MODEIG98 ============== MODEIG98 ONLINE HELP FILE ============= MODEIG98 Release Version 1.1 If you are viewing this file through the help command in MODEIG98, you are using the MODEIG98 Viewer. At the bottom of the screen is a status line. It displays the filename, current lines being displayed, and available commands. To quit, type 'q' and then enter. To return to the top of the file, type 'b' then enter. To advance through the file, type enter. MODEIG98 HELP ------------- Environment: ------------ The MODEIG98 user interface was desigend to mimic a command line entry system. In MODEIG98, the commands either; 1. Modify the active filenames, 2. Operate on the active files or 3. Display information. The active file names will always be displayed directly above the MODEIG98 prompt. Commands are not case sensitive, but filenames could be case sensitive depending on the operating system. Typically, the user should only need to type the first 4 letters of any given command. Major Modifications: -------------------- The input card 'ALPERC' is no longer valid. This card has been replaced with the 'MATSYS', 'XPERC' and 'YPERC' cards. This change allows for multiple material systems. To convert an older file, the following correlation can be used. LAYER ALPERC=0.2 TL=1.0 ! old method LAYER MATSYS=0.0 XPERC=0.2 TL=1.0 ! new method For a list of valid material systems and their references, please view the Modeig98 User Manual available at: http://www.seas.smu.edu/modeig/ Commands: -------------- COMMANDS - This will display a short list of available commands. USAGE: commands HELP - This will display the help file you are viewing right now, using the MODEIG98 Viewer. USAGE: help ABOUT - This will display an about file using the MODEIG98 viewer. Basically a file containing program title authors and version information. USAGE: about EXAMPLE - This will display a well documented input file using the MODEIG98 viewer. USAGE: example VIEW - MODEIG98 Viewer. This will display the file specified. Once view has been successfully started, the following commands can be used to navigate through the file; - advance 23 lines (one screen) b - return to the top of the file lines 1-23. q - quit viewer and return to the MODEIG98 prompt. USAGE: view EDIT - A command that has been left in from the old MODEIG/II version for backward compatibility. See the MODEIG/II documentation for more information. INFILE - The command will modify the active input file name and optionally the output file prefix (no extension - all output file names will use this prefix with a designated extension). If the output file prefix is not included, it will be set to the input file prefix. USAGE: infile .m98 [] where: is the input file prefix is the output file prefix example1 : 'infile file1.m98' results in: infile=file1.m98 outfile=file1 example2 : 'infile file2.m98 file3' results in: infile=file2.m98 outfile=file3 OUTFILE - This command will modify the active output file prefix (no extension - all output file names will be this prefix with a designated extension) USAGE: outfile example1 : 'outfile file1' results in: outfile=file1 EVAL - This command will read the active input file and evaluate it - creating the output files that are requested in the input file. USAGE: eval LAYER - This command will read the active input file and determine the layer information (same info that would be found in the layer file) and writes it to a temporary file (m98layer.tmp) then uses view to display the information. USAGE: layer PROFILE - This command will read the active input file, determine the layer information in the same manner as the layer command, then writes out the profile file which conatins a description of the index profile of the structure. The output file will be .ip_ USAGE: profile OVERLAP - This command will compute the overlap integral of multiple near field files vs. one reference near field file. USAGE: overlap .nf Then the user will be prompted to enter from 1 to 20 near field files to compare with the reference file. If the user wishes to cancel the operation, then they can enter '!' instead of a file name. If the user wishes to continue the operation, then after entering all the files that they desire, then can enter a '.' to complete the file list. At this point, the program will compute the integral and output the results into a file called .ovp CRICKET - This option toggles the print cricket graph character on and off. If on, then Modeig98 will place a '*' as the first and only character on the first line of the *.db, *.nf, *.ff files. This will allow cricket graph to read the column labels from the file. USAGE: cricket QUIT - Quits program USAGE: quit EXIT - Quits program USAGE: exit Possible Error Messages: ------------------------ FILE SHARING VIOLATION: Another application has opened the given file and acquired an exclusive lock on it. To solve the problem, close the file in the other application. INPUT FILE LINE TO LONG: At least one line in the intput file is more than 72 characters in length. To solve this problem, edit the file. * note: this is a common error if the input file was created on a UNIX or Macintosh machine. If created in UNIX, use the MS-DOS editor to open the file, save it and exit. Output Files: ------------- *.db : Data base file *.ot : Output file *.ly : Layer file *.nf : NearField file *.ff : FarField file *.ip : Index Profile file *.ovp : Overlap integral file Associated Files: ----------------- modeig98.exe - modeig program m98help.txt - this help file m98about.txt - about modeig98 file m98layer.tmp - temporary file for layer and profile commands modeig98.cfg - modeig98 configuration file (do not modify, as changes may be overwritten) m98examp.txt - Example input file (for example command) For More Information: --------------------- 1. Consult the MODEIG98 users manual. The users manual is available on-line or available for download at: http:\\www.seas.smu.edu\modieg\ To Report Problems: ------------------- email: Modeig Support at: modeig@seas.smu.edu Gary Evans at: gae@seas.smu.edu MODEIG98 ============== MODEIG98 ONLINE HELP FILE ============= MODEIG98