Start here
Tutorial 1 walks you through downloading and installing MERRILL on macOS, preparing a simple tetrahedral mesh, writing your first input script, and confirming the output. It is the essential starting point before attempting workshop exercises.
Guided tutorials
- Tutorial 1 – Download, install, and run your first MERRILL model on macOS
- Using MERRILL on Windows via WSL (coming soon)
- Installing MERRILL on Linux (coming soon)
- Running FORC simulations with MERRILL scripts (coming soon)
Workshop materials
These workshop packs were used at international rock magnetism events. Each contains hands-on scripted examples with meshes and, where available, worked solutions. Recommended once you have completed Tutorial 1.
Eleven structured examples covering the full MERRILL workflow: meshing, grain shape hysteresis (cubes, spheres), grain interactions, trellis textures, multi-phase assemblages (iron + magnetite), stray field modelling, chain-of-grains configurations, and energy barrier / blocking temperature calculations.
Requires MERRILL and ParaView or TecPlot for output visualisation.
⚠ The "with answers" archive is 1.1 GB — download on a fast connection.
Five-day summer school materials including lecture slides and a full set of mesh exercises. Covers single-domain and vortex states, grain interactions, and temperature-dependent behaviour across a range of natural grain geometries.
Meshes include spheres, bricks, hooks, pyramids, and multi-grain arrangements.
Related pages
- See About MERRILL for a full description of capabilities and modelling scope.
- Try FORCINN for browser-guided FORC preprocessing and CNN inversion.
- Browse Resources for the pre-built mesh library and MERRILL manual.
- Use Downloads for platform packages and release notes.