[mcell]

Hi,

I want to couple SU2 with MpCCI (a coupling software) in order to make aeroelastic simulations with Nastran. MpCCI provides a C interface so I need to include some C headers in SU2_CFD.hpp and add some functions in SU2_CFD.cpp.

My problem is to compile the whole program. I already included for test reasons a c++ file and compiled it successfully (added lines for *hpp and *cpp file in Makefile.in and Makefile.am in the SU2_CFD/obj directory and used afterwards the configure file to create a new Makefile). If I do exactely the same with an external C file I get a compilation error after the object files are created. For test reasons I just tried to include a very simple C file which is located in SU2_v2.0.2/trunk/MpCCI_Adapter:

/*SU2_CFD.hpp*/
...
extern "C" {
#include "../../MpCCI_Adapter/data.h"
}

/* data.h */
#include <stdio.h>
void SayHello();

/* data.c */
#include "data.h"
void SayHello(){
printf("C header file included");
}

/* SU2_CFD.cpp */
...
SayHello();
...

I also tried to use the following command using the configure file, which didn't change anything:
--includedir=/home/tesla/work/Manuel/SU2_v2.0.2/trunk/MpCCI_Adapter

It is quite easy to find in the internet a solution for how compiling one c++ and one c file. But as I am very new to compiling it feels for me impossible to change these complex makefiles to fit my needs! I just saw that you also include an external C file (metis.h), but wasn't able to figure out what I have to change in the makefile in my case.

I would be very thankful if someone can help me with this problem!

I attached the error message and the makefiles.

Manuel

[economon]

Hi Manuel,

At the moment, we don't have any experience in compiling SU2 with the MpCCI software. However, I would like to mention that SU2 can still be compiled using plain old makefiles rather than the autoconf/automake system, if a user would really like to do so. The original makefiles should still exist in the config/ directory for each module, i.e. SU2/SU2_CFD/config/. As a warning, these may be out of date, but it seems that you will probably need to update them anyway to accommodate the new external dependency.

Hope this helps!
Tom

[mcell]

Hey Tom,
thank you! This makefile seems to me to deal with much easier. I'll try my best

[kmandar]

Hi Manuel,

I am very interested in your project of coupling SU2 with Nastran. Can you please let me know the updates if any? Do you have a github repository where you are sharing the details of your makefile?

I intend to couple SU2_CFD with Nastran too, but using OpenFSI as a coupling device. I will be sharing updates about this on my github fork of SU2 and CSA branch.

Thanks,
Mandar