SMathStudio Wrapper#

Pre-compiled Binaries#

Note

The SMath wrapper files moved to the SMath open-source SVN repository around 2018 and the official source is no longer tracked in the CoolProp/CoolProp repository. Although the stale wrapper code is still there, it does not compile with current versions of CoolProp. Information on the current official wrapper / Plugin can be found at SMath > CoolProp Wrapper. Instructions for using the official CoolProp Plugin for SMath are shown below.

To Use#

Pre-compiled binaries are loaded through the SMath Plugin Manager in SMath Studio itself (Tested in v1.5.0.9678). Simply,

  1. Open SMath Studio

  2. From the main menu, select Tools | Plugins

  3. Change the Source location (top right corner of panel) from Local storage to Online Gallery

  4. Type CoolProp in the search field at the bottom of the panel and select the CoolProp version from the gallery window

  5. Click the Install button underneath the gallery

A list of the CoolProp function implementation is available on the official SMath > CoolProp Wrapper > Features page. All functions mirror the high-level interface calls prefixed with CoolProp_.

Caveat: Prefixing the high-level names does not always produce a valid SMath function. For example:

  • Use CoolProp_Props for PropsSI

  • Use CoolProp_Props1 for Props1SI

  • Use CoolProp_HAProps for HAPropsSI

Wrapper questions and Issues should be posted in the SMath Forum (CoolProp Wrapper Topic). (Requires an SMath login to post)

Warning

This official version is still based on CoolProp 6.4.1 as evidenced by the calling:

CoolProp_get_global_param_string("version") = 6.4.1

Although the release date for the wrapper is more recent.

See also

From the SMath Forum (CoolProp Wrapper Topic) Post (#83) there is an unoficial version of the the Plugin (source and distribution binary) that supports CoolProp v8.0.0 located on GitHub at defencedog/smath-devel. The README in this repository also includes information on running the Plugin and building the wrapper on other platforms if needed.

The installable zip file is located in the dist directory and supports Windows (32 and 64-bit) and aarch64 (Linux). Download the compressed zip file to any location on your machine (e.g., Downloads folder). Use the Plugin Manager (as above), but point to the downloaded zip file in Local storage using the Install from file.. button (SMath v1.5 or later) to browse to the zip file location.

User-Compiled Binaries (Legacy Instructions)#

Attention

While the legacy wrapper files still exist on GitHub in the CoolProp/CoolProp repository, these do no currently compile with more recent versions of CoolProp (7.x and onward). Legacy instructions remain below for reference should the code ever be tracked again in the CoolProp repository in the future.

Common Requirements#

Compilation of the SMath Studio wrapper requires a few common wrapper pre-requisites

Native Wrapper#

  1. Check out coolprop:

    git clone https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp

  2. Create a build directory build:

    mkdir build

  3. In the build directory, run the command:

    cmake .. -DCOOLPROP_SMATH_MODULE=ON

This will inject the version number in the appropriate format into a few template files using CMake

  1. Open the solution file in build directory.

  2. Make sure the mode is set to Release (not Debug). Build the project, the generated and copied files will be in build/wrappers/SMath/coolprop_wrapper/bin/Release.

  3. From the download page, download the 64-bit DLL CoolProp.dll file from Windows/64bit folder and rename to CoolProp_x64.dll and place with the files in build/wrappers/SMath/coolprop_wrapper/bin/Release. Download the 32-bit __stdcall DLL CoolProp.dll from Windows/32bit__stdcall_calling_convention and rename to CoolProp_x86.dll and place with the files in build/wrappers/SMath/coolprop_wrapper/bin/Release.

  4. Run the build_zip.bat file that is in the build/wrappers/SMath folder. It will create a zip file with the needed files.

  5. To install, unzip the coolprop_wrapper.7z zip file and run the install.bat script that was in the zip file

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