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ASCEND will now launch from the Start menu, or when an ASCEND file (.a4c or .a4l) is double-clicked. You will get a warning about libquadmath-0.dll being missing which doesn't matter (it prevents use of the [[IPOPT]] solver only).
ASCEND will now launch from the Start menu, or when an ASCEND file (.a4c or .a4l) is double-clicked. You will get a warning about libquadmath-0.dll being missing which doesn't matter (it prevents use of the [[IPOPT]] solver only).


A good model file to test with is {{src|models/johnpye/fprops/combinedcycle_fprops.a4c}} which after loading combinedcycle_toluene for example can be immediate solved and then plotted (cycle_plot from the Methods menu).
A good model file to test with is {{src|models/johnpye/fprops/combinedcycle_fprops.a4c}} which after loading combinedcycle_toluene for example can be immediate solved and then plotted (cycle_plot from the Methods menu). You can also right-click the HE sub-model and plot the heat exchanger curve.

Latest revision as of 19:12, 29 March 2012

As we work towards the 0.9.8 release, here are temporary installation notes for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. We hope to automate most if not all of these steps in the finall installer:

Windows 32-bit (eg XP)

Download an unzip as c:\GTK:

Download and install the following, in sequence:

After that, the 0.9.8-beta ASCEND installer should install without problems.

You can then install the following optional components which add support for plotting and other graphics in ASCEND:

ASCEND will now launch from the Start menu, or when an ASCEND file (.a4c or .a4l) is double-clicked. You will get a warning about libquadmath-0.dll being missing which doesn't matter (it prevents use of the IPOPT solver only).

A good model file to test with is models/johnpye/fprops/combinedcycle_fprops.a4c which after loading combinedcycle_toluene for example can be immediate solved and then plotted (cycle_plot from the Methods menu). You can also right-click the HE sub-model and plot the heat exchanger curve.