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Tecplot

Tecplot 360 is commercial software that may only be used by research workgroups that have purchased a license and are running a private license server. You must know the license server name and port number to use Tecplot.

To determine the available versions of Tecplot installed use

$ vpkg_versions tecplot
Available versions in package (* = default version):

[/opt/shared/valet/etc/tecplot.vpkg]
tecplot    TecPlot 360: A CFD visualization software tool that helps you quickly plot and animate your data
  2012-r1  Version 2012, R1
  2013-r1  Version 2013, R1
* 2013     (alias of 2013-r1)
  2012     (alias of 2012-r1)

If your workgroup has purchased a Tecplot license, then the tecplot.lic file containing the license server name and port number should be located in a shared workgroup directory such as $WORKDIR/sw/tecplot/licenses. In the example tecplot.lic below, lm.udel.edu and port would be replaced with your private license server name and port number.

HOST lm.udel.edu 0 port

Next install a tecplot startup script in a shared workgroup directory such as $WORKDIR/sw/bin which will load the current default version of tecplot denoted by the * above and configure the environment variable RLM_LICENSE to find the correct license server information for your workgroup.

#!/bin/bash
source /etc/profile.d/valet.sh
vpkg_require tecplot
export RLM_LICENSE="$WORKDIR/sw/tecplot/licenses"
tec360 "$@"

All interactive jobs should be run on a compute node by setting your workgroup and using qlogin. You need to be running X-Windows and you should make sure you are in the directory where you want to run Tecplot. Once on the compute node, you will automatically be in the same working directory. For example, for traine on Mills, this process might look like this:

[traine@mills ~]$ workgroup -g it_css
[(it_css:traine)@mills ~]$ qlogin
Your job 692290 ("QLOGIN") has been submitted
waiting for interactive job to be scheduled ...
Your interactive job 692290 has been successfully scheduled.
Establishing /opt/shared/OpenGridScheduler/local/qlogin_ssh session to host n017 ...
[traine@n017 ~]$ tecplot
Adding dependency `x11/RHEL6.1` to your environment
Adding package `tecplot/2013-r1` to your environment
Tecplot 14.0.2.35002 - 14:35:05  03-11-2013  [linux64-sled10.4]
Configuration File     : /opt/shared/tecplot/2013-r1/tecplot.cfg
Process Temp Dir       : /scratch/692290.1.it_css-qrsh.q/tecplot_traine/tpa7Qbddm
Tecplot displayed on   : localhost:10.0
OpenGL driver version  : 2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel
Tecplot executable     : /opt/shared/tecplot/2013-r1/bin/tecplot.shared
Tecplot Home Directory : /opt/shared/tecplot/2013-r1
QuickMacro File        : /opt/shared/tecplot/2013-r1/tecplot.mcr
Addon Startup File     : /opt/shared/tecplot/2013-r1/tecplot.add
AddOn Loaded           : CFD Analyzer
AddOn Loaded           : CGNS Loader
AddOn Loaded           : DEM Loader
AddOn Loaded           : DXF Loader
AddOn Loaded           : FLOW-3D Loader
AddOn Loaded           : EnSight Loader
AddOn Loaded           : Fluent Data Loader
AddOn Loaded           : General Text Loader
AddOn Loaded           : HDF Loader
AddOn Loaded           : HDF5 Loader
AddOn Loaded           : PLOT3D Loader
AddOn Loaded           : PLY Polygon File Loader
AddOn Loaded           : Text Spreadsheet Loader
AddOn Loaded           : Kiva Loader
AddOn Loaded           : Finite Element Analysis Loader
AddOn Loaded           : Python Utility
AddOn Loaded           : Akima Spline
AddOn Loaded           : General Curve Fit
AddOn Loaded           : Stineman Interpolation
AddOn Loaded           : extendmcr
AddOn Loaded           : Advanced Quick Edit Tool
AddOn Loaded           : Multi Frame Manager
AddOn Loaded           : Create Multiple Frames
AddOn Loaded           : Tensor Eigensystem
AddOn Loaded           : Key Frame Animation
AddOn Loaded           : Aux Data Editor
AddOn Loaded           : Time Series Plot
AddOn Loaded           : Extract Over Time
AddOn Loaded           : Link Solution Time
AddOn Loaded           : Extend Time MCR
AddOn Loaded           : Strand Editor

You should see a tecplot 360 splash window followed by the GUI for Tecplot 360. If you get the error

Err: Cannot open display.

your forgot to run X-Windows.

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