS is a post-processing interface for plotting or exporting MICRESS output data into various formats.

Installation Directory¶

The default installation directory is C:\Program Files\MICRESS-7.000 on Windows and /opt/MICRESS-7.000 on Linux. An alternative location may be set during the installation.

MICRESS-7.000
├── Bin                              
│   ├── DP_MICRESS.exe
│   ├── MICpad.exe
│   ├── MICRESS_TQ.exe
│   ├── MICRESS_noTQ.exe
│   ├── MICRESS_par_TQ.exe
│   ├── MICRESS_par_noTQ.exe
│   └── ...
├── Examples
│   ├── Application
│   ├── Benchmark
│   └── Training
├── Manuals
├── Tools
└── ...

• Bin contains the actual software applications. Notice that the MICRESS application comes with different builds. This directory also include appropriate starter scripts (.bat, .sh) which set up the required run environment, esp. under Linux.
• Examples contains pre-configured simulations for numerous use cases. The directory will include the input data. The pre-calculated results are located in the results subfolders if installed. Simulation results can also be downloaded from the download section of www.micress.de for examples of interest, individually.
• Manuals contains an offline version of the documentation at release time. The online documentation is recommended as the most up-to-date documentation.
• python contains a Python distribution based an a Miniconda environment and only packages from the conda-forge channel or PyPI (Python package index). Only packages with permissive licenses are included.
• Tools contains auxiliary scripts for pre- and post-processing.

Builds¶

MICRESS provides multiple builds enabling/disabling certain third-party software support.

Notice that the Thermo-Calc interface will not work unless you aquire a corresponding license.