Tagged: applications

Application Updates for Fall 2009

Posted on July 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm

There are several application changes that we will make prior to the start of the Fall 2009 Semester. In conjunction with the updates, we will be retiring old versions of the software. I’ve compiled a list of “new” application versions, as well as a list of the versions that will be retired: read more »

LS-DYNA License Upgrade

Posted on September 25, 2008 at 8:32 am

On Monday, Sept 29th, from 12 noon until 1 pm LS-Dyna will be unavailable so that we can install the new license key.  This action is required every September when the software license renews.  In the past we have been able to simply wait for a time when no LS-Dyna jobs were running and then install the license without impacting users, but this year the cluster has been so busy that this has not been possible.  So we must schedule this specific time to perform the installation. read more »

Free PGI Visual Fortran Offer

Posted on August 6, 2008 at 2:30 pm

I received an email today from the Portland Group, and they are offering a no-cost, single-user nodelocked PGI Visual Fortran license to students and faculty living in the USA.  Learn more at:

http://www.pgroup.com/freepvf

ABAQUS 6.7-1 Available

Posted on July 8, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Attention all ABAQUS users: version 6.7-1 is available on the URC cluster. It has been tested by several users, and seems to work just fine. If you would like to try out the latest version, you will have to full-path it at the commandline: read more »

Matlab R2008a available!

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 9:38 am

As of the writing of this article, our current Matlab version (i.e., in the path) is 7.4.0.287 (R2007a). I’ve installed the latest version, 7.6.0.324 (R2008a), and its available to all URC cluster users for testing! read more »

Choosing a Compiler Suite

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 9:13 am

gcc/g++/gfortran is the default compiler suite on the cluster. You probably already know that we have the Intel compiler suite, as well as the Portland Group Inc. (PGI) compilers. They are in the path, so you can use icc, pgcc, ifort, pgf90, etc., but sometimes a software package’s configure needs more of a hint as to which compiler suite you would like to build with. read more »


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