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CST

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How to Access the Program
Using The Program
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Description

CST STUDIO SUITE comprises tools for the design and optimization of devices operating in a wide range of frequencies – static to optical. Analyses may include thermal and mechanical effects, as well as circuit simulation. All programs are accessible through a common interface with facilitates circuit and multi-physics co-simulation.

CST STUDIO SUITE comprises the following modules:

CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS) is a tool for the 3D EM simulation of high frequency problems.
CST PARTICLE STUDIO has been developed for the simulation of free moving charged particles. Applications include electron guns, cathode ray tubes, magnetrons, and wake fields.
CST EM STUDIO (CST EMS) is a tool for the analysis and design of static and low frequency EM applications such as motors, sensors, actuators, transformers, and shielding effects.
CST PCB STUDIO™ (CST PCBS) for the simulation of SI/PI and EMC/EMI on printed circuit boards.
CST CABLE STUDIO™ (CST CS) for the simulation of signal and power integrity and EMC/EMI analysis of cable harnesses.
CST MPHYSICS STUDIO™ (CST MPS) for thermal and mechanical stress analysis.
CST MICROSTRIPES™ (CST MS) is a time domain module for 3D EM simulation, particularly of EMC applications.
CST DESIGN STUDIO™ (CST DS) provides a design environment in which the results from diverse simulators can be combined and analysed.

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License Agreement and Citation Format

License Agreement
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Citation Format

How to Access the Program

Availability

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Parallelization Methods

Axle (see remarks)	2011	/apps/CST/Studio_Suite/2011_ihpc	OpenMP, MPI
Axle (see remarks)	2011	/apps/CST_Studio_Suite/2011_i2r	OpenMP, MPI

Remarks
(1) IHPC has purchased the CST Studio_Suite 2011 license, and IHPC staff may access to the version under 2011_ihpc directory in Axle.
(2) A copy of trial version has been installed in directory 2011_i2r under request by I²R.

Using the Program

Axle (Serial and OpenMP)

#!/bin/sh

#Ask for 32 processors

#BSUB -n 32

# 32 processors per host

#BSUB -R "span[ptile=32]"

# Wallclock time in HH:MM

#BSUB -W 72:00

# Job name

#BSUB -J "MyLargeParallelJob"

# Requires 20G of memory

#BSUB -R "rusage[mem=20480]"

# Output and error files

#BSUB -o lsf%J.o

#BSUB -e lsf%J.e

# export CST_VERBOSE_FRONTEND=1

"/apps/CST/Studio_Suite/2011_ihpc/cst_design_environment" -m -r \
"/scratch/ihpc/ihpcmark/cst_trial/horn.cst"

Axle (MPI)

#!/bin/sh

#Ask for 32 processors

#BSUB -n 32

#32 processors per node

#BSUB -R "span[ptile=32]"

# Wallclock time in HH:MM
#BSUB -W 72:00

# Job name
#BSUB -J "MyLargeParallelJob"

# Requires 500M of memory per MPI task
#BSUB -R "rusage[mem=127000]"

# Output and error files
#BSUB -o lsf%J.o
#BSUB -e lsf%J.e

# Transform the LSB_HOSTS into a CST nodefile. Replace the installation path etc. with the settings appropriate to your system.
echo "# CSTMachineFile 20080509" > cst_nodefile
echo "# DefaultInstallationFolder /apps/CST/Studio_Suite/2011_ihpc" >> cst_nodefile
echo "# DefaultTempFolder /scratch/ihpc/ihpcmark/cst_trial" >> cst_nodefile
echo "# DefaultMachineArchitecture Linux AMD64" >> cst_nodefile

# Define our variables here
MACHINEFILE=mymacs.$LSB_JOBID

# Need to make our own machinefile
for i in `echo $LSB_HOSTS`
do
echo $i
done > $MACHINEFILE

# Write node information we got from LSF into cst_nodefile. Each node should be listed only once.
cat $MACHINEFILE | sort | uniq >> cst_nodefile

export I_MPI_FABRICS=tcp
unset I_MPI_ROOT

export CST_VERBOSE_FRONTEND=1

"/apps/CST/Studio_Suite/2011_ihpc/cst_design_environment" -m -r \

-withmpi -machinefile=/scratch/ihpc/ihpcmark/cst_trial/cst_nodefile \

"/scratch/ihpc/ihpcmark/cst_trial/horn.cst"

Additional Notes

Last Updated - 3rd Oct 2011