Supported FORTRAN Compilers

PSCAD requires a FORTRAN compiler to build and simulate projects.  The following commercially available compilers are presently supported:

For your convenience, a free FORTRAN compiler, called the GFortran 95 compiler, is provided on your PSCAD CD.  If you have installed the Free Edition with your MyCentre account, the GFortran compiler is available as a separate download.

 

If you are the owner of a professional or educational PSCAD license, it is recommended that you purchase the Intel® Visual Fortran Compiler for Windows (v15) compiler, mainly for its superior debugging environment and optimization features. Also, has shown to provide EMTDC runtime executables that are significantly faster than those built by its predecessor (Intel Visual Fortran 9 to 11); in some cases twice as fast. You may purchase the Intel® Parallel Studio XE (Composer Edition) directly from the Intel Corporation from here.

 

1The Intel Visual Fortran Compiler for Windows compiler is not supported in the PSCAD Free Edition, which uses only the GFortran 95 compiler.

 

2GFortran v4.2.1 is supported for all versions of PSCAD X4. GFortran 4.6.2 is supported with PSCAD 4.6.0 and onwards.