soot-dem-gui

Intro

Software for soot aggregate mechanics simulations with a graphical user interface. Description of the contact model is available in the preprint. A tutorial is available on Egor Demidov's web page. Windows and macOS binaries can be downloaded in the releases section of this repository. See below for instructions on building from source.

Building from source

System dependencies:

• git
• CMake (3.21 or later)
• Ninja build
• Qt Widgets
• VTK built with Qt support
• CGAL (optional, needed to calculate convexity in geometry analysis)
• C++ compiler with C++23 and OpenMP support

The dependencies can be installed with your system's package manager or vcpkg.

Step 1: obtaining the source code

Run:

git clone https://github.com/egor-demidov/soot-dem-gui.git
cd soot-dem-gui
git submodule update --init

Step 2: configure the build

If VTK and Qt are installed system-wide, run in soot-dem-gui directory:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

To build without CGAL, set USE_CGAL CMake cache variable to Off during configuration:

cmake -G Ninja -DUSE_CGAL=Off -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

If VTK, Qt, and CGAL are to be installed through vcpkg:

cmake -G Ninja --preset=default .

Step 3: build

In the build directory, run:

cmake --build . --config Release