FELT(1fe)

NAME
felt - command line based Finite ELemenT engine

SYNOPSIS
felt [-help] [-debug] [-summary] [-printk] [-graphics filename] [-nocpp] [-cpp filename] [-Dname[=value]] [-Uname] [-Idirectory] [filename]

DESCRIPTION
Felt is a command line based finite element engine which reads a felt(4fe) file and writes the results to standard output. If no filename is given then the standard input is used. Any syntactic or semantic errors are reported to standard error. A complete description of the mathematics can be found in the users guide.

OPTIONS
Felt accepts the following options:

-help
    Write a message describing valid command line options to standard error and exit.

-debug
    Write the processed file to standard error in the form of a valid input file.

-summary
    Write a material summary describing the total length, area, and volume of each material used to standard output.

-printk
    Print the global stiffness matrix to standard error for debugging purposes.

-graphics filename
    Create filename as a graphics file in gnuplot(1) format for visualizing the structure. This option is used by xfelt(1fe).

-nocpp
    Do not use a preprocessor on the input file.

-cpp filename
    Use filename as a preprocessor on the input file. The default preprocessor is "/lib/cpp". Any preprocssor which understands the -D, -U, and -I options can be used as these options are passed to the preprocessor.

AUTHOR
Felt was developed by Jason I. Gobat (jgobat@ucsd.edu) and Darren C. Atkinson (atkinson@ucsd.edu).

SEE ALSO
corduroy(1fe), gnuplot(1), velvet(1fe), xfelt(1fe), felt(4fe).