A B C D E F H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

- " -

"Include" Files

- # -

#

Exporting Data to Other Applications
"Include" Files

- $ -

$

- . -

.DBG file

.EIG file

.LOG file

.PDE file

FlexPDE Working Files
File Names and Extensions

.PG6 file

FlexPDE Working Files
Graphics Export

- 1 -

1D

boundary conditions

coordinates

- 2 -

2D

coordinates

- 3 -

3D

coordinates

PLOTS

Problems

Using FlexPDE in Three-Dimensional Problems
Extrusions in 3D

- A -

ABS function

Accuracy

Controlling

Threshold

Adaptive Mesh Refinement

ALE

Moving Meshes
Moving Meshes

ALIAS

aliasing coordinates

Analytic Functions

Animation

ANTIPERIODIC Boundary Conditions

ARC

Mapping the Domain
Boundary Paths

ARCCOS function

ARCSIN function

ARCTAN function

AREA_INTEGRAL

Computing Integrals
2D Volume Integrals

AREA_INTEGRATE

Arithmetic Operators

ARRAY

Definition

Size

Variables

ARRAYS

Using

AS 'string'

ASPECT

AT

ATAN2 function

AutoCAD

AUTOHIST

Global Graphics Controls
Histories

AUTOSTAGE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

- B -

Batch runs

Bessel Function

BESSJ function

BESSY function

Bevels

BINTEGRAL

Computing Integrals
Line Integrals

Bitmaps

BLACK

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

BLOCK

BMP

Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphics Export

BOUNDARIES

What Does A Script Look Like?
Mapping the Domain
Boundaries
Extrusions in 3D

Paths and Path Names

Search

Boundary Conditions

1D

3D

Setting Boundary Conditions in 3D
Boundary Conditions in 3D

ANTIPERIODIC

CONTACT

Boundary Conditions
Jump Boundaries

Default

Dirichlet

Discontinuous

Flux

An Example of a Flux Boundary Condition
Boundary Conditions

JUMP

LOAD

NATURAL

What About Boundary Conditions?
Setting the Boundary Conditions
Natural Boundary Conditions
Boundary Conditions
Natural Boundary Conditions

NOBC

PERIODIC

Point Load

Point Value

Remain in effect

Syntax

Terminating

VALUE

What About Boundary Conditions?
Setting the Boundary Conditions
Boundary Conditions

VELOCITY

Boundary Paths and Path Names

Boundary Search

- C -

Canister Example

CARG

cartesian

CARTESIAN1

CARTESIAN2

CARTESIAN3

case sensitivity

Notation
Case Sensitivity

CDF output

Exporting Data to Other Applications
Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

