[mcstas-users] need help on installing VRML for Trace view

[Peter Kjær Willendrup]

Hi Tony,

On Jun 26, 2013, at 15:56 , "Tong, Xin Tony" <tongx at ornl.gov<mailto:tongx at ornl.gov>> wrote:

I’m very new to McStas and would appreciate some help on installing VRML. I’ve installed McStas and I can use Matlab to see the Trace view.
However I found it not as clearer as VRML. Then I tried to select HTML/VRML option. Every time I run, the command window says the following:

“
Spawning start to view mcdisplay_commands.wrl
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Press any key to continue . . .
“

This indicates to me that you are using windows, is this true? As far as I know, this is the only system where read-access to files can be blocked by other processes.  How many neutron rays are you trying to send to the file? Our experience is that more than 1e3 can cause various problems, what you are seeing could be a side-effect of running with many neutrons.

 I’ve installed Octaga Player, but I don’t know how to link it to McStas.

If you are indeed using windows, that link should be set up automatically, i.e. the OS takes care of registering wrl files to Ocataga.

Can someone provide some help on this?

You will have to provide more info on the system, i.e which version of which OS, version of McStas etc.

Still: a workaround is to open the mcdisplay_commands.wrl from within Octaga.

Best,

Peter



Peter Kjær Willendrup
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DTU Physics





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