The PPM2OOF Manual: Version 1.1.18

W. Craig Carter

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Cambridge, MA
02139-4307

Stephen A. Langer

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Information Technology Laboratory
Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8910
Gaithersburg, MD20899-8910

Edwin R. Fuller

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
Ceramics Division

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8521
Gaithersburg, MD20899-8521

Table of Contents

Preface
Version
1 Introduction
What's this?
What's it used for?
Getting ppm2oof and System Requirements
How to Read this Manual
A Note on Typography in this Manual
Terminology
Starting ppm2oof
Strategic Overview
Identifying Features
Creating a Mesh
User Interface Overview
Message Window
Menu Windows
Function Windows
Graphics Drawers
2 Examples
Example 1: Spinodal
Example 2: Spots
3 Graphics Drawer
Generic features
Current Image
Controls
Cursor Types
The Dashboards
4 The ppm2oof menus
The ppm2oof tree
Main Menu
Main menu items
/graphics
/select
/active_area
/firewalls
/pixelgroups
/materials
/simple_mesh
/adaptive_mesh
/macros
/log
/configuration
5 Technical Notes
The Text Interface
Text Mode Commands
Using Text Mode Interactively
Scripts
Summary of Special Characters
Command Line Editing
Control Characters Used when Setting Variables
Bibliography