CDFGRID

CENTER

CEXP

CHANGELIM

Complications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Colors

Spectral

Thermal

Command-line

Running without graphics

Switches

Commas

Comments

COMPLEX

Operators

Variables

Complex Variables
Complex Variables

Components

Tensor

Vector

conditional expressions

CONJ

CONST

Array

definitions

Matrix

Constants

CONSTRAINTS

CONTACT

Boundary Conditions
Jump Boundaries

Contact Resistance

CONTOUR

CONTOUR plot

CONTOURGRID

CONTOURS

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

Controls Menu

coordinates

1D

2D

3D

aliasing

Cartesian

CARTESIAN1

CARTESIAN2

CARTESIAN3

CYLINDER1

Cylindrical

renaming

scaling

SPHERE1

Transformation

XCYLINDER

YCYLINDER

COS function

COSH function

CRITICAL

CROSS product

CUBIC

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

CURL Operator

Curl Theorem

CURVEGRID

Cut Planes

CYCLE plot interval

CYLINDER

Surface-Generating Functions
Extrusion

CYLINDER1

cylindrical

- D -

Decimal Numbers

Decoupling Variables

DEFINITIONS

What Does A Script Look Like?
Defining Material Parameters
Definitions

Array

Function

Matrix

Point

Stage

DEL2 - Laplacian Operator

DELETE

Dependent Variables

Derivative operators

Derivatives

high order

Descriptor formatting

Differential Operators

Differential Operators
Equations

Differentiation

Notation

Suppressing

Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

Discontinuities

Discontinuous Variables

Display

Modifiers

Specifications

DIV - Divergence Operator

Divergence Theorem

Domain

Description

Menu

Review

DOTproduct

Tensor

Vector

DROPOUT

DXF

- E -

Edit Menu

Edit while Run

Editing Problem Descriptors

Eigenvalue

Predefined Elements
Modal Analysis and Associated Equations

Shifting

Summary

Eigenvalues

Electromagnetics

Electrostatics

Electrostatics
Applications in Electromagnetics

ELEVATION

Plot

Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications
Controlling the Plot Domain

ELEVATIONGRID

Elliptical segments

EMF

Empty Layers in 3D

END

ENDREPEAT

Engineering Notation

EPS

EQUATIONS

What Does A Script Look Like?
Variables and Equations

and Variables

Section

Sequencing

ERF function

ERFC function

ERRLIM

Controlling Accuracy
Solution Controls
Solution Controls
The THRESHOLD Clause

Error

Estimates

Function

Tolerance

Eulerian

Moving Meshes
Moving Meshes

EVAL function

Examples

Constraints

Graphics

Integrals

Simple

Tutorial

Excludes

EXP function

Exponential Integral - EXPINT

EXPORT

Exporting Data to Other Applications
Graphic Display Modifiers

Graphics

Movie

Export Plot

expressions

EXTRUSION

The Concept of Extrusion
Extrusions in 3D

Notation

Section

- F -

FEATURE_INDUCTION

FEATUREPLOT

Features

File

Extension

FlexPDE Working Files
File Names and Extensions

Menu

The Main Menu Bar
The File Menu

Name

FlexPDE Working Files
File Names and Extensions

FILE 'string'

Fillets

FINALLY

Equation Sequencing

Find

FINISH

Finite Element Mesh

Finite Element Methods

FIRSTPARTS

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

FIT Function

FIXDT

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

FIXED RANGE

FlexPDE

Application

Facilities

Overview

Script

Flux Boundary Conditions

An Example of a Flux Boundary Condition
Boundary Conditions

FONT

Editing Descriptor Files
Global Graphics Controls

FORMAT

FORMAT 'string'

Formatting

FRAME

FRONT

Function definition

Functions

Analytic

Non-analytic

String

fuzzy IF

- G -

GAMMA function

Global Graphics Controls

GLOBAL VARIABLES

GLOBALMAX function

GLOBALMAX_X function

GLOBALMAX_Y function

GLOBALMAX_Z function

GLOBALMIN function

GLOBALMIN_X function

GLOBALMIN_Y function

GLOBALMIN_Z function

GRAD - Gradient Operator

Graphic Display modifiers

Graphical Output

Graphics

Export

Global Controls

Running without

Graphics Examples

GRAY

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

Grid Control Features

GRID plot

GRIDARC

GRIDLIMIT

GUI

Running without

Guidelines for Problem Setup

How Do I Set Up My Problem?
Problem Setup Guidelines

- H -

HALT

Hardcopy

HARDMONITOR

Heat Equation

Help Menu

HISTORIES

Section

Staged Problems

Windowing

HYSTERESIS

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

- I -

ICCG

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

IF

IMAG

import

Importing Data from Other Applications

INACTIVE

include files

Inconsistent Initial Conditions

INITGRIDLIMIT

Initial Conditions

Bad Things To Do In Time Dependent Problems
Avoid Discontinuities!

