foxytocin / helyx-os

The market leading open-source GUI for OpenFOAM®

HELYX-OS

HELYX-OS is an open-source Graphical User Interface designed to work natively with OpenFOAM version 4.1 and OpenFOAM v1606+. The GUI is developed by ENGYS using Java+VTK and delivered to the public under the GNU General Public License.

HELYX-OS has been created to facilitate the usage of the standard OpenFOAM libraries, by removing the complexity of text based case definition in favour of an intuitive easy-to-use graphical user interface. The GUI is focused on pre-processing tasks, including meshing, case definition and solver execution. Visit the HELYX-OS Project Page for more information.

Installing the latest binary file for 64 bit linux

Visit http://engys.github.io/HELYX-OS/ to download the latest HELYX-OS binary and view installation instructions.

Compiling HELYX-OS on your own

Prerequisites

• Installation of precompiled HELYX-OS X.X.X
• Oracle Java version > 1.7
• Oracle JDK
• Ant > 1.7

Steps to Compile

1. Make sure the Oracle based java and JDK are installed in your machine (use java -version and javac --version) and configured correctly.

2. Clone the HELYX-OS git repository in a clean folder (e.g. /home/user/git)

   git clone https://github.com/ENGYS/HELYX-OS
   

3. Navigate to the HELYX-OS directory (e.g. /home/user/Engys/HELYX-OS/vX.X.X)

4. Move the sources in the HELYX-OS folder using the command

    cp -R /home/user/git/HELYX-OS/* .
   

5. Compile using the command

    ant -buildfile build_src.xml
   

6. Run HELYX-OS with the command

    ./HELYX-OS.sh
   

Disclaimer

This offering is not approved or endorsed by OpenCFD Limited, producer and distributor of the OpenFOAM software via www.openfoam.com, and owner of the OPENFOAM® and OpenCFD® trade marks.