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Conditions for Usage and Licensing
All usage of STAR-CCM+ products at HLRN is strictly limited to teaching and academic research for non-industry funded projects only.
In order to run STAR-CCM+ on HLRN-IV, you have to specify the parameters -licpath and -podkey, as shown in the example script below. Users with their own licenses can specify the parameters to point to their own licenses.
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To use STAR-CCM+ you need to mail support[at]hlrnsupport@nhr.zib.deand and ask to become a member of the UNIX group adapco. In the same email you may apply for a We provide free Power On Demand (POD) license key by stating the estimated amount of wallclock timekeys for teaching and academic research for non-industry funded projects. Write use if you fullfill these conditions and state the amount of needed hours (The core/node count does not matter.). |
You can check your group membership by calling groups.
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In order to run STAR-CCM+
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STAR-CCM+ is installed below /sw/eng/starccm/. We provide module files which make all environment settings for the use of a specific STAR-CCM+ version.you have to specify the parameters -licpath and -podkey, as shown in the example script below.
Documentation and materials
STAR-CCM+ products come with complete documentation. The User Guide is available in PDF format, see directory /sw/eng/starccm/<version>/STAR-CCM+<version>/doc.
Installed versions
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module avail starccm |
All versions use double precision. The recommended default module - providing all necessary environment settings - can be loaded with: module load starccm
Example Jobscripts
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#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH -t 00:10:00
#SBATCH --nodes=2
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=40
#SBATCH -p medium
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL
#SBATCH --job-name=StarCCM
module load starccm/14.04.011-r8
## create the host list for starccm+
srun hostname -s | sort | uniq -c | awk '{ print $2":"$1 }' > starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID}
export CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE=1999@flex.cd-adapco.com
export PODKEY=<type your podkey here>
export MYCASE=<type your sim file name>
## run starccm+
starccm+ -dp -np ${SLURM_NTASKS} -batch ${MYCASE} \
-power -podkey ${PODKEY} -licpath ${CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE} \
-machinefile starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID} -mpi intel
echo '#################### StarCCM+ finished ############'
rm starhosts.$SLURM_JOB_ID |
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