INITIAL VALUES

What Does A Script Look Like?
Complications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
Initial Values

input

Instantaneous Switching

INTEGRAL

Computing Integrals
2D Volume Integrals
3D Volume Integrals

Integral Rules

Integrals

Computing Integrals
Integrals In Cylindrical Geometry

3D

Area

Constraints

Line

Operators

Surface

2D Surface Integrals
3D Surface Integrals

Time

Volume

2D Volume Integrals
3D Volume Integrals

INTEGRATE

Integration by Parts

Some Typical Cases
Integration by Parts and Natural Boundary Conditions

ITERATE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

- J -

JUMP

Discontinuous Variables
Using JUMP in problems with many variables
Jump Boundaries

- L -

Lagrange

Moving Meshes
Moving Meshes

LAMBDA

LAYER

Extrusion Notation in FlexPDE
Extrusions in 3D

Extrusion

Layering
Extrusion

Shaped Interfaces

LEVELS

License

Registering FlexPDE
The Register Dialog
Internet Key Registration
Dongle Registration
Network Dongle Registration
Software Key Registration

LIMITED REGIONS

Limited Regions
Limited Regions in 3D

LINE

Mapping the Domain
Boundary Paths

LINE_INTEGRAL

Computing Integrals
Line Integrals

LINE_INTEGRATE

LINUPDATE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Literal Strings

LN function

LOAD

LOG

LOG10 function

logarithm

LOGLIMIT

LUMP function

- M -

MacOS

Magnetic Field

Magnetic Vector Potential

Magnetostatics

MAGNITUDE of vector

Material

Parameters

Defining Material Parameters
Setting Material Properties by Region and Layer
Reassigning Regional Parameters

Properties

Defining Material Parameters
Setting Material Properties by Region and Layer
Reassigning Regional Parameters

MATRICES

Using

MATRIX

Definition

Size

MAX function

Maximize

Maxwell's Equations

Menu

MERGE

Mesh Generation Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

MERGEDIST

MESH

Mesh Generation

Controls

Mesh Generation Controls
Features

MESH_DENSITY

MESH_SPACING

Generating A Mesh
Mesh Control Parameters

Mesh Refinement

Controls

FRONT

RESOLVE

MESH_DENSITY

MESH_SPACING

Metafile

MIN function

MOD function

Modal Analysis

Eigenvalues and Modal Analysis
Modal Analysis and Associated Equations
Eigenvalues and Modal Analysis

MODE_SUMMARY plot

MODES

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Modify Menu

MONITORS

Requesting Graphical Output
Monitors and Plots

Steady State

Time Selection

MOVE

Movie

Making

Moving Meshes

Moving Meshes
Moving Meshes
Moving Meshes

Balancing

Example

Multiple processors

Using Multiple Processors
Solution Controls

- N -

Named Paths

NATURAL

Boundary Condition

What About Boundary Conditions?
Setting the Boundary Conditions
Natural Boundary Conditions
Some Typical Cases
Integration by Parts and Natural Boundary Conditions
Natural Boundary Conditions

Network License Manager

NEWTON

Solution Controls
Solution Controls
Solving Nonlinear Problems

Newton-Raphson Iteration

Next

NGRID

NOBC

NODE POINT (Node Placement)

NODELIMIT

NOHEADER

NOLINES

NOMERGE

NOMINMAX

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

Non-Analytic Functions

NONLINEAR

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Coefficients and Equations

Problems

Complications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
Solving Nonlinear Problems
Solving Nonlinear Problems

NONSYMMETRIC

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

NORM

NORMAL component

NOTAGS

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

Notation

NOTIFY_DONE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

NOTIPS

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

NRMATRIX

NRMINSTEP

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

NRSLOPE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Numbering and Naming Regions

Numeric

Constants

Range

Reports

- O -

ON

Equation

Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications
Graphic Display Modifiers
Controlling the Plot Domain

GRID

LAYER

More Advanced Plot Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers
Controlling the Plot Domain

REGION

More Advanced Plot Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers
Controlling the Plot Domain

Selectors

SURFACE

More Advanced Plot Controls
Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications
Graphic Display Modifiers
Controlling the Plot Domain

