Getting Started

Download & Installation

To install MicroStructPy, download it from PyPI using:

pip install microstructpy

This installs both the microstructpy Python package and the microstructpy command line interface (CLI). If there is an error with the install, try to install pybind11 first. You may need to add the --user flag, depending on your permissions.

To verify installation of the package, run the following commands:

python -c 'import microstructpy'
microstructpy --help

This verifies that 1) the python package has installed correctly and 2) the command line interface (CLI) has been found by the shell. If there is an issue with the CLI, the install location may not be in the PATH variable. The most likely install location is ~/.local/bin for Mac or Linux machines. For Windows, it may be in a path similar to ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\Scripts\.

Note

If the install fails and the last several error messages reference pybind11, run pip install pybind11 first then install MicroStructPy.

Running Demonstrations

MicroStructPy comes with several demonstrations to familiarize users with its capabilities and options. A demonstration can be run from the command line by:

microstructpy --demo=minimal.xml

When a demo is run, the XML input file is copied to the current working directory. See Examples for a full list of available examples and demostrations.

Development

Contributions to MicroStructPy are most welcome. To download and install the source code for the project:

git clone https://github.com/kip-hart/MicroStructPy.git
pip install -e MicroStructPy

MicroStructPy uses tox to run tests and build the documentation. To perform these tests:

pip install tox
cd MicroStructPy
tox

Please use the issue and pull request features of the GitHub repository to report bugs and modify the code.