Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of MiscellaneousQuestions

Timestamp:

Jun 15, 2009, 4:41:29 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

Comment:

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MiscellaneousQuestions

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 an exercise for the student!
 
-You must copy the entire contents of the DVD to a place in your filesystem.  Let's assume that you want
+First, it is assumed that you have installed the NAUGA software according to the Installation Guide.
+
+Next, you must copy the entire contents of the DVD to a place in your filesystem.  Let's assume that you want
 to put the data into '''C:\ANUGA'''.  You would do this in a Command Prompt window:
 {{{
@@ -55 +57 @@
 target directory with Explorer.
 
-Now you must create an environment variable ANUGADATA that points to the directory you just created:
+Now you must create an environment variable '''ANUGADATA''' that points to the directory you just created:
 {{{
 set ANUGADATA=C:\ANUGA
@@ -61 +63 @@
 Doing the above in a Command Prompt window is temporary - if you open another window you will not have the 
 ANUGADATA environment variable defined.  To make the variable permanent you must set it in the
-'''Settings|Control Panel|System''' tool ('''Advanced''' tab).
+'''Start|Settings|Control Panel|System''' tool ('''Advanced''' tab).  See the Installation Guide
+if you don't know how to do this.
 
 At this point you should run the '''build_elevation.py''' script to convert the raw elevation data to a set
-of 'combined_elevation' files ready to be used by the ANUGA system.
-
-It is possible that you have not been given the elevation data on the DVD as it is too large.  In that case
+of 'combined_elevation' files ready to be used by the ANUGA system. It is possible that you have not been
+given the elevation data on the DVD as it is too large.  In that case
 you cannot run the '''build_elevation.py''' script and you should skip to the next step.
 {{{
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 python build_elevation.py
 }}}
-When you get to the point of running the model with your own data, you '''must''' run '''build_elevation.py'''
+When you get to the point of running the model with your own data, you must run '''build_elevation.py'''
 to recreate the combined elevation files every time you change the elevation data.
 
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 python run_model.py
 }}}
-This should all run to completion.  If you do get an error from '''setup_model.py''' or '''run_model.py'''
+This should all run to completion, though it may take several days, depending on the hardware used.
+
+If you do get an error from '''setup_model.py''' or '''run_model.py'''
 look for some explanation in the log files, which you should find somewhere under '''C:\ANUGA\data'''.
 Just keep drilling down from that point until you find a directory called '''outputs'''.  The latest directory
 in '''outputs''' should contain a file called '''screen_error.txt''' with an explanation of the error at the end.
+
+Once the simulation has completed you may view the results using the ANUGA viewer as described in the 
+Installation Guide and User Manual, run the script '''export_results.py''' to generate rasters suitable for GIS 
+mapping, or write dedicated python scripts extracting timeseries at selected locations.
+
+The ANUGA User Manual describes hot to use the ANUGA system in general and provides some examples of its use.
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