One-Dimensional Problems

Operators

Arithmetic

COMPLEX

Differential

Integral

Relational

Smoothing

String

Tensor

Vector

ORDER

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Ordering Regions

oscillation

OVERSHOOT

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

- P -

PAINTED

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

PAINTGRID

PAINTMATERIALS

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

PAINTREGIONS

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

Parameter Studies

Parameterized Definitions

Parameters

Material

Defining Material Parameters
Reassigning Regional Parameters

redefining

Regional

Reassigning Regional Parameters
Regional Parameter Values in 3D

PASSIVE Modifier

Paths and Path Names

PENWIDTH

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

PERIODIC Boundary Conditions

PI

PLANE

Surface-Generating Functions
Extrusion

Plot

Cutplanes

Domain

Elevation

Export

While the Problem Runs
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers

Fixed Range

Integrate

Labels

Maximize

Menu

Modifiers

On Grid

POINTS

Print

Range

Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphic Display Modifiers

Restore

Rotate

Scaling

Time Selection

View Saved Files

Windows

Zoom

PLOTINTEGRATE

PLOTS

What Does A Script Look Like?
Requesting Graphical Output
Monitors and Plots

Cutplane

Specifying Plots on Cut Planes
More Advanced Plot Controls

Display

Print

Printonly

Time Selection

Viewpoint

PNG

Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphics Export

POINT

Definitions

LOAD Boundary Conditions

Movable

VALUE Boundary Conditions

POINTS

Post-processing

PostScript

Potential

PPM

Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphics Export

PRECONDITION

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

PREFER_SPEED

Solution Controls
Solution Controls
Solving Nonlinear Problems

PREFER_STABILITY

Solution Controls
Solution Controls
Solving Nonlinear Problems

Preparing a Descriptor File

Previous

PRINT

Print Plot

Print Script

PRINTMERGE

PRINTONLY

Problem Descriptor Structure

Preparing a Descriptor File
Problem Descriptor Structure

Problem Setup Guidelines

How Do I Set Up My Problem?
Problem Setup Guidelines

Problem Solving Environment

Projection

Properties

Material

Defining Material Parameters
Reassigning Regional Parameters

Regional

Proxy Server Settings

pulse function

- Q -

QUADRATIC

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

questions

quoted strings

- R -

R

RADIUS

Predefined Elements
Boundary Paths

RAMP function

Unit Functions
The RAMP Function

RANDOM function

RANDOM_SEED

RANGE

REAL

REGION

Mapping the Domain
Extrusions in 3D

Regional Parameter Values

Regions

1D

3D

Excluded

Numbering and naming

Ordering

Overlaying

Registering

Registering FlexPDE
The Register Dialog
Internet Key Registration
Dongle Registration
Network Dongle Registration
Software Key Registration

REGRID

REINITIALIZE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Relational Operators

Release Notes

REMATRIX

Solution Controls
Solving Nonlinear Problems

renaming coordinates

REPEAT

Repeated Text

REPORT

Reporting Numerical Results
Reports

Reporting numbers

Reserved Words and Symbols

RESOLVE

Restart

Restore Plot

ROTATE

Rotate Plot

Run Menu

- S -

SAVE function

SCALAR VARIABLES

Script

Interpretation

script editing module

Scripting Language

section names

SELECT

What Does A Script Look Like?
Select

Semicolons

SENSITIVITY

Separators

Shaped Layer Interfaces

SIGN function

SIN function

SINH function

SINTEGRAL

2D Surface Integrals
3D Surface Integrals

SIZEOF

SMOOTH

SMOOTHINIT

Spaces

SPECTRAL_COLORS

SPHERE

Surface-Generating Functions
Extrusion

SPHERE1

SPLINE

TABLE Modifiers
Boundary Paths

SPLINETABLE

SQRT function

STAGE

STAGED

Definitions

Geometry

Parameters

STAGEGRID

STAGES

Parameter Studies Using STAGES
Solution Controls
Solution Controls
STAGED Definitions

