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* [http://www.bluecape.com.pt blueCAPE] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as the main feature of their product/service [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core] | * [http://www.bluecape.com.pt blueCAPE] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as the main feature of their product/service [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core] | ||
* [http://www.cfdsupport.com CFDsupport] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable [http://www.cfdsupport.com/openfoam-for-windows.html with subscription required] | * [http://www.cfdsupport.com CFDsupport] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable [http://www.cfdsupport.com/openfoam-for-windows.html with subscription required] | ||
− | * [http://www.c-fields.com Creative Fields] - Provides both foam-extend and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable [http://www.c-fields.com/technical-area/downloads installer] as well as bundled with their product [http://www.c-fields.com/solutions/products/cfd cfSuite] | + | * [http://www.c-fields.com Creative Fields] - Provides both foam-extend and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable [http://www.c-fields.com/technical-area/downloads installer] (and in the project [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh/ cfMesh @ SourceForge.net]) as well as bundled with their product [http://www.c-fields.com/solutions/products/cfd cfSuite] |
* [http://www.engys.com ENGYS] - Provides a Windows-based 64-bit version of [http://engys.com/products/helyx HELYX] and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for [http://engys.com/products/helyx-os HELYX-OS] support customers. | * [http://www.engys.com ENGYS] - Provides a Windows-based 64-bit version of [http://engys.com/products/helyx HELYX] and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for [http://engys.com/products/helyx-os HELYX-OS] support customers. | ||
* [http://www.ods-engineering.com ODS Engineering] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for their product [http://www.ods-engineering.com/tools/ods-studio/ ODS Studio] | * [http://www.ods-engineering.com ODS Engineering] - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for their product [http://www.ods-engineering.com/tools/ods-studio/ ODS Studio] | ||
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: Provides the modified source code of OpenFOAM, as well as binary installation with a limited feature-set from [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core]. Is updated with a similar frequency to [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core]. | : Provides the modified source code of OpenFOAM, as well as binary installation with a limited feature-set from [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core]. Is updated with a similar frequency to [http://bluecfd.com/Core blueCFD-Core]. | ||
: Provided OpenFOAM versions: 2.0.x and 2.1.x, both 32-bit and 64-bit. No MPI support. | : Provided OpenFOAM versions: 2.0.x and 2.1.x, both 32-bit and 64-bit. No MPI support. |
Revision as of 19:57, 3 April 2015
OpenFOAM doesn't run on Microsoft Windows out of the box because it relies on a case-sensitive file system. With some work however it is possible to run OpenFOAM on Windows.
Note: None of these solutions are officially supported by the OpenFOAM Foundation.
1 Do it yourself
- Wiki page dedicated to installing OpenFOAM on Windows
- Using VirtualBox (recovered using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
- How To Install Virtual Machines with VMware Player
2 Commercial solutions
- Applied CCM - Provides a technology subscription for their open-source project Caelus-CML
- Atizar Limited - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit in their product simFlow
- blueCAPE - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as the main feature of their product/service blueCFD-Core
- CFDsupport - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable with subscription required
- Creative Fields - Provides both foam-extend and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit as a free downloadable installer (and in the project cfMesh @ SourceForge.net) as well as bundled with their product cfSuite
- ENGYS - Provides a Windows-based 64-bit version of HELYX and OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for HELYX-OS support customers.
- ODS Engineering - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit for their product ODS Studio
- Symscape - Provides OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit in their product Caedium
- TIAN Building Engineering - Provides builds of OpenFOAM for Windows 64-bit in their online shop
3 Community solutions
Sorted by date of the last update:
- Caelus-CML
- Caelus-CML is a fork of OpenFOAM 2.1.1 and was designed to make it easier for new users. They provide 64-bit installers for Windows, Ubuntu and RHEL.
- Provided OpenFOAM versions: a fork of OpenFOAM 2.1.1
- Last Update: October 2014
- blueCFD-SingleCore
- Provides the modified source code of OpenFOAM, as well as binary installation with a limited feature-set from blueCFD-Core. Is updated with a similar frequency to blueCFD-Core.
- Provided OpenFOAM versions: 2.0.x and 2.1.x, both 32-bit and 64-bit. No MPI support.
- Last Update: 3rd of April 2013
- OpenFOAM-2.1.x for Win64
- Based on Symscape's instructions, but built with Open-MPI instead of MS-MPI. Support thread for this build available here: Windows (x64) Binaries for OpenFOAM-2.1.x using OpenMPI
- Last Update: 7th of January, 2013
- OpenFOAM 1.7.0 for Windows 32 bit
- Based on instructions from this wiki page. Support thread for this build available here: OpenFOAM-1.7.0 for Win32
- Last Update: 9th of December, 2010
- openfoam16wi32 project at SourceForge
- On Yuu Kasuga's blog (in Japanese) is a short tutorial on how to install and use the files on this project, which provides OpenFOAM 1.6 32-bit binaries for Windows.
- Last Update: 9th of September, 2010 (for the RAR file; 7zip file on 10th of June, 2013)
- OpenFOAM-mswin
- Provides a port of OpenFOAM 1.5, built natively on Windows. It also provides a GUI for editing case files and launching ParaView. It seems to have been a proof-of-concept project for a master thesis.
- Last Update: 28th of May, 2009