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I am primarily a Mac user (OS 10.7.5). However, I also work with Windows by using Parallels Desktop to run Windows7 (32 bit).
I want to start using OpenFoam. I would prefer to avoid Linux and see from a quick search that there are ways to run OpenFoam on Windows and Mac. My question is, what do people think of avoiding the Linux version? I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with Linux--it is just that I have limited time and would prefer to use what I'm used to... Do the Mac and/or Windows alternatives offer the same functionality as the Linux version? Are they easy to install and get? If it would be a good idea to use Windows or Mac versions, could anyone recommend a particular version? I won't be running huge simulations. I'm mostly interested in doing some two-phase (gas and liquid) 2-D simulations. Thanks a lot for any advice! |
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My two cents:
I run OpenFOAM on Mac OS X 10.7 and it works great for me (I don't know of any lost functionality). The installation is not that difficult if you have a bit of terminal experience. I believe you will get better performance running OpenFOAM natively on your Mac than in a virtual machine of Windows. Philip |
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![]() Compiled it some time ago (1.6 or so). But you've got to build Paraview from source and I don't bother to do that anymore. The built in reader is good enough (in some respects better, in some worse)
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