Grace / xmgrace

Overview

Grace is a 2D plotting tool. Version 5.1.25 is available on the CSF.

Issue with xmgrace – Jan 2021 – now resolved

Please see the new modulefile version for a working version of grace/xmgrace.

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 tools/bintools/grace/5.1.25

module load tools/bintools/grace/5.1.23        # This is no longer available

Note that if you previous simply ran xmgrace on the login node without loading the modulefile this will no longer work. You must load the above modulefile!

We now recommend loading modulefiles within your jobscript so that you have a full record of how the job was run. Alternatively, you may load modulefiles on the login node and let the job inherit these settings.

Running the application

Please do not run this software on the login node. Either submit to batch or use qrsh.

Launch GUI via qrsh:

qrsh  -l short -cwd -V xmgrace

Start the command line version via qrsh

qrsh  -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.

Further info

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