- " -

"Include" Files

- # -

#

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
Icon"Include" Files

- $ -

$

- . -

.INI file

.PDE file

IconFlexPDE Working Files
IconFile Names and Extensions

.PG6 file

.PG7 file

- _ -

_DEBUG.TXT file

_EIG.TXT file

_INITIALMESH.XFR file

_LOG.TXT file

_RESTART.XFR file

- 1 -

1D

boundary conditions

coordinates

- 2 -

2D

coordinates

- 3 -

3D

coordinates

PLOTS

Problems

IconUsing FlexPDE in Three-Dimensional Problems
IconMore Complex Extrusions

- A -

About banner

ABS function

Accuracy

Controlling

Threshold

Adaptive Mesh Refinement

IconAdaptive Mesh Refinement
IconHow FlexPDE Works

Add

ALE

IconMoving Meshes
IconMoving Meshes

ALIAS

aliasing coordinates

Analytic Functions

Animation

ANTIPERIODIC Boundary Conditions

ARC

IconMapping the Domain
IconBoundary Paths

ARCCOS function

ARCSIN function

ARCTAN function

AREA_INTEGRAL

IconComputing Integrals
Icon2D Volume Integrals

AREA_INTEGRATE

Arithmetic Operators

ARRAY

Definition

Size

Variables

ARRAYS

Using

AS 'string'

ASPECT

AT

ATAN2 function

AutoCAD

AUTOHIST

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconHistories

AUTOMESH

AUTOSTAGE

AUTOTRANSFER

- B -

Batch runs

Bessel Function

BESSJ function

BESSY function

Bevels

BINTEGRAL

IconComputing Integrals
IconLine Integrals

BIPRECON

Bitmaps

BLACK

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

BLOCK

BMP

BOLD

BOUNDARIES

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconMapping the Domain
IconMore Complex Extrusions
IconBoundaries

Paths and Path Names

Search

Boundary Conditions

IconBoundary Conditions
IconBoundary Conditions

1D

3D

IconSetting Boundary Conditions in 3D
IconBoundary Conditions in 3D

ANTIPERIODIC

CONTACT

IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions
IconJump Boundaries

Default

Dirichlet

Discontinuous

Flux

IconAn Example of a Flux Boundary Condition
IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions

JUMP

LOAD

NATURAL

IconWhat About Boundary Conditions?
IconSetting the Boundary Conditions
IconNatural Boundary Conditions
IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions
IconNatural Boundary Conditions

NOBC

PERIODIC

Point Load

Point Value

Remain in effect

Syntax

Terminating

VALUE

IconWhat About Boundary Conditions?
IconSetting the Boundary Conditions
IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions

VELOCITY

Boundary Paths and Path Names

Boundary Search

Break

- C -

Canister Example

CARG

cartesian

CARTESIAN1

CARTESIAN2

CARTESIAN3

case sensitivity

IconNotation
IconCase Sensitivity

CDF output

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
IconData Export Specifications

CDFGRID

CEILING function

CELL_LIMIT

CELL_SIZE

CENTER

CEXP

CHANGELIM

IconComplications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
IconSolution Controls

CHECK_DUP_REGIONS

CHECK_TABLES

IconSolution Controls
IconThe TABLE Input function

Colors

Spectral

Thermal

Command-line

Parameters

Running without graphics

Switches

Commas

Comments

COMPLEX

Definitions

Operators

Variables

IconComplex Variables
IconComplex Variables

Complex Eigenvalues

Components

Tensor

Vector

conditional expressions

CONJ

CONST

Array

definitions

Matrix

Constants

CONSTRAINTS

CONTACT

IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions
IconJump Boundaries

Contact Resistance

CONTOUR

CONTOUR plot

CONTOURGRID

CONTOURS

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Controls

Global Graphics

Mesh Generation

Solution

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

CURL Operator

Curl Theorem

CURRENT_DIRECTORY

CURVE

IconMapping the Domain
IconBoundary Paths

CURVEGRID

Cut Planes

CWD

CYCLE plot interval

CYLINDER

IconSurface-Generating Functions
IconExtrusion

CYLINDER1

cylindrical

- D -

Data Fitting

Decimal Numbers

Decoupling Variables

DEFINITIONS

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconDefining Material Parameters
IconDefinitions

Array

Function

Matrix

Point

Stage

DEL2 - Laplacian Operator

DELAY

Dependent Variables

Derivative operators

Derivatives

high order

Descriptor formatting

Differential Operators

IconDifferential Operators
IconEquations

Differentiation

Notation

Suppressing

DIPRECON

DIRECT

DIRECTLIMIT

Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

Discontinuities

Discontinuous Variables

Display

Modifiers

Specifications

DIV - Divergence Operator

Divergence Theorem

Divide

Domain

Description

Menu

Review

Dongle

Registration

IconLicense Registration Tab
IconDongle Registration

Upgrading

DOTproduct

Tensor

Vector

DROPOUT

DXF

- E -

EDGE_DISTANCE function

Edit Menu

Edit while Run

Editing Problem Descriptors

Eigenvalue

Summary

Eigenvalues

IconEigenvalues and Modal Analysis
IconEigenvalues and Modal Analysis

Electromagnetics

Electrostatics

IconApplications in Electromagnetics
IconElectrostatics

ELEVATION

Plot

IconGraphics Display Specifications
IconControlling the Plot Domain

ELEVATIONGRID

Elliptical segments

EMF

Empty Layers in 3D

END

END_ITERATION

ENDLABEL

ENDREPEAT

Engineering Notation

EPS

EQUATIONS

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconVariables and Equations

and Variables

Initial

Iteration

Section

Sequencing

ERF function

ERFC function

ERRLIM

IconControlling Accuracy
IconSolution Controls
IconThe THRESHOLD Clause

Error

Estimates

Function

Tolerance

Eulerian

IconMoving Meshes
IconMoving Meshes

EVAL function

Examples

Constraints

Graphics

Integrals

Simple

Tutorial

Excludes

EXP function

EXPLICIT

Exponential Integral - EXPINT

EXPORT

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Data

Graphics

Movie

Export Plot

expressions

EXTRUSION

IconThe Concept of Extrusion
IconMore Complex Extrusions

Notation

Section

- F -

FEA

FEATURE_INDUCTION

FEATUREPLOT

Features

FIELDLINES

FIELDMAP plot

File

Drag-and-drop

Extension

IconFlexPDE Working Files
IconFile Names and Extensions

Input

Menu

IconThe Main Menu Bar
IconThe File Menu

Name

IconFlexPDE Working Files
IconFile Names and Extensions

Output

FILE 'string'

Fillets

FINALLY

Equation Sequencing

Find

FINISH

Finite Element Mesh

Finite Element Methods

IconFinite Element Methods
IconHow FlexPDE Works

FIRSTPARTS

FIT Function

FIXDT

FIXED RANGE

FlexPDE

Application

Facilities

Overview

Script

FLOOR function

Flux Boundary Conditions

IconAn Example of a Flux Boundary Condition
IconSpecifying Boundary Conditions

Font

IconEditing Descriptor Files
IconFont Settings Tab
IconGlobal Graphics Controls

BOLD

ITALIC

SANSERIF

SERIF

FORMAT

FORMAT 'string'

Formatting

FRAME

FRONT

Function definition

Functions

Analytic

Non-analytic

String

fuzzy IF

- G -

Galerkin

GAMMA function

GLCONTOUR plot

GLGRID plot

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

GLSURFACE plot

GRAD - Gradient Operator

Graphic Display modifiers

Graphical Output

Graphics

Export

Global Controls

Running without

Graphics Examples

GRAY

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Grid Control Features

GRID plot

GRIDARC

GRIDLIMIT

GUI

Running without

Guidelines for Problem Setup

IconHow Do I Set Up My Problem?
IconProblem Setup Guidelines

- H -

HALT

Hardcopy

HARDMONITOR

Heat Equation

Help Menu

HISTORIES

Section

Staged Problems

Windowing

- I -

ICCG

IF

ILUPRECON

IMAG

Implicit Curves

import

DXF

mesh

OBJ

Importing Data from Other Applications

INACTIVE

include files

Inconsistent Initial Conditions

INITGRIDLIMIT

Initial Conditions

IconBad Things To Do In Time Dependent Problems
IconAvoid Discontinuities!

