Beam Optics Analyzer
Overview
BOA is designed to import geometrical data from 3D CAD programs producing ACIS or ParaSolid output files. This includes almost all commercially available CAD programs. Users should consult the BOA User Manual for proper setup of the geometry files and operation of BOA. To run the Optimizer in BOA requires having SolidWorks 2008 or later and Microsoft Excel.
BOA Platforms
BOA, version 8.5 and later is built to run on these versions of Microsoft Windows: Windows 10 and 11. Version 8.5 and later support only 64-bit platform. The installer of BOA version 6.1 and up to 8.0 unifies the platform to include both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. It will detect the PC platform and install the appropriate version. Existing users of v 6.0 and earlier are required to remove their existing version first before installing v7.0 and later.
BOA version 8.0 has two additional features (1) to scan for beam currents with various combination of electrode potentials (2) to use Shapelet method to interpolate and smooth current/power density locally deposited by particles. Please refer to the Release Notes for more details.
BOA version 7.5 also comes with two versions, 32 bit and 64 bit and automatically installed a proper version on your PC. Please refer to the Release Notes for more details.
BOA version 6.5 or earlier is no longer supported and available for download. They did come in two versions, one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit computers. Thus, for v6.0 or earlier, please make sure you select the correct version of BOA to install on your machine. If you don’t know which version to install, go the Start Menu, choose “Run…”, type “cmd” in the edit box and hit OK. A command prompt window will appear. Type the word “set” and hit enter. The command prompt window will display a long list of entries. If this list includes “PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86”, you have a 32-bit computer and should download the x86 version of BOA. If the list says “PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64”, you have a 64-bit computer and should download the x64 version of B
Installation Instructions
Download the latest BOA Version 8.5: Support only x64 platform, click on Download BOA Version 8.5. You will have the option to Open or Save the installer. If you choose Open, the installer will directly install BOA to any location on your computer that you specify. If you choose Save, you will be able to download the BOA installer to any location on your computer and install BOA later at your convenience. Once you have downloaded the installer, simply double-click the file to proceed with the installation
Download the BOA Version 8.0: To download the file for either x86 or x64 platform, click on Download BOA Version 8.0. You will have the option to Open or Save the installer. If you choose Open, the installer will directly install BOA to any location on your computer that you specify. If you choose Save, you will be able to download the BOA installer to any location on your computer and install BOA later at your convenience. Once you have downloaded the installer, simply double-click the file to proceed with the installatio
Download the BOA Version 7.5: To download the file for either x86 or x64 platform, click on Download BOA Version 7.5. You will have the option to Open or Save the installer. If you choose Open, the installer will directly install BOA to any location on your computer that you specify. If you choose Save, you will be able to download the BOA installer to any location on your computer and install BOA later at your convenience. Once you have downloaded the installer, simply double-click the file to proceed with the installatio
Download the latest BOA Version 7.0: To download the file for either x86 or x64 platform, click on Download BOA Version 7.0. You will have the option to Open or Save the installer. If you choose Open, the installer will directly install BOA to any location on your computer that you specify. If you choose Save, you will be able to download the BOA installer to any location on your computer and install BOA later at your convenience. Once you have downloaded the installer, simply double-click the file to proceed with the installation.
