ParaMetal

This project allows the visualization of heat transfer between two or more 3D closed surface geometry. The simulation is deterministic, transient and operates in realtime using stable pre-processing methods.

The major pre-processing methods include an intrinsic remeshing operation that preserves the shape of the geometry and a meshless restricted voronoi diagram step that discretizes the volume of the surface boundary.

This project is a work in progress. Functionality, performance and physical accuracy will be continuously updated.

Quick Start

1. Download the latest demo release from the Releases page
2. Extract the zip file
3. Run parametal.exe

Hardware Requirements

• GPU with Vulkan 1.3 or higher support (Check GPU compatibility)

Prerequisites

• CMake
• Qt 6 (Core, Gui, Widgets components)
• Vulkan SDK 1.3 or higher
• Python 3 (Development headers required)
• Pybind11

Build Steps For Windows

1. Clone the repository with submodules:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/tsun3doku/ParaMetal.git
   cd ParaMetal

2. Configure and build:

   mkdir build && cd build
   cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/YOURPATH/TO/Qt/6.x.x/msvc2022_64"
   cmake --build . --config Release

3. Run the program within build/release

Build Steps for Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Fedora)

1. Required packages:

   sudo dnf install cmake gcc-c++ qt6-qtbase-devel vulkan-loader-devel vulkan-headers
   python3-devel pybind11-devel

2. Clone the repository with submodules:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/tsun3doku/ParaMetal.git
   cd ParaMetal

3. Build:

   mkdir build && cd build
   cmake ..
   cmake --build . -j$(nproc)

   Run:

   ./parametal