INITIAL EQUATIONS

INITIAL VALUES

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconComplications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
IconInitial Values

input

Installation

Instantaneous Switching

INTEGRAL

IconComputing Integrals
Icon2D Volume Integrals
Icon3D Volume Integrals

Integral Rules

Integrals

IconComputing Integrals
IconIntegrals In Cylindrical Geometry

3D

Area

Constraints

Line

Operators

Surface

Icon2D Surface Integrals
Icon3D Surface Integrals

Time

Volume

Icon2D Volume Integrals
Icon3D Volume Integrals

INTEGRATE

Integration by Parts

IconSome Typical Cases
IconIntegration by Parts and Natural Boundary Conditions

Internet Key

ITALIC

ITERATE

Equations

Selector

- J -

JPEG

JUMP

IconDiscontinuous Variables
IconUsing JUMP in problems with many variables
IconJump Boundaries

- L -

LABEL

Labeled Boundary Paths

Lagrange

IconMoving Meshes
IconMoving Meshes

LAMBDA

LANCZOS

LAYER

IconExtrusion Notation in FlexPDE
IconMore Complex Extrusions

Extrusion

IconLayering
IconExtrusion

Shaped Interfaces

LEVELS

License

IconInternet Key Registration
IconDongle Registration
IconNetwork Dongle Registration
IconSoftware Key Registration

Registration

IconLicense Registration Tab
IconRegistering FlexPDE

LIMIT

LIMITED REGIONS

IconLimited Regions
IconLimited Regions in 3D

LINE

IconMapping the Domain
IconBoundary Paths

LINE LIST

LINE_INTEGRAL

IconComputing Integrals
IconLine Integrals

LINE_INTEGRATE

LINUPDATE

Linux

LIST

IconTABULATE definitions
IconBoundary Paths

Literal Strings

LN function

LOAD

LOG

LOG10 function

logarithm

LOGLIMIT

LUMP function

- M -

MacOS

Magnetic Field

Magnetic Vector Potential

Magnetostatics

MAGNITUDE of vector

MAP

Material

Parameters

IconDefining Material Parameters
IconSetting Material Properties by Region and Layer
IconReassigning Regional Parameters

Properties

IconDefining Material Parameters
IconSetting Material Properties by Region and Layer
IconReassigning Regional Parameters

MATERIALS

MATRICES

Using

MATRIX

Definition

Size

MAX function

Maximize

Plot

section

Maximum Value

Maxwell's Equations

Menu

MERGE

MERGEDIST

MESH

import

Mesh Generation

Adaptive

Controls

IconMesh Generation Controls
IconFeatures

MESH_DENSITY

MESH_SPACING

IconGenerating A Mesh
IconMesh Control Parameters

Mesh Refinement

Controls

FRONT

RESOLVE

MESH_DENSITY

MESH_SPACING

Metafile

MIN function

Minimize

section

MOD function

Modal Analysis

IconEigenvalues and Modal Analysis
IconEigenvalues and Modal Analysis

MODE SUMMARY plot

MODES

Modify Menu

Modulo

MONITORS

IconRequesting Graphical Output
IconMonitors and Plots

Steady State

Time Selection

MOVABLE

MOVE

Movie

Making

Moving Meshes

IconMoving Meshes
IconMoving Meshes
IconMoving Meshes

Balancing

Example

Reconnection

Multiple processors

IconUsing Multiple Processors
IconSolution Controls

Multiply

- N -

Named Boundary Paths

NATURAL

Boundary Condition

IconWhat About Boundary Conditions?
IconSetting the Boundary Conditions
IconNatural Boundary Conditions
IconSome Typical Cases
IconIntegration by Parts and Natural Boundary Conditions
IconNatural Boundary Conditions

Network License Manager

NEWTON

IconSolution Controls
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems

Newton-Raphson Iteration

Next

NGRID

NOBC

NODE POINT (Node Placement)

NODELIMIT

NOHEADER

NOLINES

NOMERGE

NOMINMAX

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Non-Analytic Functions

NONLINEAR

Coefficients and Equations

Problems

IconComplications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems

NONSYMMETRIC

NORM

NORMAL component

NOTAGS

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Notation

NOTIFY_DONE

NOTIPS

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

NRMATRIX

NRMINSTEP

NRSLOPE

Numbering and Naming Regions

Numeric

Constants

Range

Reports

- O -

OBJ

ON

Equation

IconGraphics Display Specifications
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconControlling the Plot Domain

GRID

LAYER

IconMore Advanced Plot Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconControlling the Plot Domain

REGION

IconMore Advanced Plot Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconControlling the Plot Domain

Selectors

SURFACE

IconMore Advanced Plot Controls
IconGraphics Display Specifications
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconControlling the Plot Domain

