From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Wed Apr 1 10:09:22 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:09:22 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas satellite workshop, ICNS 2009 Message-ID: <628245C3-CE4D-41DF-8AEF-C5522BF0E50B@risoe.dtu.dk> In connection with the ICNS 2009 conference, the McStas team is setting up a satellite event, scheduled for *** May 3rd 2009, 9:00 AM - 12 NOON, room 300 c/d, Knoxville convention centre. *** Preliminary schedule, morning session: 9:00-9:05 Welcome by the McStas team 9:05-9:15 Overview of new features expected in McStas 2.0 9:15-9:25 Overview of recent virtual experiment studies performed 9:25-10:35 7 x 10-minute talk/feedback inputs from McStas users 10:35-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-12:00 7 x 10-minute talk/feedback inputs from McStas users If you wish to present or discuss your own work during the workshop (10 minute talk/feedback input), please send a short abstract to mcstas-icns2009 at mcstas.org after registering for the event. Supplementing the morning program, we are working with ICNS organisers to set up a McStas hands-on session / tutorial. (The exact location for this part or the event is for now unknown, you will be informed later.) Preliminary schedule, afternoon session: 14:00-14:10 Brief McStas introduction for new users 14:10-17:00 Hands on session / installation help for new users Registration All participants of ICNS 2009 can freely register for the McStas satellite event by means of our registration form, available at http://www.mcstas.org/icns2009 . Looking forward to seeing you in Knoxville! Regards, The McStas team -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Thu Apr 2 23:45:33 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:45:33 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas 1.12a release Message-ID: Hello everyone, The McStas developer team is happy to report that the 1.12a release of our software is finally out. You can get the installer packages from http://www.mcstas.org/download McStas 1.12a is essentially a bugfix release, and the last release in the 1.x series. McStas 2.0 will be released late 2009 / early 2010 and will introduce new features that could break ceartain backward compatibility, hence we move from the 1.x series. For a complete list of changes in McStas 1.12a, see http://www.mcstas.org/download/src/CHANGES Best regards from The McStas team: Peter Willendrup (Ris? DTU) Erik Knudsen (Ris? DTU) Emmanuel Farhi (ILL) Kim Lefmann (NBI, Uni Copenhagen) Ps: The McStas team will be available at the ICNS conference in Knoxville from may 3rd, don't forget to register for the McStas satellite workshop (http://www.mcstas.org/icns2009 ) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Tue Apr 14 14:31:39 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:31:39 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] 4 vacancies for simulation of X-ray instruments Message-ID: <200D1D34-DF63-4374-9F87-A7CFCE6F8EBF@risoe.dtu.dk> Dear all, We are expanding McStas to cover X-ray simulation. McXtrace will be the name of the X-ray branch. We have no less than 4 vacancies: 1 post doc and 3 Ph.D. scholarships for the programming and application of this package. Please help us find suitable staff by forwarding the following link to whom you may think interested: http://www.nbi.ku.dk/job_nyt/post_doc_and_phd_students/ For more information on McXtrace itself, see http://www.mcxtrace.org . best, Kim Lefmann & Peter Willendrup -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Wed Apr 22 10:58:05 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:58:05 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] Reminder: Free McStas satellite event on May 3rd Message-ID: Hello everyone, REMINDER: In connection with the ICNS 2009 conference, the McStas team is setting up a satellite event, scheduled for *** May 3rd 2009, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM room 300 c/d, Knoxville convention centre. *** Participation in the event is completely free! Schedule, morning session: 9:00-9:05 Welcome by the McStas team 9:05-9:15 Overview of new features expected in McStas 2.0 9:15-9:25 Overview of recent virtual experiment studies performed 9:25-10:35 7 x 10-minute talk/feedback inputs from McStas users 10:35-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-12:00 7 x 10-minute talk/feedback inputs from McStas users 12:10-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-14:10 Brief McStas introduction for new users 14:10-17:00 Hands on session / installation help for new users Register for the event using the form available at http://www.mcstas.org/icns2009/ . If you wish to present or discuss your own work during the morning session of the workshop (10 minute talk/feedback input), please send a short abstract to mcstas-icns2009 at mcstas.org after registering for the event. During the afternoon, we are arranging a McStas hands-on session and mini-tutorial. The SNS have kindly made a few loaner laptops available, but please bring your own laptop if possible. The afternoon also includes installation help for new users, and the possibility for in-depth discussions with the developers. Looking forward to seeing you in Knoxville! Regards, The McStas team -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bilheuxhn at ornl.gov Wed Apr 22 18:01:42 2009 From: bilheuxhn at ornl.gov (Bilheux, Hassina Z.) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:42 -0400 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit Message-ID: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E854@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Hi, Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after plotting? I do not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the color scale on the side, there is zero info. Thanks! Hassina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Wed Apr 22 19:06:59 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:06:59 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit In-Reply-To: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E854@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> References: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E854@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Message-ID: Hello Hassina, On 22/04/2009, at 18.01, Bilheux, Hassina Z. wrote: > Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after > plotting? I do not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the color > scale on the side, there is zero info. > Thanks! Is any error message printed to the console when this happens? Could you perhaps post a zip archive with the problematic output data? Regards, Peter Willendrup -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bilheuxhn at ornl.gov Wed Apr 22 20:15:11 2009 From: bilheuxhn at ornl.gov (Bilheux, Hassina Z.) