bluecfd installation guide

[thschrader]

I wrote a little help for first time user of bluecfd / cfdof-workbench.
Hope that helps. comments welcome.
Keep on foaming...

Installing bluecfd for Windows 10 and FreeCAD.pdf

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EDIT 20.06.2021:
Upgrade from bluecfd 2017 to bluecfd 2020, please see here
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59537

[chrisb]

Is there a better place to keep this information so it won't get lost? Perhaps the videos and tutorials section?

[thschrader]

Chris, can you move it to tutorials?

[chrisb]

Done. I have left a shadow in the old place. I did that for the first time, and I wasn't sure what would happen; it left a link to the tutorials topic.

[sgrogan]

Hope that helps. comments welcome.

This is quite awesome.
Do you have any clue why the Conda based build doesn't work?

[thschrader]

Sorry, no idea. Only trial and error...

[Syres]

Do you have any clue why the Conda based build doesn't work?

I'll have a look tonight through tomorrow and try to get a definitive answer with my setup (which isn't exactly the same as Thomas has documented) but there have been quite a few changes to the Cfd-OF Wb recently which did give me a headache with my macros I use for crude bench marking. We need to send @oliveroxtoby on holiday for a while (he does fine work, I just struggle to keep up sometimes).

[Syres]

Sorry, no idea. Only trial and error...

Could you please look at the following blueCFD version info from Control Panel and confirm that you have the exact same version, I'm not getting any errors using the latest Conda build other than gmsh (which isn't build specific) and my bench marking macros are successful at solving the Millennium Falcon in 182 iterations which is as expected.

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OS: Windows 7 SP 1 (6.1)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.23058 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 6e60870ebcb2df018adb7a1281c00dde87750f11
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)

[thschrader]

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Could you please look at the following blueCFD version info from Control Panel and confirm that you have the exact same version

Aaah...I am not sure which version.
Our IT-service installed bluecfd last year on my Laptop.
I gave the IT-service the advice to use the bluecfd.github.io...
not bluecape.
https://joomla.bluecape.com.pt/index.ph ... =2&lang=en
http://bluecfd.github.io/Core/Downloads/

But the versions should be the same. Right? Should be...
Man, I am confused.
Greetings Thomas

[thschrader]

the fs dynamics installation link directs me to bluecfd github. there should be no difference. at the moment
only 1 user reported a problem with conda.
lets wait what other users say...
i will correct my guide next week.