Pathfinding software for triple-axis spectrometers.
- TAS-Paths' website can be found under www.ill.eu/tas-paths.
- The documentation is available here.
Steps to try out the pathfinding functionality:
- Move existing or add new walls or obstacles to the scene.
- Open the configuration space dialog using the "Calculation" -> "Angular Configuration Space..." menu item.
- Click the "Update Path Mesh" button in the configuration space dialog to compute the roadmap corresponding to the current instrument and wall configuration.
- Click the "Move Current Position" and "Move Target Position" radio buttons and click in the configuration space plot to set and move the start and target positions, respectively.
- A path from the start to the target position is calculated. It can be directly traced by clicking the "Go" button in the main window's "Path Properties" dock window.
- Install all required software for building (see list of external dependencies below):
- On Ubuntu:
sudo apt install git wget build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libcgal-dev libqhull-dev libqcustomplot-dev swig libpython3-dev. - On Fedora:
sudo dnf install git wget gcc cmake boost-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel CGAL-devel qhull-devel qcustomplot-qt5-devel swig python3-devel.
- On Ubuntu:
- Clone the source repository:
git clone https://code.ill.fr/scientific-software/takin/paths. - Go to the repository's root directory:
cd paths. - Get the external dependencies:
./setup/get_libs.sh. - Rebuild the latest versions of libraries with possible C++20 issues (see below):
./setup/rebuild_libs.sh. - Get the external licenses (for a release package):
./setup/get_3rdparty_licenses.sh. - Build TAS-Paths using:
./setup/release_build.sh. - Optionally create a package on Ubuntu using:
./setup/deb/mk.sh jammyfor Ubuntu 22.04 or./setup/deb/mk.sh focalfor Ubuntu 20.04.
- The application can be started via
./build/taspaths.
- Install the Homebrew package manager.
- Install all required software for building:
brew install git wget gcc cmake boost boost-python3 qt@5 cgal qhull swig python. - Clone the source repository:
git clone https://code.ill.fr/scientific-software/takin/paths. - Go to the repository's root directory:
cd paths. - Get the external dependencies:
./setup/get_libs.sh. - Rebuild the latest versions of libraries with possible C++20 issues (see below):
./setup/rebuild_libs.sh. - Get the external licenses (for a release package):
./setup/get_3rdparty_licenses.sh. - Build TAS-Paths using:
./setup/release_build.sh. - Optionally create a package using
./setup/osx/mk.sh. - The application can be started via
./build/taspaths.
- Install all required software for building:
sudo dnf install mingw64-gcc mingw64-gcc-c++ mingw64-boost mingw64-qt5-qtbase-devel mingw64-qt5-qtsvg mingw64-python3. - Clone the source repository:
git clone https://code.ill.fr/scientific-software/takin/paths. - Go to the repository's root directory:
cd paths. - Get the external dependencies:
./setup/get_libs.sh. - Rebuild the latest versions of libraries with possible C++20 issues (see below):
./setup/rebuild_libs.sh mingw. - Get the external licenses (for a release package):
./setup/get_3rdparty_licenses.sh. - Build TAS-Paths using:
./setup/release_build.sh mingw. - Optionally create a package on Ubuntu using
./setup/mingw/mk.sh.
Because TAS-Paths uses the still relatively new C++20 standard, there may be compatibility issues with older versions of some libraries.
- In case of compilation errors involving QHull, get and compile the latest version directly from its source. This C++20 compatibility issue was solved in late 2022.
- In case of Boost compilation errors, e.g. if Boost's auto_buffer.hpp complains that std::allocator<...>::pointer is missing (which was removed in C++20), get and compile the latest version directly from its source. This C++20 compatibility issue was solved in early 2020.