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HomerReid / scuff-em

A comprehensive and full-featured computational physics suite for boundary-element analysis of electromagnetic scattering, fluctuation-induced phenomena (Casimir forces and radiative heat transfer), nanophotonics, RF device engineering, electrostatics, and more. Includes a core library with C++ and python APIs as well as many command-line applications.
http://www.homerreid.com/scuff-em
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Installation using Virtual Box #193

Open Saetchkw opened 5 years ago

Saetchkw commented 5 years ago

Hello. I am a PhD candidate in Japan. I am working on near-field radiative heat transfer, and am interested in using this software for numerical predictions. But my computer is Windows, and I found that SCUFF-EM cannot be successfully installed in Windows. So I am thinking of downloading Virtual Box and use Linux inside the Virtual Box. Is it possible to run this software in Virtual Box? My computer is Windows 10, 64bit, Intel Core i5-7300U CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.71GHz and 7.8GB left. For Linux, it is 64bit and base memory has 3029MB with 2 processors.

I have a feeling that it might lack the number of cores.

It would be helpful if you can give some advice or suggestions.

Thank you very much.

Best regards Saeko T.

texnokrates commented 5 years ago

Hi,

there should not be any problems caused as such by running SCUFF-EM in a virtualized environment. The lower bound of number of cores required by SCUFF-EM is 1, so the "lack of number of cores" is not an issue (except that more cores will give you a better performance).

I recommend just trying it out; if you run into problems, then come ask again.

Best regards, Marek

Saetchkw commented 5 years ago

Thank you very much for your reply and advice. I will try and might probably come back when there is a problem.

Best regards Saeko T.