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AKABAK - Technical Specifications

Hardware Requirement

In general AKABAK assumes modern PC-hardware, fit for standard MS-Windows systems.

Recommended is an amply equipped computer with many CPUs and lots of memory, because AKABAK makes extensively use of parallel processing. The maximum number of threads which can be used is 64.

It is hard to give reliable prediction on memory consumption. With each used thread also the memory allocation goes up. In fact the best measurement-tool is AKABAK itself. Run AKABAK with different mesh-distributions and frequency ranges and observe Windows' Task-Manager/Performance board.
Note, regarding memory consumption, the demo and professional versions of AKABAK are identical.

AKABAK 3D-viewer runs basic OpenGL.

OS Requirements

AKABAK should run on all versions of MS-Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7. There is available a 32bit and a 64bit version. The selection is organized automatically by the installer.

With a little expertise it is possible to run AKABAK also on Linux using Wine. However COM-service is not supported. Use the clipboard for transporting spectrum-data between AKABAK and VACS.

Other Software

AKABAK renders spectra with the help of the graphing engine VACS. In order to get the benefit of these features you also need to install VACS or VACSVIEWER on your machine. The link between AKABAK and VACS is fully automatic.

Installation

Installing is straightforward. Open the install application and follow the instructions. The installer selects automatically the correct bit-version of AKABAK (32/64bit).
The documentation is provided as help-system and is part of the installation.
Examples are very important, please download and install manually.

Compatibility

AKABAK followed "ABEC" in development, which is a similar software in features, however its input system is by means of scripts. ABEC projects can be imported. Another predecessor is Akabak 2.1. Here also input was with the help of a script. There is a degree of compatibility. However, the new AKABAK features an improved radiation model and a comfortable graphical user interface. Script support is under development...