One-Dimensional Problems

Operators

Arithmetic

COMPLEX

Differential

Integral

Relational

Smoothing

String

Tensor

Vector

OPTERRLIM

Optimization

IconMaximize
IconMinimize

ORDER

IconSolution Controls
IconThe ORDER Clause

Ordering Regions

ORTHOMIN

oscillation

OVERSHOOT

- P -

PAINTED

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

PAINTGRID

PAINTMATERIALS

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

PAINTREGIONS

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Parameter Studies

Parameterized Definitions

Parameters

Material

IconDefining Material Parameters
IconReassigning Regional Parameters

redefining

Regional

IconReassigning Regional Parameters
IconRegional Parameter Values in 3D

PASSIVE Modifier

Paths and Path Names

PENWIDTH

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

PERIODIC Boundary Conditions

PI

PLANE

IconSurface-Generating Functions
IconExtrusion

Plot

Cutplanes

Domain

Elevation

Export

IconWhile the Problem Runs
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

FIELDLINES

Fixed Range

Integrate

Labels

Maximize

Menu

Modifiers

On Grid

POINTS

Print

Range

IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

Restore

Rotate

Scaling

Time Selection

View Saved Files

Windows

Zoom

IconWhile the Problem Runs
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

PLOTINTEGRATE

PLOTS

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconRequesting Graphical Output
IconMonitors and Plots

Cutplane

IconSpecifying Plots on Cut Planes
IconMore Advanced Plot Controls

Display

Print

Printonly

Time Selection

Viewpoint

PNG

IconGraphic Display Modifiers
IconGraphics Export

POINT

Components

Definitions

LOAD Boundary Conditions

Movable

VALUE Boundary Conditions

POINTS

Post-processing

PostScript

Potential

Power

PPM

PRECONDITION

PREFER_SPEED

IconSolution Controls
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems

PREFER_STABILITY

IconSolution Controls
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems

Preferences

Menu

Tabs

Preparing a Descriptor File

Previous

PRINT

Print Plot

Print Script

PRINTMERGE

PRINTONLY

Problem Descriptor Structure

IconPreparing a Descriptor File
IconProblem Descriptor Structure

Problem Setup Guidelines

IconHow Do I Set Up My Problem?
IconProblem Setup Guidelines

Problem Solving Environment

Projection

Properties

Material

IconDefining Material Parameters
IconReassigning Regional Parameters

Regional

Proxy

pulse function

PURGE

- Q -

QUADRATIC

questions

quoted strings

- R -

R

RADIUS

IconPredefined Elements
IconBoundary Paths

RAMP function

IconUnit Functions
IconThe RAMP Function

RANDOM function

RANDOM_SEED

RANGE

REAL

RECONNECT

REGION

IconMapping the Domain
IconMore Complex Extrusions

Regional Parameter Values

Regions

1D

3D

Excluded

Numbering and naming

Ordering

Overlaying

Registering

IconRegistering FlexPDE
IconInternet Key Registration
IconDongle Registration
IconNetwork Dongle Registration
IconSoftware Key Registration

