.. _tutorialPreparation: Preparation =========== Before we get started, there are a couple of prerequisites to take care of first. .. _preparation-InstallingOpenCOR: Install OpenCOR --------------- This tutorial requires a reasonably new version of OpenCOR to be used. Specifically, we use here *OpenCOR Snapshot 2017-06-21*. That or any new version of OpenCOR should work fine. OpenCOR can be downloaded from: http://opencor.ws/downloads/index.html. The tutors also have copies of the installers available. Getting to know OpenCOR ----------------------- OpenCOR is a very flexible model management, editing, and simulation tool with many features. The full :ref:`cellml_opencor_pmr_tutorial_index` tutorial covers a lot of material that is relevant to this tutorial, but before continuing here it is useful to quickly run through the section :ref:`cellml_opencor_pmr_tutorial__first_model` to get a bit of familiarity with the tool. .. _preparation-pmrAccount: Connecting OpenCOR to your PMR account -------------------------------------- Once you have OpenCOR installed, we want to connect it to PMR to enable you to archive and share your work. If you follow the instructions over at :ref:`cellml_opencor_pmr_tutorial__pmr_with_opencor` to create an account on the teaching instance of the Physiome Model Repository (PMR) and then set up OpenCOR to use that account. You can use this `CellML model `_ as the test model for that part of the tutorial. .. include:: PMR2/teaching-instance-warning.rst