NAME¶
evolver —
The Surface Evolver, minimize
energy of a surface
SYNOPSIS¶
| evolver |
[-adehimqwxy]
[-f file]
[-pN]
[datafile] |
DESCRIPTION¶
The Surface Evolver is a program that minimizes the energy of a triangulated
surface according to designated energies and constraints. This man page only
documents command line options and environment variables. The full package and
documentation are available at
http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.
Command line options:
- datafile
- Text file defining a surface. If omitted, you will be
prompted.
- -a
- Autoconvert to named quantities when needed (default is
on); use "-a-" to deactivate autoconversion.
- -d
- Begin with parser debugging on (equivalent to
"debug" runtime command). Beware of copious output.
- -e
- Echo stdin to stdout; meant for testing piped input.
- -f
file
- After loading datafile, read commands from
file, then command line prompt.
- -h
- Print help for command line options.
- -i
- Preserve datafile numbers for element id's, rather than
renumbering.
- -m
- Begin with memory debugging on (equivalent to
"memdebug" runtime command). Beware of copious output.
- -pN
- Run with N concurrent processes.
- -q
- Convert to named quantities at start (equivalent to
"convert_to_quantities" runtime command).
- -Q
- Suppress echoing of "read" section of datafile,
and other files read in.
- -w
- Exit immediately after any warning or error message; meant
for batch runs.
- -x
- Exit immediately after any error message; meant for batch
runs.
- -y
- Break to user prompt after any warning message.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- EVOLVERPATH
- Colon-separated list of paths automatically searched for
datafiles, included files, or help documentation.
FURTHER DOCUMENTATION¶
See manual224.pdf in the Evolver distribution, browse evolver.htm in the doc
subdirectory of the distribution, or browse the documentation on-line at
http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver/html/evolver.htm
WEBSITE¶
The Surface Evolver home page is
http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.
BUGS¶
Send bug reports to brakke@susqu.edu. Please include the datafile and exact
instructions for reproducing the problem.