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:15:11 -0400 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit In-Reply-To: References: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E854@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Message-ID: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E9E6@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Hello Peter, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I get an error message saying it is not able to read the font file: grfont.dat %/PGPLOT, Unable to read the font file: grfont.dat When I check the font on the Perl window, it is Arial Regular 128 in size and I cannot change it. Here is a screen shot of one of the very first plot (the source): [cid:image003.jpg at 01C9C354.BF8BF720] Thanks for your help! Hassina From: mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org [mailto:mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org] On Behalf Of Peter Willendrup Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:07 PM To: McStas users list at mcstas.org Subject: Re: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit Hello Hassina, On 22/04/2009, at 18.01, Bilheux, Hassina Z. wrote: Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after plotting? I do not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the color scale on the side, there is zero info. Thanks! Is any error message printed to the console when this happens? Could you perhaps post a zip archive with the problematic output data? Regards, Peter Willendrup -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 46224 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From campbellsi at ornl.gov Wed Apr 22 20:40:44 2009 From: campbellsi at ornl.gov (Campbell, Stuart I.) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:40:44 -0400 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit In-Reply-To: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577E9E6@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Message-ID: Hi Hassina, Looks like it might be that you need to set the PGPLOT_FONT environment variable to point to the location of your grfont.dat file. Cheers Stu On 4/22/09 2:15 PM, "Bilheux, Hassina Z." wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I get an error message saying it is > not able to read the font file: grfont.dat > %/PGPLOT, Unable to read the font file: grfont.dat > > When I check the font on the Perl window, it is Arial Regular 128 in size and > I cannot change it. > Here is a screen shot of one of the very first plot (the sourc <> e): > > > > Thanks for your help! > > Hassina > > > From: mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org [mailto:mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org] > On Behalf Of Peter Willendrup > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:07 PM > To: McStas users list at mcstas.org > Subject: Re: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit > > Hello Hassina, > > > > > > On 22/04/2009, at 18.01, Bilheux, Hassina Z. wrote: > > >> >> Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after plotting? I do >> not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the color scale on the side, there >> is zero info. >> >> Thanks! > > > Is any error message printed to the console when this happens? > > > > Could you perhaps post a zip archive with the problematic output data? > > > > Regards, > > > > Peter Willendrup > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Willendrup - Development engineer > > RIS? DTU > Materials Research Division > Frederiksborgvej 399 > DK-4000 Roskilde > > Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 > Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 > > Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 > > NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > mcstas-users mailing list > mcstas-users at mcstas.org > http://mailman.mcstas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mcstas-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 46224 bytes Desc: image.jpg URL: From pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk Wed Apr 22 22:05:03 2009 From: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk (Peter Willendrup) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:05:03 +0200 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9C92F822-F9FD-4704-8E05-1197E328BC4C@risoe.dtu.dk> Hi, Thanks Stuart, completely right this should do the trick. The PGPLOT_DIR environment var is set either as a system or user variable already and should have done the trick... Hassina: Try placing the PGPLOT_FONT var in the "opposite" enviroment variable cathegory. (If you don't know how to set environment vars in Vista, please locate a windows expert at ORNL ;) ) Cheers, Peter On 22/04/2009, at 20.40, Campbell, Stuart I. wrote: > Hi Hassina, > > Looks like it might be that you need to set the PGPLOT_FONT > environment variable to point to the location of your grfont.dat file. > > Cheers > Stu > > > On 4/22/09 2:15 PM, "Bilheux, Hassina Z." wrote: > >> Hello Peter, >> >> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I get an error message >> saying it is not able to read the font file: grfont.dat >> %/PGPLOT, Unable to read the font file: grfont.dat >> >> When I check the font on the Perl window, it is Arial Regular 128 >> in size and I cannot change it. >> Here is a screen shot of one of the very first plot (the source): >> >> >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> Hassina >> >> >> From: mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org [mailto:mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org >> ] On Behalf Of Peter Willendrup >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:07 PM >> To: McStas users list at mcstas.org >> Subject: Re: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit >> >> Hello Hassina, >> >> >> >> >> >> On 22/04/2009, at 18.01, Bilheux, Hassina Z. wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after >>> plotting? I do not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the >>> color scale on the side, there is zero info. >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> >> Is any error message printed to the console when this happens? >> >> >> >> Could you perhaps post a zip archive with the problematic output >> data? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Peter Willendrup >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Peter Willendrup - Development engineer >> >> RIS? DTU >> Materials Research Division >> Frederiksborgvej 399 >> DK-4000 Roskilde >> >> Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 >> Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 >> >> Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 >> >> NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mcstas-users mailing list >> mcstas-users at mcstas.org >> http://mailman.mcstas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mcstas-users > _______________________________________________ > mcstas-users mailing list > mcstas-users at mcstas.org > http://mailman.mcstas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mcstas-users -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bilheuxhn at ornl.gov Wed Apr 22 22:36:09 2009 From: bilheuxhn at ornl.gov (Bilheux, Hassina Z.) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:36:09 -0400 Subject: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit In-Reply-To: <9C92F822-F9FD-4704-8E05-1197E328BC4C@risoe.dtu.dk> References: <9C92F822-F9FD-4704-8E05-1197E328BC4C@risoe.dtu.dk> Message-ID: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577EBB3@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Thanks Stuart - not only was he right, he just stopped by and fixed the problem! Hassina - happy new McStas user :-) From: mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org [mailto:mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org] On Behalf Of Peter Willendrup Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:05 PM To: McStas users list at mcstas.org Subject: Re: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit Hi, Thanks Stuart, completely right this should do the trick. The PGPLOT_DIR environment var is set either as a system or user variable already and should have done the trick... Hassina: Try placing the PGPLOT_FONT var in the "opposite" enviroment variable cathegory. (If you don't know how to set environment vars in Vista, please locate a windows expert at ORNL ;) ) Cheers, Peter On 22/04/2009, at 20.40, Campbell, Stuart I. wrote: Hi Hassina, Looks like it might be that you need to set the PGPLOT_FONT environment variable to point to the location of your grfont.dat file. Cheers Stu On 4/22/09 2:15 PM, "Bilheux, Hassina Z." wrote: Hello Peter, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I get an error message saying it is not able to read the font file: grfont.dat %/PGPLOT, Unable to read the font file: grfont.dat When I check the font on the Perl window, it is Arial Regular 128 in size and I cannot change it. Here is a screen shot of one of the very first plot (the source): Thanks for your help! Hassina From: mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org [mailto:mcstas-users-bounces at mcstas.org] On Behalf Of Peter Willendrup Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:07 PM To: McStas users list at mcstas.org Subject: Re: [mcstas-users] McStas issue on Vista 64-bit Hello Hassina, On 22/04/2009, at 18.01, Bilheux, Hassina Z. wrote: Anyone has experienced the absence of axis information after plotting? I do not see any axis title, numbering. Even on the color scale on the side, there is zero info. Thanks! Is any error message printed to the console when this happens? Could you perhaps post a zip archive with the problematic output data? Regards, Peter Willendrup -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ _______________________________________________ mcstas-users mailing list mcstas-users at mcstas.org http://mailman.mcstas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mcstas-users _______________________________________________ mcstas-users mailing list mcstas-users at mcstas.org http://mailman.mcstas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mcstas-users -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Willendrup - Development engineer RIS? DTU Materials Research Division Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862 Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612 Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758 NEW EMAIL ADR.: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marco.alessandroni at stfc.ac.uk Thu Apr 23 13:16:13 2009 From: marco.alessandroni at stfc.ac.uk (Alessandroni, M (Marco)) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:16:13 +0100 Subject: [mcstas-users] xp 64 bit In-Reply-To: <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577EBB3@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> References: <9C92F822-F9FD-4704-8E05-1197E328BC4C@risoe.dtu.dk> <34704B7D15D2C14BA7F130CB44313E3F01DA6577EBB3@EXCHMB.ornl.gov> Message-ID: Hello, I'm Marco, I'm new user of McStas. I have just installed McStas on my laptop (windows XP 32bit) and it works. NowI'd like to install on my desktop in office (windows XP 64bit) but it doesn't work...maybe because it is 64 bit. What can I do? Is it possible to install McStas on windows XP 64bit? Thanks a lot. Marco Alessandroni Science and Technology Facilities Council ISIS Facility (R3-G.05) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Science and Innovation Campus OX11 0QX Didcot -- Scanned by iCritical. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: