Getting started

Installation

As simple as:

pip install GridCal (Windows)

pip3 install GridCal (Linux / OSX)

Run with user interface

From a Python console:

from GridCal.ExecuteGridCal import run

run()

Or directly from the shell:

python -c "from GridCal.ExecuteGridCal import run; run()"(Windows, with python 3.5 or higher)

python3 -c "from GridCal.ExecuteGridCal import run; run()" (Linux/OSX)

The GUI should pop up.

Windows:

The standard Anaconda distribution works out of the box. Otherwise install the listed packages in your Python distribution using pip.

i.e. in the system command prompt, type pip install <package name>

Stand-alone Python + Gridcal installation

• Download the anaconda installer from here. Pick the python 3.x version in 64 bits.
• Install python in a separated folder. Do not mark the installation for all the users nor to add it to the PATH.
• Copy Gridcal to the same folder where the Anaconda Python was installed.
• Once installed, create a .bat file containing .\Anaconda\python .\GridCal\main_gui.py
• Gridcal is executable by double-clicking the .bat file. Should work out of the box.

Linux:

I have experience in Ubuntu only, but you should be able to install everything from the package manager.

• The stand-alone instructions are valid for Linux only that instead of a .bat file it must be a .sh file

Updating Numpy and Scipy

You will be asked for the BLAS/LAPACK libraries and for a FORTRAN compiler, for that do:

sudo apt-get install gfortran libblas-dev liblapack-dev

Then try upgrading the Python3 Numpy and Scipy packages

sudo pip3 install --upgrade numpy

sudo pip3 install --upgrade scipy

Somehow the Pip3 version installed from the Ubuntu repositories might not be able handle Numpy/Scipy updates. In that case we need to update the Pip3 command first: sudo easy_install3 -U pip3

OSX:

Since I don't have an apple system I have no clue, but if you manage to install the Anaconda python distribution you should be good.

• The stand-alone instructions should be valid for OSX, only that instead of a .bat file it must be a .sh file.

Development

Consider viewing the Zero tutorial that explains how to clone the repository and run the software.

On your system you'll need a version of Python 3 installed with the following packages:

• Numpy
• Scipy (version 0.17 at least. The simplex solver linprog is provided since 2015)
• Scikit-learn
• NetworkX
• Pandas (make sure you have the latest version)
• xlwt
• xlrd
• xlsxwriter
• Matplotlib
• PyQt5

Using GridCal as a library

You can use the calculation engine directly or from other applications:

from GridCal.grid.CircuitOO import *

Then you can create the grid objects and access the simulation objects as demonstrated in the test scripts in the test folder.

GridCal/UnderDevelopment/GridCal/tests/