.. _pandat_htc_point-label:

Generate an Table of Alloy Compositions for HTC in Pandat GUI
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This example demonstrates how to use **PanPython SDK** to generate a table of alloy compositions (configuration file)
which can be loaded from Pandat GUI for HTC.

About point HTC
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Point HTC allows a user to perform calculations for numerous compositions and/or temperatures in
the user-defined state space by a simple setting. Alloy compositions and/or temperatures that satisfy
user-defined criteria can then be discovered through data mining of the simulated results.

Step-by-step guide
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.. note::
   A video guide will be available very soon.

1. Open the demo folder
    "*/Solution Examples/panhtc_interface/*" from PyCharm IDE. See :ref:`installation-label` to setup the IDE environment.

2. Build a task script
    An example script *parallel_htc_points.py* has already been include. Following the steps the create your script:

    Import packages
        .. code-block:: python

            import os
            from panpython.system import System
            from panpython.task.htc import HtcMesh

    Setup working folders and input files:
        .. code-block:: python

            dir_name = os.path.abspath(__file__)
            file_name = os.path.basename(__file__)
            task_path = dir_name[:-len(file_name)]

            dump_path = os.path.join(task_path, "output")
            batch_file = os.path.join(task_path, 'resource', 'Point_Al-Mg-Si_400C.pbfx')
            config_file = os.path.join(task_path, 'resource', 'Input_point.JSON')