REGRID

REINITIALIZE

Relational Operators

Release Notes

REMATRIX

IconSolution Controls
IconSolving Nonlinear Problems

renaming coordinates

REPEAT

Repeated Text

REPORT

IconReporting Numerical Results
IconReports

Reporting numbers

Reserved Words and Symbols

RESOLVE

RESTART

Input

Output

Restore Plot

Rhino

ROTATE

Rotate Plot

ROUND function

Run Menu

- S -

Samples

SANSERIF

SAVE function

SCALAR VARIABLES

Script

Interpretation

script editing module

Scripting Language

SECTION

BOUNDARIES

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

CONSTRAINTS

COORDINATES

DEFINITIONS

details

END

EQUATIONS

EXTRUSION

FRONT

GLOBAL VARIABLES

HISTORIES

INITIAL VALUES

MATERIALS

MAXIMIZE

MINIMIZE

MONITORS

names

PLOTS

RESOLVE

SELECT

TIME

TITLE

VARIABLES

SELECT

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconSelect

Semicolons

Separators

SERIF

Settings

Font

General

License Registration

Web Proxy

Shaped Layer Interfaces

SIGN function

SIN function

SINH function

SINTEGRAL

Icon2D Surface Integrals
Icon3D Surface Integrals

SIZEOF

SMOOTH

SMOOTHINIT

Solution Controls

Solution Method

SPACE_ERROR function

Spaces

SPECTRAL_COLORS

SPHERE

IconSurface-Generating Functions
IconExtrusion

SPHERE1

SPLINE

IconTABLE Modifiers
IconBoundary Paths

SPLIT

SQRT function

STAGE

STAGED

Definitions

Geometry

Parameters

STAGEGRID

STAGES

IconParameter Studies Using STAGES
IconSolution Controls
IconSTAGED Definitions

START

IconMapping the Domain
IconBoundary Paths

START_ITERATION

Starting FlexPDE

Status Panel

step function

Stop

Stop Menu

IconThe Main Menu Bar
IconThe Stop Menu

String

Functions

Literal

Operators

SUBSPACE

Subtract

SUM function

SUMMARY

IconSummarizing Numerical Results
IconThe Eigenvalue Summary

SUMMARY plot

SURF_INTEGRAL

Icon2D Surface Integrals
Icon3D Surface Integrals

SURFACE

IconRequesting Graphical Output
IconExtrusion Notation in FlexPDE
IconMore Complex Extrusions

Extrusion

Surface Generators

Surface Integrals

SURFACE plot

Surface-Generating Functions

SURFACEGRID

SVG

SWAGE function

SWAP

Switches

Command-line

symbolic equation analyzer

- T -

TABLE

File format

Input function

Modifiers

Output

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
IconData Export Specifications

usage

Tabledef Input

TABULATE definitions

TAN function

TANGENTIAL component

TANH function

TE and TM Modes

TECPLOT output

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
IconData Export Specifications

Tensor Operators

TERRLIM

Text Strings

TEXTSIZE

THEN

Equation Sequencing

THERMAL_COLORS

THETA

Threads

IconUsing Multiple Processors
IconSolution Controls

Setting the number used

Three-Dimensional Problems

IconUsing FlexPDE in Three-Dimensional Problems
IconMore Complex Extrusions

THRESHOLD

Time

Critical

Halt

Integration

Range

Time Dependence

Things to avoid

TIME_ERROR function

TIME_INTEGRAL

TIMEMAX function

TIMEMAX_T function

TIMEMIN function

TIMEMIN_T function

TINTEGRAL

TITLE

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconTitle

Tool Bar

TRANSFER

Exporting Data

File format

File format v6

Output

Post-processing

Restart

Statement

TRANSFER6

Output

TRANSFERMESH

Output

Post-processing

Statement

TRANSFERMESHTIME

Transferring Data

TRANSPOSE

Matrix

Tensor

trigonometric functions

- U -

Unit Functions

UNORMAL

Updates

Bypass Auto Check

Check for

UPFACTOR

UPULSE function

UPWIND

URAMP function

User Guide

USTEP function

- V -

VAL function

VALUE

Boundary Condition

IconWhat About Boundary Conditions?
IconSetting the Boundary Conditions

Initial

VANDENBERG

VARIABLES

IconWhat Does A Script Look Like?
IconVariables and Equations

and Equations

Array

Complex

IconComplex Variables
IconComplex Variables

Dependent

Explicit

Global

Order

Regional

Threshold

Vector

IconVector Variables
IconVector Variables

VECTOR

components

composition

Curvilinear Derivatives

operators

Plot

Potential

Variables

IconVector Variables
IconVector 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

Converting to version 7

Version 7

Converting from version 6

Version 8

Release Notes

VERSUS

View

Saved Graphics Files

View Menu

VIEWPOINT

IconGlobal Graphics Controls
IconGraphic Display Modifiers

VisIt

Visualization

VOID

Compartments

Layers

VOL_INTEGRAL

IconComputing Integrals
Icon2D Volume Integrals
Icon3D Volume Integrals

VOL_INTEGRATE

Volume Integrals

VTK output

IconExporting Data to Other Applications
IconData Export Specifications

VTKLIN

- W -

Waveguides

Homogeneous

Non-Homogeneous

Web Proxy

While the Problem Runs

white space

WINDOW

Window Tiling

Windows

- X -

XBOUNDARY

XCOMP vector operator

XCYLINDER

XERRLIM

XMERGEDIST

XPM

XServer

Running without

XXCOMP

X-Y

XYCOMP

X-Z

XZCOMP

- Y -

YBOUNDARY

YCOMP vector operator

YCYLINDER

YMERGEDIST

YXCOMP

YYCOMP

YZCOMP

- Z -

ZBOUNDARY

ZCOMP vector operator

Z-dimension

ZMERGEDIST

ZOOM

Zoom Plot

ZXCOMP

ZYCOMP

ZZCOMP