Download the windows zip file from the CalculiX home page.

Unzip the downloaded archive in your favorite download folder.

Create a batch script file called "CalculiX2.23.bat" with the following commands:

enviElmer.batCopy

@echo off
path =%path%;C:\Users\userName\Downloads\fem\structural\CalculiX\calculix_2.23_4win
echo The CalculiX 2.23 environment for Windows
echo.
echo usage: ccx_i4 -i fileName         - solvers: SPOOLES / PARDISO / PaStiX
echo usage: ccx_dynamic    -i fileName - solvers: SPOOLES / PARDISO / PaStiX
echo usage: ccx_dynamic_i8 -i fileName - solvers: SPOOLES / PARDISO / PaStiX
echo.
echo to set ccx nProc: set OMP_NUM_THREADS=
echo on

Place it in the CalculiX download folder.

Create a folder for your exemples tutorials. For examples:

Create a desktop shortcut for quick access, with the Destination box pointing to the command prompt that executes the CalculiX2.23.bat batch file:

Destination boxCopy

%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /k "C:\Users\userName\Downloads\fem\structural\CalculiX\CalculiX2.23.bat""

From boxCopy

D:\simulations\CalculiX

You can use this icon file.

Once this is done, simply double-click on the Elmer icon, and the command prompt will open:

Move to the tutorial folder:

Elmer console:Copy

cd tutorialCase

and launch ccx_dynamic name_input_file to run the analysis:

Elmer console:Copy

ccx_dynamic name_input_file

Once this is done the simulation will start: