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documentation: missing figures in FDS_User_Guide.tex #3066

Closed mimooh closed 8 years ago

mimooh commented 8 years ago

Hi, I am trying to compile the FDS_User_Guide.tex into html. But the SCRIPT_FIGURES directory is empty. Is there a chance to have the figures in the github repo?

! LaTeX Error: File `SCRIPT_FIGURES/openmp_timing_benchmarks' not found.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H for immediate help. ...

l.486 ...{SCRIPT_FIGURES/openmp_timing_benchmarks}

drjfloyd commented 8 years ago

We do not archive figures from the Verification suite as they are generated in the nightly builds, you can make the figures yourself following the directions in the wiki:

https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process

mcgratta commented 8 years ago

It's bad practice to commit binary files to a version control repository. The figures for the guides are generated with Matlab scripts after the verification cases have been run. The verification process is described here

https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process

mcgratta commented 8 years ago

Ah, you beat me to it, Dr Floyd!

mimooh commented 8 years ago

Wow, quick two replies. Thank you very much! I'll try to generate the figures as you suggest.

mcgratta commented 8 years ago

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students working with FDS that running these cases is a vital part of working with the source code. However, for many, it is too difficult to follow. So let us know if you can do it.

mimooh commented 8 years ago

Sounds scary :) I will have a look and let you know if/where there were difficulties.

Karol Kreński

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students working with FDS that running these cases is a vital part of working with the source code. However, for many, it is too difficult to follow. So let us know if you can do it.

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rmcdermo commented 8 years ago

Note I just made a minor edit to the wiki that will help... the run scripts have been moved to the Verification/scripts/ folder.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:55 AM, mimooh notifications@github.com wrote:

Sounds scary :) I will have a look and let you know if/where there were difficulties.

Karol Kreński

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students working with FDS that running these cases is a vital part of working with the source code. However, for many, it is too difficult to follow. So let us know if you can do it.

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mimooh commented 8 years ago

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students This is my progress and the difficulties:

  1. Cannot compile smv on modern ubuntu: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglui /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd

seems like libglui-dev is not available anymore in ubuntu repos. I succesfully compiled fds with gcc and intel compiler, but installed the smv.deb since I didn't manage to compile the smv.

  1. This qsub subsystem is new to me. I installed torque client/server on ubutnu, but it seems very complicated so I preffered no queueing, which resulted in: $ ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437: /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437: /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437: /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory

Maybe it's just me, but based on https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process I first time read: ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q instead of ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none

Resuming, can I have some suggestion on how to complete point 2.?

Regards, Karol

gforney commented 8 years ago

There are scripts in the repo for building libraries used by smokeview. Look in SMV/Build/LIBS On Nov 11, 2015 4:48 PM, "mimooh" notifications@github.com wrote:

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students This is my progress and the difficulties:

  1. Cannot compile smv on modern ubuntu: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglui /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd

seems like libglui-dev is not available anymore in ubuntu repos. I succesfully compiled fds with gcc and intel compiler, but installed the smv.deb since I didn't manage to compile the smv.

  1. This qsub subsystem is new to me. I installed torque client/server on ubutnu, but it seems very complicated so I preffered no queueing, which resulted in: $ ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory

Maybe it's just me, but based on https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process I first time read: ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q instead of ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none

Resuming, can I have some suggestion on how to complete point 2.?

Regards, Karol

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gforney commented 8 years ago

You need to build background. There is a script . look in Utilities/background/intel_linux_32 On Nov 11, 2015 5:05 PM, "Glenn Forney" gforney@gmail.com wrote:

There are scripts in the repo for building libraries used by smokeview. Look in SMV/Build/LIBS On Nov 11, 2015 4:48 PM, "mimooh" notifications@github.com wrote:

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students This is my progress and the difficulties:

  1. Cannot compile smv on modern ubuntu: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglui /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd

seems like libglui-dev is not available anymore in ubuntu repos. I succesfully compiled fds with gcc and intel compiler, but installed the smv.deb since I didn't manage to compile the smv.

  1. This qsub subsystem is new to me. I installed torque client/server on ubutnu, but it seems very complicated so I preffered no queueing, which resulted in: $ ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory

Maybe it's just me, but based on https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process I first time read: ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q instead of ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none

Resuming, can I have some suggestion on how to complete point 2.?

Regards, Karol

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/issues/3066#issuecomment-155920187 .

mimooh commented 8 years ago

You need to build background. There is a script . look in Utilities/background/intel_linux_32 Works :) I suggest you add it to the wiki.

