Grace

Overview

Grace is a 2D plotting tool. Version 5.1.22 is available on the CSF and it was compiled using Intel Compilers 11.1.

Restrictions on use

There are no restrictions on access to the software. Please see the grace website for copyright and license information.

Set up procedure

If you wish to access the GUI based version you will need to connect to the CSF using ssh -X to have the display exported to your local machine. Further information about how to start X-Windows and GUI applications on the CSF.

To access the software please load the module:

module load apps/intel-11.1/grace/5.1.22

Running the application

Command-line version

To access the command line version use the command grace and run it on a compute node via qrsh using:

qrsh -l inter -l short -cwd -V grace

This will put you at the grace prompt:

grace:1>

Use exit to terminate your session which will bring you back to the login node.

GUI version

The GUI version can be accessed through the command xmgrace and should be run via qrsh using:

qrsh -l inter -l short -cwd -V xmgrace

Further info

The grace webpage has a detailed user guide, FAQ and tutorials.