Install the MULTICORE module

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Multicore solver module for Chrono.

Features

The MULTICORE module provides features for performing multibody simulations using shared-memory parallel computing within Chrono

• introduces a custom ChSystemMulticore class

• implements a high-performance multicore collision detection algorithm

• uses efficient APIs for parallelism (OpenMP, Thrust, etc.)

Requirements

• To build this module you need:

  • the Blaze library, version 3.8.

  • the Thrust (also included in CUDA SDK).

The easiest way to obtain the Thrust library is by installing the CUDA SDK. Alternatively, you can download or clone Thrust from its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/thrust/thrust). In that case, you will need to manually specify the path to the Thrust CMake configuration script (set the variable `Thrust_DIR`).

Building instructions

1. Download the following libraries (depending on the platform, the process can be different)

   • Blaze library, version 3.8

   • Thrust (also included in CUDA SDK)

   For use with the Chrono::Multicore module, no installation is required for the above headers-only libraries. However, if so desired, they can be installed in the appropriate system directories (on platforms that support them).

2. Repeat the instructions for the [full installation](@ref tutorial_install_chrono).

3. Set CH_ENABLE_MODULE_MULTICORE to 'on'.

4. If prompted, set the path for Blaze_ROOT_DIR.

5. Press 'Configure' again, then 'Generate', and proceed as usual in the installation instructions.

Not all the features of the standard _serial_ version of Chrono are supported.

How to use it

• Look at the API section of this module for documentation about classes and functions.

• Look at the C++ source of [demos](@ref tutorial_table_of_content_chrono_multicore) to learn how to use the functions of this module.