The wiki says: (Linux/Unix) Open the text file called Run_FDS_Cases.sh and make sure that the various folders and scripts exist.

I suggest mentioning the variables also (intel vs gnu compiler).

Just make sure the 32-bit vs 64-bit for compiling background is really correct in Run_FDS_Cases.sh:

size=_64 PLATFORM=linux$size PLATFORM2=linux32 export BACKGROUND=$SVNROOT/Utilities/background/intel$PLATFORM2/background

For me the 32-bit had issues and this change helped: PLATFORM2=linux_64

Karol Kreński

On Nov 11, 2015 5:05 PM, "Glenn Forney" gforney@gmail.com wrote:

There are scripts in the repo for building libraries used by smokeview. Look in SMV/Build/LIBS On Nov 11, 2015 4:48 PM, "mimooh" notifications@github.com wrote:

I would be very interested if you can do it. This is a very important part of our verification process, and we have tried to emphasize to students This is my progress and the difficulties:

  1. Cannot compile smv on modern ubuntu: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglui /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd

seems like libglui-dev is not available anymore in ubuntu repos. I succesfully compiled fds with gcc and intel compiler, but installed the smv.deb since I didn't manage to compile the smv.

  1. This qsub subsystem is new to me. I installed torque client/server on ubutnu, but it seems very complicated so I preffered no queueing, which resulted in: $ ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory ../../Utilities/Scripts/qfds.sh: line 437:

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/background/intel_linux_32/background: No such file or directory

Maybe it's just me, but based on https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process I first time read: ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q instead of ./Run_FDS_Cases.sh -q none

Resuming, can I have some suggestion on how to complete point 2.?

Regards, Karol

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mcgratta commented 8 years ago

Thanks for debugging this process. Did you manage to compile the User's Guide?

mimooh commented 8 years ago

Thanks for debugging this process. Did you manage to compile the User's Guide? Not yet. I will let you know. Thanks for your support.

Karol Kreński

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mcgratta commented 8 years ago

What is the problem?

gforney commented 8 years ago

Fyi: I added a note to the fds verification wiki that says if you use the "none" queue you need to install the fds/smokeview bundle. This bundle includes the utility "background" used by the Run_FDS verification script ( you don't need to build background if you install FDS) On Nov 13, 2015 3:23 PM, "Kevin McGrattan" notifications@github.com wrote:

What is the problem?

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mimooh commented 8 years ago

What is the problem? I just need some more time, because I've got other things to do. But within a week or a few I should be done. My final goal is to build html from FDS latex manual.

Karol Kreński

mcgratta commented 8 years ago

OK, no hurry. We're just trying to make this process easier.

mimooh commented 8 years ago

A couple of new comments:

  1. https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process

    Running the Cases Unless something was changed in the build process I would still not figure it out from the docs that there's utilities/background that I need to take care of.

  1. Wrong: cd to the Verification folder of the Repository. Type ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh (Linux/Unix)

it should read: cd to the Verification/scripts folder of the Repository.

or just not change the folder at all, since I was in that folder already (Run_FDS_Cases.sh).

  1. Seems like you expect me to have built the smokeview? Which contradicts: "If you cannot compile Smokeview because you lack a C compiler, install the latest version of Smokeview onto your machine."

duch:scripts$ ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh erasing SCRIPT_FIGURES png files setting up graphics environment

--- generating images for: random_meshes.smv /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64 -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript random_meshes /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/Scripts/runsmv.sh: line 70: /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64: No such file or directory

BTW, in my case the reason for not building SMV is not lacking the C compiler, but openGL devel environment. Perhaps the previous comment from our discussion:

"There are scripts in the repo for building libraries used by smokeview. Look in SMV/Build/LIBS"

would be appropriate in the wiki.

Regards, Karol

rmcdermo commented 8 years ago

OK, I fixed Point 2 above.

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:39 AM, mimooh notifications@github.com wrote:

A couple of new comments:

  1. https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/wiki/FDS-Verification-Process

    Running the Cases Unless something was changed in the build process I would still not figure it out from the docs that there's utilities/background that I need to take care of.

  1. Wrong: cd to the Verification folder of the Repository. Type ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh (Linux/Unix)

it should read: cd to the Verification/scripts folder of the Repository.

or just not change the folder at all, since I was in that folder already (Run_FDS_Cases.sh).

