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INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP:

1. Ensure python (with the pip installer) has already been installed. If python has not been installed, it can be found here https://www.python.org/
2. Download trisoatops folder from the git repository
3. Download all external python libraries by running pip install -r requirements.txt from within the "trisoatops" folder
4. Ensure that the trisoatops folder has a sub folder called utility_functions containing the files calculation_functions.py and run_functions.py

RUNNING THE MODEL THROUGH COMMAND LINE:

1. Open a terminal and type in python <file path>/trisoatops.py -f <path to run file>
2. The program will run and produce results in the same directory as the run file
3. A log folder will be created in the directory containing the run file.
4. For more information please consult the TRISOATOPS User Manual.pdf
5. If errors are encountered, the log file will contain some information.
   For errors that result in the code terminating with a python error, please consider the error presented by python.

RUNNING THE MODEL WITH THE GUI:

1. Open a terminal and type in python <file path>/trisoatops_gui.py
2. The GUI will open.
3. Walk through the steps in the GUI to create a TRISOATOPS run file.
   This is the recommended way to generate a run file. Please see the user manual for more information on the parts of a run file.
4. The Run Existing Save File button can be used to run save files that have already been created.