User tutorials
This section contains tutorials on how to use GroIMP.
Install and run
GroIMP is a pure Java application, therefore a Java Virtual Machine should be installed before installing GroIMP. GroIMP releases consist the compiled executable and a pre-packaged versions for each Windows x64, Mac, and Linux (containing not just the GroIMP executable, but also its dependencies).
First steps
The very basic tutorials to get a first impression of and some orientation in GroIMP. Additionally: Use the GroIMP software (video tutorials)
Complex objects
Some objects used in java can be quite complex and hard to grasp in the beginning.
Additional interfaces
Besides the Graphical user interface that is used in GroIMP by default, it is possible to execute models in other ways. The different User interface are described in the user-guide
This can be useful for specific scenarios such as larger pipelines or remote execution. On this page you can find a collection of tutorials to get started with the different additional users interfaces.
GroIMP: A Beginners Tutorial
Gerhard Buck-Sorlin, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers
Datasets and Plots
GroIMP comes with an included management of datasetsdatasets and the ability to visualize them, in the following only a small introduction is given.
A datasets in GroIMP are simple tables, that can be referenced from RGG and the GUI.
Creating a video
GroIMP comes with a video plugin that can create animations from pictures taken from the 3D model. This includes automatically running RGG functions while taking pictures.