  1. Seems like you expect me to have built the smokeview? Which contradicts: "If you cannot compile Smokeview because you lack a C compiler, install the latest version of Smokeview onto your machine."

duch:scripts$ ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh erasing SCRIPT_FIGURES png files setting up graphics environment

--- generating images for: random_meshes.smv

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64 -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript random_meshes

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../Utilities/Scripts/runsmv.sh: line 70: /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64: No such file or directory

BTW, in my case the reason for not building SMV is not lacking the C compiler, but openGL devel environment. Perhaps the previous comment from our discussion:

"There are scripts in the repo for building libraries used by smokeview. Look in SMV/Build/LIBS"

would be appropriate in the wiki.

Regards, Karol

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/issues/3066#issuecomment-158337810 .

mimooh commented 8 years ago

Any suggestion for my ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh problem? On one hand the wiki says I don't need to build smv, but on the other ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh tries to use the compiled /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64. I have smokeview installed as a .deb file.

I tried settting SMV=smokeview but the result is:

--- generating images for: ribbed_channel_80.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript ribbed_channel_80 GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_static.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_static GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_dynamic.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_dynamic GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000 shutting down graphics environment FDS pictures created.

Any suggestion for my next move?

gforney commented 8 years ago

X11 forwarding is not enough because smokeview uses opengl. you need to be at a "graphics" console. Assuming you are using a PC to login in to your Linux computer, you could use something like NX client to put a graphics console onto your local computer

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:09 AM, mimooh notifications@github.com wrote:

Any suggestion for my ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh problem? On one hand the wiki says I don't need to build smv, but on the other ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh tries to use the compiled

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64. I have smokeview installed as a .deb file.

I tried settting SMV=smokeview but the result is:

--- generating images for: ribbed_channel_80.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript ribbed_channel_80 GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_static.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_static GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_dynamic.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_dynamic GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000 shutting down graphics environment FDS pictures created.

  • I have no idea how fatal is the GLUT error for producing the pictures.
  • I have X11 fowarding to this host, can start x11 apps, so don't * understand the display: :1000 problem
  • find -cmin -2 proves no FDS pictures are created in my fds-smv tree, which contradicts the "FDS pictures created" message

Any suggestion for my next move?

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Glenn Forney

gforney commented 8 years ago

try the following

  1. cd into Utilities/Scripts
  2. copy smokeview.sh, startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to a directory in your path
  3. cd to Verification/Visualization
  4. run the case plume5c.fds
  5. type: smokeview.sh plume5c

if everything is working you should see output from smokeview.

the Make_FDS_Pictures.sh script uses startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to start and stop a virtual X environment. In order for this to work you need to have Xvfb and glut installed. To see if you do, at a command line type (this is assuming you have a redhat based linux installed )

rpm -qa | grep Xvfb rpm -aq | grep glut

On our system I see

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep Xvfb xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep glut freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5

mimooh commented 8 years ago

I bet I saw my friend launching smokeview window over x11 forwarding. I am familiar with NX (in fact the opensource fork named x2go), but seems like my ubuntu is too old to install x2go. Long way I need to go to have these figures for the manual... But I am still not giving up :)

Karol Kreński

X11 forwarding is not enough because smokeview uses opengl. you need to be at a "graphics" console. Assuming you are using a PC to login in to your Linux computer, you could use something like NX client to put a graphics console onto your local computer

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:09 AM, mimooh notifications@github.com wrote:

Any suggestion for my ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh problem? On one hand the wiki says I don't need to build smv, but on the other ./Make_FDS_Pictures.sh tries to use the compiled

/home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/Build/intel_linux_64/smokeview_linux_64. I have smokeview installed as a .deb file.

I tried settting SMV=smokeview but the result is:

--- generating images for: ribbed_channel_80.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript ribbed_channel_80 GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_static.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_static GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000

--- generating images for: objects_dynamic.smv smokeview -bindir /home/mimooh/fds-smv/Verification/scripts/../../SMV/for_bundle/ -runscript objects_dynamic GLUT: Fatal Error in smokeview: could not open display: :1000 shutting down graphics environment FDS pictures created.

  • I have no idea how fatal is the GLUT error for producing the pictures.
  • I have X11 fowarding to this host, can start x11 apps, so don't * understand the display: :1000 problem
  • find -cmin -2 proves no FDS pictures are created in my fds-smv tree, which contradicts the "FDS pictures created" message

Any suggestion for my next move?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/issues/3066#issuecomment-159296230 .

Glenn Forney

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/issues/3066#issuecomment-159298342

mimooh commented 8 years ago

apt-get install xvfb solves the issue.

