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Preparing for the Summer Institute: Software Requirements

Some sessions require that customized software be installed on your laptop. Please perform the following software installations and file downloads prior to the event.
Note: several of the preparation activities will provide information and guidance on how to install the required software components.

Using GitHub@SDSC:​

See this quick-start guide: https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/basic_skills/tree/master/using_github

Session 4.2b Information Visualization Concepts​

We recommend that you install Python3 and Jupyterlab on your computer.

Session 4.3a Conducting Scientific Visualization with VTK and Unreal Engine 5​

In addition, if you plan to attend the session “Conducting Scientific Visualization with VTK and Unreal Engine 5” please do the following:

  1. Install Epic Games Launcher and create user account (https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download)
  2. Install Unreal Engine 5.3 from Epic Games Launcher
  3. Install Cesium Plugin from Epic Games Launcher Marketplace (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/cesium-for-unreal)
  4. Install Paraview 5.12 (https://www.paraview.org/download/). a. If installing the MPI version on Windows, MS-MPI is required (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/message-passing-interface/microsoft-mpi)
  5. Make sure your Python3 instance has the following packages installed: numpy, matplotlib, pyvtk, pyvista