Command Line
The VirtualBow executables are named
virtualbow-gui // Model editor
virtualbow-slv // Solver
virtualbow-post // Result viewer
The solver executable takes a .bow
model file as its input, performs the simulation and saves the results as a .res
file that can be opened by the result viewer.
The type of simulation (static or dynamic) as well as other options are set by the command line arguments.
The detailed usage as shown by the --help
option is:
Usage: virtualbow-slv [options] input output
Options:
-?, -h, --help Displays this help.
-v, --version Displays version information.
-s, --static Run a static simulation.
-d, --dynamic Run a dynamic simulation.
-p, --progress Print simulation progress.
Arguments:
input Model file (.bow)
output Result file (.res)
NOTE: To use the command line interfaces on Windows you have to either specify the complete path to the respective executable or add the installation directory to your PATH
environment variable.
There is an option to do this automatically during installation of VirtualBow.
NOTE: On MacOS, the VirtualBow executables are hidden inside the application bundle.
They can be accessed by their full path though, or their location can be temporarily added to the PATH
environment variable with the command export PATH = $PATH:/Applications/VirtualBow.app/Contents/MacOS
.
Put this line into your .bash_profile
if you want it to be permanently added.