NX / x2go proves to be not different from ssh -X server, when it comes to smokeview openGL remote display.

find . -cmin -3 reports that I have new files now: (...) ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/sensor.png ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/heatdetector_inact.png ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/sensorplain.png (...)

What your scripts lack in my opinion is a place for defining the basic variables. You assume and hardcode some x64-intel-variant-builds, but there should be place for:

SMV=/usr/bin/smokeview FDS=FDSCompilation/${OPENMP}intel$PLATFORM$DEBUG/fds${OPENMP}intel$PLATFORM$DEBUG

Karol Kreński

try the following

  1. cd into Utilities/Scripts
  2. copy smokeview.sh, startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to a directory in your path
  3. cd to Verification/Visualization
  4. run the case plume5c.fds
  5. type: smokeview.sh plume5c

if everything is working you should see output from smokeview.

the Make_FDS_Pictures.sh script uses startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to start and stop a virtual X environment. In order for this to work you need to have Xvfb and glut installed. To see if you do, at a command line type (this is assuming you have a redhat based linux installed )

rpm -qa | grep Xvfb rpm -aq | grep glut

On our system I see

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep Xvfb xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep glut freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5

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gforney commented 8 years ago

Thanks. I'll add some variables as you suggest. On Nov 25, 2015 5:31 AM, "mimooh" notifications@github.com wrote:

apt-get install xvfb solves the issue.

NX / x2go proves to be not different from ssh -X server, when it comes to smokeview openGL remote display.

find . -cmin -3 reports that I have new files now: (...) ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/sensor.png ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/heatdetector_inact.png ./Manuals/SMV_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/sensorplain.png (...)

What your scripts lack in my opinion is a place for defining the basic variables. You assume and hardcode some x64-intel-variant-builds, but there should be place for:

SMV=/usr/bin/smokeview

FDS=FDSCompilation/${OPENMP}intel$PLATFORM$DEBUG/fds${OPENMP}intel$PLATFORM$DEBUG

Karol Kreński

try the following

  1. cd into Utilities/Scripts
  2. copy smokeview.sh, startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to a directory in your path
  3. cd to Verification/Visualization
  4. run the case plume5c.fds
  5. type: smokeview.sh plume5c

if everything is working you should see output from smokeview.

the Make_FDS_Pictures.sh script uses startXserver.sh and stopXserver.sh to start and stop a virtual X environment. In order for this to work you need to have Xvfb and glut installed. To see if you do, at a command line type (this is assuming you have a redhat based linux installed )

rpm -qa | grep Xvfb rpm -aq | grep glut

On our system I see

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep Xvfb xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5

[gforney@blaze Scripts]$ rpm -qa | grep glut freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-2.4.0-7.1.el5 freeglut-devel-2.4.0-7.1.el5

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mimooh commented 8 years ago

I succesfully compiled FDS user manual from latex to pdf.

Thanks for all your help and support guys! :) Now I can finally get to my work: compile html from latex.

gforney commented 8 years ago

There are over 3000 images generated by matlab and smokeview contained in the various FDS guides. These images take up about 30MB (15MB after compression). Because they are generated every night by our v&v scripting process, it is not practical to include them in the repository.

See if you can build the FDS user guide using the FDS figures contained in the tar.gz file found here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_wB1pJL2bFQUlJwMmNfaHlqME0&usp=sharing

untar this file within the Manuals/FDS_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES directory

mimooh commented 8 years ago

See if you can build the FDS user guide using the FDS figures contained in the tar.gz file found here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_wB1pJL2bFQUlJwMmNfaHlqME0&usp=sharing FDS User Guide built successfully!

Thanks a lot! :)

Karol Kreński

There are over 3000 images generated by matlab and smokeview contained in the various FDS guides. These images take up about 30MB (15MB after compression). Because they are generated every night by our v&v scripting process, it is not practical to include them in the repository.

See if you can build the FDS user guide using the FDS figures contained in the tar.gz file found here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_wB1pJL2bFQUlJwMmNfaHlqME0&usp=sharing

untar this file within the Manuals/FDS_User_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES directory

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/firemodels/fds-smv/issues/3066#issuecomment-161147243

mcgratta commented 8 years ago

The reason for generating the pictures is not just to save space in the repository. In fact, that is the least important reason. The most important reason is that what you have just done (with some difficulty, sorry) is essentially our QA (Quality Assurance) process. We make changes to FDS and Smokeview everyday, and without this process, bugs that we might create are not detected for days or weeks, at which point it becomes a nightmare to debug.