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Beginner's Course Setup

Introduction

Welcome to our comprehensive guide for the Beginner’s Course at Foam@Iberia. We will walk you through each step to ensure a successful learning experience!

We will cover the installation of various essential tools that will enable you to follow the lessons effectively.

Throughout this guide, you will have access to videos that show the installation process for five key tools: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Visual Studio Code (VSCode), Notepad++, ParaView v5.11, and OpenFOAM v2306. Each video will address a specific software, explaining the process step by step.

To begin, start by watching the welcome video. Let’s acquaint ourselves with the training courses and instructors!

If you have any doubts or facing any dificulties along the setup process, place you questions in this CFD Online thread

0 – Initial steps

Watch the video:

Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator and run the following command:

 
					Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
				
			

Windows 10 users should also run the following command in PowerShell as Administrator:

 
					DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V
				
			

After each command you’ll be asked to restart the system, and you should do it.

To finalize this step open again PowerShell as Administrator and run the following command:

 
					wsl --set-default-version 2
				
			

1 – Install Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL)

Watch the video:

Commands typed in the video for copy-paste:

 
					wsl –-install -d Ubuntu
				
			

2 – Install Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Watch the video:

Installation website: https://code.visualstudio.com/

3 – Install NotePad ++

Watch the video:

4 – Install Paraview v5.11

Watch the video:

Installation website: https://www.paraview.org/download/

5 – OpenFOAM v2306

Watch the video:

You are now ready for the OpenFOAM Beginner’s Course !!!!

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