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Download BARAM for Windows and macOS

Binary installation package for 64-bit windows and disk image for macOS with Apple Silicon are here for convenience. Download them from following links.

Download BARAM v24.4.0 Installer for 64-bit Windows ›

NOTE: For macOS, open-mpi Homebrew Formula should be installed in advance.

Download BARAM v24.4.0 Disk Image(.dmg) for macOS with Apple Silicon ›

Supported Platforms

• Windows 10 or newer
• macOS 10.14 or newer (Apple Silicon only)
• Ubuntu 20.04 or newer
• CentOS 8.2 or alternatives ( Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, ... )
• OpenSUSE Leap 15.4
• Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa"

BARAM requires following installed software:

• Python 3.9.x
• MS-MPI 10.0 or newer ( Windows Only )
• OpenMPI 4.1 or newer ( Linux, macOS )
• GNU C Compiler or any other C Compiler ( Linux, macOS )

Installation with NextFOAM build (Linux)

Supported Platforms

• Ubuntu 20.04 or newer

BARAM requires following installed software:

• Python 3.9.x

• OpenMPI 4.1 or newer ( Linux, macOS )
• GNU C Compiler or any other C Compiler ( Linux, macOS )

Install BARAM, NextFOAM, OpenMPI

• OpenMPI is installed in the /opt/openmpi-4.1.6 with --prefix option at configure command

sudo apt-get -y update 
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential flex zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev
wget https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v4.1/openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
tar zxf openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
rm openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
cd openmpi-4.1.6 
./configure --prefix=/opt/openmpi-4.1.6 
make -j 4 all 
sudo make install 
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/openmpi-4.1.6/bin' | sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc

• Install BARAM at /opt/baram with required packages. pip3 should be used instead of default pip command

sudo apt install -y  qtbase5-dev
sudo apt-get install -y '^libxcb.*-dev' libx11-xcb-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev libxi-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev texinfo
pip3 install --upgrade pip
cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/nextfoam/baram.git
cd baram
sudo pip3 install --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/wheels/PySide6_QtAds-4.2.1.2.dev0-cp38-abi3-linux_x86_64.whl

• Build latest NextFOAM-CFD solver according to the instruction at https://github.com/nextfoam/nextfoam-cfd

• Copy compiled NextFOAM-cfd solvers and Third-Party libraries to /opt/baram/solvers/openfoam

export BARAM_DIR="/opt/baram"

sudo mkdir -p $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/bin $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/

sudo mkdir -p $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib

sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/libscotch* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/sys-openmpi/libptscotch* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/fftw-3.3.10/lib/libfftw3* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/kahip-3.15/lib/libkahip_static.a $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/

• Compile Daemonizer and resource

  cd /opt/baram
  sudo gcc -o solvers/openfoam/bin/baramd misc/baramd.c
  sudo python3 convertUi.py
  

• Edit baramMesh.sh

sudo vi /opt/baram/baramMesh.sh

Comment out source and change python to python3

#source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m baramMesh.main

• Edit baramFlow.sh

  sudo vi /opt/baram/baramFlow.sh
  

Comment out source and change python to python3

#source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m baramFlow.main

Install paraview

• Install paraview using apt-get command. You can install paraview from the paraview official download page.

sudo apt-get install paraview

Create desktop shortcuts

• Create Desktop directory under /etc/skel for all users

sudo mkdir -p /etc/skel/Desktop

• Create baramMesh.desktop under /etc/skel/Desktop

sudo vi /etc/skel/Desktop/baramMesh.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=baramMesh
Comment=baram Mesh
Icon=/opt/baram/baramMesh.png
Exec=bash -c '/opt/baram/baramMesh.sh'
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Science

• Create baramFlow.desktop under /etc/skel/Desktop

sudo vi /etc/skel/Desktop/baramFlow.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=baramFlow
Comment=baram Flow
Icon=/opt/baram/baramFlow.png
Exec=bash -c '/opt/baram/baramFlow.sh'
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Science

Change permission of shortcuts

sudo chmod +x /etc/skel/Desktop/*

(NOTE) You should upload baramMesh.png and baramFlow.png to /opt/baram directory.

Installation with Python virtual environment

Supported Platforms

• Windows 10 or newer
• macOS 10.14 or newer (Apple Silicon only)
• Ubuntu 20.04 or newer
• CentOS 8.2 or alternatives ( Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, ... )
• OpenSUSE Leap 15.4
• Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa"

BARAM requires following installed software:

• Python 3.9.x
• MS-MPI 10.0 or newer ( Windows Only )
• OpenMPI 4.1 or newer ( Linux, macOS )
• GNU C Compiler or any other C Compiler ( Linux, macOS )

Clone the source code

git clone https://github.com/nextfoam/baram.git
cd baram

Setup Python virtual environment

Run following command in the top directory of downloaded source code. Please don't forget that Python 3.9.x is required. You can check it with the command of python3 -V.

python3.9 -m venv venv

Enter into virtual environment

Run following command in the top directory of downloaded source code

On Windows

.\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

On Linux or macOS

source ./venv/bin/activate

Upgrade pip version

pip install --upgrade pip

Install Python packages

Run following command in the top directory of downloaded source code

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install QT Advanced Docking System package

Run following command in the top directory of downloaded source code

On Windows

pip install https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/wheels/PySide6_QtAds-4.2.1.2.dev0-cp38-abi3-win_amd64.whl

On Linux

pip install https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/wheels/PySide6_QtAds-4.2.1.2.dev0-cp38-abi3-linux_x86_64.whl

Copy Solver Executables

Download and uncompress solver executables into the top directory of downloaded source code. The compressed files have solvers folder in it. Put solvers folder into the top directory. The final directory structure may look like following.

($BARAM)
|
+-- requirements.txt
+-- ...
+-- solvers/
|   |
|   +-- openfoam/
|       |
|       +-- bin/
|       +-- etc/
|       +-- ...
+-- ...

Windows

solvers_windows_24.4.0_20240923.zip

Linux

solvers_linux_24.4.0_20240923.tar.xz

You can download the file on command line with cURL or wget command like following.

wget https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/solvers_linux_24.4.0_20240923.tar.xz

curl -L https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/solvers_linux_24.4.0_20240923.tar.xz -o solvers_linux_24.4.0_20240923.tar.xz

macOS (Apple Silicon only)

Not yet prepared due to the strict code signing policy from Apple

Compile Daemonizer ( only for Linux and macOS )

"solvers" directory was created when the compressed file was uncompressed.

gcc -o solvers/openfoam/bin/baramd misc/baramd.c

Compile Resource Files

python convertUi.py

Run BaramFlow

python -m baramFlow.main

Run BaramMesh

python -m baramMesh.main

Convenient Scripts that do not require manual venv activation

baramFlow.sh

baramMesh.sh

Azure market place

You can use BARAM Cloud service with Azure makret place!! Visit below link and use BARAM cloud service!! Azure market place link

Paraview

BaramFlow has a menu that can launch ParaView for post-process. Users should download and install Paraview for post-process. And users can download it in ParaView Download Site If ParaView is installed in the system, this menu launches ParaView in the case foler.