#NEC2++ Numerical Electromagnetic Code in C++

This is a free (GPL) NEC-2 compatable electromagnetic code. It can both read nec2 antenna description files (like the original) and also be incorporated into other projects like GUI tools and automatic antenna optimization systems. Nec2++ is developed on debian linux, but will work on a variety of other operating systems.

##Instructions for Linux

nec2++ is available precompiled as part of most modern linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora.

    sudo aptitude install necpp

##Compiling on Linux

!NOTE! nec2++ now requires LAPACK (unless you use the --without-lapack configure option)

See the INSTALL file. But here is the short version

make -f Makefile.cvs
./configure
make
sudo make install

To build a debugging version use

   ./configure --prefix=dbg CPPFLAGS=-DDEBUG CXXFLAGS="-g -O0" 

##Instructions for Compiling on Windows

Versions of nec2++ since 1.2.3 now compile fine with the MinGW (http://www.mingw.org/) free compiler tools. Just download the source distribution, and follow the unix installation guide (./configure and make).

##Compiling with Visual Studio 7

NEC2++ has been tested with Microsoft Visual Studio 7. A project file for VC++ 7.0 is part of the source code distribution. Visual Studio 6.0 is now supported because it does not conform to modern C++ standards.

Step-by-step instructions

• Unzip the Windows source code distribution.
• Build the project inside the win32 subdirectory with Visual Studio 7.