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AcuSolve Programs Reference Manual
AcuSolve utility programs covering preparatory and post-processing as well as user-defined functions and utility scripts.
Solver Programs
This chapter contains the solver programs.

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Introduction of background knowledge regarding flow physics and CFD as well as detailed information about the use of AcuSolve and what specific options do.
AcuSolve Validation Manual
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
AcuSolve Command Reference Manual
AcuSolve command descriptions and corresponding examples.
AcuSolve Programs Reference Manual
AcuSolve utility programs covering preparatory and post-processing as well as user-defined functions and utility scripts.
- Command Line Options and Configuration Files
  Each program requires zero or more options. These options may be supplied on the command line or placed in one or more configuration files.
- Run AcuSolve From Altair Compute Console
  The Altair Compute Console provides an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to select input files for AcuSolve runs.
- Solver Programs
  This chapter contains the solver programs.
  - AcuRun
    Script to run AcuPrep and AcuSolve in scalar or parallel environments.
  - AcuSub
    Script to submit an AcuSolve job to PBS/LSF/CCS queue.
  - AcuPrep
    Prepares the user data to be run by AcuSolve.
  - AcuDdc
    Performs domain decomposition.
  - AcuView
    Calculate radiation view factors for AcuSolve.
  - AcuSolve
    Solves problems that were prepared by AcuPrep and AcuView.
  - AcuSig
    Signal AcuSolve to perform certain actions while it is executing.
- Preparatory Programs
  This chapter contains auxiliary programs that help to prepare input files for running AcuSolve.
- Post-Processing Programs
  This chapter contains utility programs for post-processing or extracting data for post-processing solver results.
- User-Defined Function Programs
  This chapter contains utility programs for preparing user-defined functions.
- License Manager Programs
  This chapter contains programs associated with the classical Acusim license manager.
- Utility Scripts
  AcuSolve contains a number of command line utility scripts that can be used for pre-processing the model, post-processing the model, running the model, and for monitoring the solution as it progresses.
AcuSolve User-Defined Functions Manual
Customization of AcuSolve allowing you to customize certain capabilities of the solver.
AcuTrace Command Reference Manual
Commands of AcuTrace, a particle tracer that runs as a post-processor to or a co-processor with AcuSolve.
AcuTrace User-Defined Functions Manual
Instructions to define additional solution quantities of AcuTrace called user equations.
AcuReport Reference Manual
Instruction of the AcuReport tool, a standalone post-processor batch tool used to generate a report from an AcuSolve solution database.
AcuSolve Surface Processing

Solver Programs

This chapter contains the solver programs.

Given an input file, the solver is run in three steps:

Run AcuPrep to parse the input file and prepare it for the solver;
Run AcuView to calculate radiation view factors, if necessary; and
Run AcuSolve to solve the problem.

These steps may be performed manually, or automatically using AcuRun. The latter is the preferred mode of operation, since AcuRun hides all the machine-dependent parallel environment setup steps.