GetDP: a General Environment for the Treatment of Discrete Problems

Patrick Dular and Christophe Geuzaine

Version 1.2, 11 March 2006

Description

GetDP is a general finite element solver using mixed elements to discretize de Rham-type complexes in one, two and three dimensions. The main feature of GetDP is the closeness between the input data defining discrete problems (written by the user in ASCII data files) and the symbolic mathematical expressions of these problems.

See GetDP's reference manual for a more thorough overview of GetDP's capabilities.

Download

GetDP is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Pre-compiled binaries are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. A sample demo file is included in the archives.

Current stable release: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and source code ¹
Experimental versions (these might be buggy, or might not even launch: use at your own risk!):
- automated nightly builds: Windows (build log), Linux (build log), Mac OS X (build log)
- nightly cvs source snapshot
Browse all versions: binaries and sources

If you use GetDP, we would appreciate if you could mention it in your work (books, articles, reports, etc.).

Authors and credits

GetDP is developed by Patrick Dular and Christophe Geuzaine (both currently with the University of Liège). The CREDITS file has more information.

Please use getdp@geuz.org to send questions or bug reports.

Documentation

Reference manual (also available in pdf, text and info formats, or as a single html file)
Short presentation (also available in pdf)
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Version history
Credits

We need your help to build a library of examples (username: getdp, password: wiki).

Mailing lists

getdp is the public mailing list for GetDP users. You should send all questions, bug reports, requests or pleas for changes related to GetDP to this list. The list is archived here.
getdp-announce is a moderated (i.e. "read-only") list for announcements about significant GetDP events. You should subscribe to this list to get information about software releases, important bug fixes and other GetDP-specific news. The list is archived here.

Licensing

In short, this means that everyone is free to use GetDP and to redistribute it on a free basis. GetDP is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on its distribution (see the license and its associated FAQ). For example, you cannot integrate this version of GetDP (in full or in parts) in any closed-source software you plan to distribute (commercially or not).

If you want to integrate GetDP into a closed-source software, or want to sell a modified closed-source version of GetDP, please contact us in person. You can purchase a version of GetDP under a different license, with "no strings attached" (for example allowing you to take parts of GetDP and integrate them into your own proprietary code).

Links

Gmsh is a three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with simple CAD and post-processing capabilities that can be used as a graphical front-end for GetDP.

GetDP is interfaced with the SPARSKIT and PETSc linear solvers.

¹You need the GNU Scientific Library (GSL >= 1.2) properly installed on your system in order to compile GetDP.

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