START

Mapping the Domain
Boundary Paths

Status Panel

step function

Stop Menu

The Main Menu Bar
The Stop Menu

String

Functions

Literal

Operators

SUBSPACE

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

SUM function

SUMMARY

Summarizing Numerical Results
The Eigenvalue Summary

SUMMARY plot

SURF_INTEGRAL

2D Surface Integrals
3D Surface Integrals

SURFACE

Requesting Graphical Output
Extrusion Notation in FlexPDE
Extrusions in 3D

Extrusion

Surface Generators

Surface Integrals

SURFACE plot

Surface-Generating Functions

SURFACEGRID

SWAGE function

Switches

Command-line

symbolic equation analyzer

- T -

TABLE

File format

Input function

Modifiers

Output

Exporting Data to Other Applications
Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

usage

Tabledef Input

TABULATE definitions

TAN function

TANGENTIAL component

TANH function

TE and TM Modes

TECPLOT output

Exporting Data to Other Applications
Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

Tensor Operators

TERRLIM

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Text Strings

TEXTSIZE

THEN

Equation Sequencing

THERMAL_COLORS

THETA

Threads

Using Multiple Processors
Solution Controls

Three-Dimensional Problems

Using FlexPDE in Three-Dimensional Problems
Extrusions in 3D

THRESHOLD

Time

Critical

Halt

Integration

Range

Time Dependence

Things to avoid

TIME_INTEGRAL

TIMEMAX function

TIMEMAX_T function

TIMEMIN function

TIMEMIN_T function

TINTEGRAL

Title

What Does A Script Look Like?
Title

TNORM

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

Tool Bar

TRANSFER

Exporting Data

File format

Output

Post-processing

Statement

TRANSFERMESH

Output

Post-processing

Statement

TRANSFERMESHTIME

Transferring Data

TRANSPOSE

matrix

tensor

trigonometric functions

- U -

Unit Functions

UNIX/Linux

UNORMAL

Updates

Bypass Auto Check

Check for

UPFACTOR

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

UPULSE function

UPWIND

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

URAMP function

User Guide

USTEP function

- V -

VAL function

VALUE

Boundary Condition

What About Boundary Conditions?
Setting the Boundary Conditions

Initial

VANDENBERG

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

VARIABLES

What Does A Script Look Like?
Variables and Equations

and Equations

Array

Complex

Complex Variables
Complex Variables

Dependent

Global

Regional

Threshold

Vector

Vector Variables
Vector Variables

VECTOR

composition

Curvilinear Derivatives

Operators

Plot

Potential

Variables

Vector Variables
Vector Variables

VECTORGRID

VELOCITY

Boundary Condition

Version 4

Converting to version 5

Version 5

Converting from version 4

Converting to version 6

Version 6

Converting from version 5

Release Notes

VERSUS

View

Saved Graphics Files

View Menu

VIEWPOINT

Global Graphics Controls
Graphic Display Modifiers

VisIt

Visualization

VOID

Compartments

Layers

VOL_INTEGRAL

Computing Integrals
2D Volume Integrals
3D Volume Integrals

VOL_INTEGRATE

Volume Integrals

VTK output

Exporting Data to Other Applications
Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

VTKLIN

- W -

Waveguides

Homogeneous

Non-Homogeneous

While the Problem Runs

white space

WINDOW

Window Tiling

Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista

- X -

XBOUNDARY

XCOMP

Point operator

vector operator

XCYLINDER

XERRLIM

Solution Controls
Solution Controls

XMERGEDIST

XPM

Graphic Display Modifiers
Graphics Export

XServer

Running without

XXCOMP

X-Y

XYCOMP

X-Z

XZCOMP

- Y -

YBOUNDARY

YCOMP

Point operator

vector operator

YCYLINDER

YMERGEDIST

YXCOMP

YYCOMP

YZCOMP

- Z -

ZBOUNDARY

ZCOMP

Point operator

vector operator

Z-dimension

ZMERGEDIST

ZOOM

ZXCOMP

ZYCOMP

ZZCOMP