Download Guide

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr height="150"> <td align="left"><img src="../../img/logo.gif" alt="IAC logo"></img></td> <td width="100%" rowspan="2" align="left" valign="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="c6c6e0" height="32"> <tr align="center" valign="center"> <td> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Download Guide </font></td> </tr> </table>  <br> <p>This guide offers instruction on how to download and integrate either AVS5 modules or AVS/Express projects. Downloading AVS5 modules or AVS/Express projects is fairly simple, however integrating them with the desired system is different for each product.<br> </p> <p>A more detailed version of this guide is availlable in the <a href="DownloadGuide.pdf">DownloadGuide.pdf</a><br> </p> <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> <td nowrap><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Downloading</b></font></td> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <p><b>AVS5 Modules</b></p> <p>Downloading can be achieved by browsing the catalogue in the <a href="../avs5/index.shtml" target="_top">AVS5 Repository</a>, and simply clicking on the required files. Once a desired module has been selected, download the <b>C</b> or <b>Fortran</b> files found within the directory, along with any instructional text files and sample network files. Then select an appropriate <b>Makefile</b> for your system (UNIX only).</p> <p>Place these files in appropriate directory, and then perform a <b>make</b> command. This should result with the generation of the executable module, which may be added in the usual manner (refer to AVS5 documentation.)</p> <p><b>AVS/Express Projects</b></p> <p>Downloading can be achieved by browsing the catalogue in the <a href="../express/index.shtml" target="_top">AVS/Express Repository</a>, and simply clicking on a single archive file. Once a desired project has been selected, download the archive file linked from the catalogue listing. Projects can be downloaded as either a <b>tar.gz</b>, <b>tar.Z</b> or <b>zip</b> format.</p> <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> <td nowrap><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>IAC Project Files</b></font></td> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <p>To integrate the archived project into an existing AVS/Express user project, carefully read the instructions presented here. Before any AVS/Express projects can be integrated, some required base files should be downloaded and setup first. These files, known as the IAC Project Files allow easy integration of any number of AVS/Express projects. The IAC Project Files can be downloaded as either a <a href="iac.tar.gz"><b>tar.gz</b></a>, <a href="iac.tar.Z"><b>tar.Z</b></a> or <a href="iac.zip"><b>zip</b></a> format.</p></p> <p>Follow the link here, or select the <a href="../pog/index.shtml" target="_top">IAC Project Files</a> button at the top of this page in the navigation bar, to gain an understanding of what the project files are, how they should be setup initially, and how they are used in the future.</p> <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> <td nowrap><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Adding a Project</b></font></td> <td><img src="../../img/spot1.gif" alt="" width="8" height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <p>When the IAC Project Files have been setup (once for each user derived project - refer to the AVS/Express documentation), users may download any of the AVS/Express projects in the repository and add them at any time.</p> <p>Download a project archive:</p> <ul> <li>in either <b>tar.gz</b>, <b>tar.Z</b> or <b>zip</b> format.</li> </ul> <p>Place the archive file into the top-level directory of the user derived project area (where the <code>avsenv</code>, <code>iac_lib/</code>, <code>iac_proj/</code> and <code>v/</code> directories can be found.)</p> <p>Unpack the <code><name></code> archive file with the following commands:</p> <p><b>UNIX (<code><name></code>.tar.Z)</b></p> <ul> <li><code>uncompress <name>.tar.Z</code></li> <li><code>tar xvf <name>.tar</code></li> </ul> <p><b>UNIX (<code><name></code>.tar.gz)</b></p> <ul> <li><code>gunzip <name>.tar.gz</code></li> <li><code>tar xvf <name>.tar</code></li> </ul> <p><b>UNIX (<code><name></code>.zip)</b></p> <ul> <li><code>unzip <name>.zip</code><code></code></li> </ul> <p><b>WINDOWS (all formats)</b></p> <ul> <li>Load the archive into the Winzip Application, and extract to the top-level directory.</li> </ul> <p>Examine the <b>INSTALL</b> file, found in the <b><code>iac_proj/<name></code></b> directory, which will have just been created when the archive was unpacked. This will contain information about which IAC project files must be updated to add the newly downloaded project.</p> <p>Edit the <code><b>iac_proj/iac_proj.v</b></code> file, and insert the required line into the <code><b>flibrary</b></code> statement, for example:</p> <pre>flibrary IAC_PROJ <cxx_name=""> { <b>"../iac_proj/<name>/<name>.v" <ProjectName>; </b>};</pre> <p>Edit one or more the <b><code>iac_lib/</code></b> files, as described in the <b>INSTALL</b> file.</p> <p>Finally, examine the <b>README</b> file, again found in the <code><b>iac_proj/<name></b></code> directory, which will give further details about the specific requirements of that project, and how it should be compiled. The most common approach for compiling AVS/Express projects is from the command-line.</p> <p> In the top-level directory type one of the following commands (depending on the process used, which will be specified in the README file):</p> <ul> <li><code>base -comp_proc express -exit</code></li> <li><code>base -comp_proc user -exit</code></li> </ul> <p>Once successfully compiled, the newly added project will be available to use in the AVS/Express environment. If any of the downloaded projects have been compiled into the system <b><code>express</code></b> process, pick up the new version of AVS/Express by typing the following command when in the top-level directory:</p> <p><b>UNIX</b></p> <ul> <li>bin/sgi/express<br> <b>Note</b>: Replace <code><b>sgi</b></code> with the appropriate machine name for your system.</li> </ul> <p><b>WINDOWS</b></p> <ul> <li><code>start bin\pc\express</code></li> </ul> <p>The newly integrated project should add one or more high-level <b>User Macros</b> to the <b>IAC</b> library page, which is visible to both <i>Visualization Edition</i> and <i>Developer Edition</i> users. <i>Developer Edition</i> users can access all of the components by looking in the system library:</p> <ul> <li><b>Templates.IAC_PROJ.<ProjectName></b>.</li> </ul> <p></p>  </td></tr> <tr height="100%"> <td class="sideLink" width="25%" align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="../../general/index.shtml" target="_top">General Information</a></p> <p><a href="../../repository/index.shtml" target="_top">Repositories</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../new/index.shtml" target="_top">  New Releases</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../download/index.shtml" target="_top">  Download</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../submit/index.shtml" target="_top">  Submit</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../pfiles/index.shtml" target="_top">  Project Files</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../avs5/index.shtml" target="_top">  AVS5</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../express/index.shtml" target="_top">  AVS/Express</a></p> <p class="sideLinkLevel2"><a href="../pog/index.shtml" target="_top">  Project Guidelines</a></p> <p><a href="../../usergroup/index.shtml" target="_top">User Group</a></p> <p><a href="../../training/index.shtml" target="_top">Training Materials</a></p> </td> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="c6c6e0"> <tr> <td><img src="../../img/foot1.gif" alt="IAC" width="155" height="25"></td> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>