GRAPE

GRAphics Programming Environment


Manual

Sonderforschungsbereich 256
Institut für Angewandte Mathematik
Universität Bonn
- Institut für Angewandte Mathematik
Universität Freiburg

Version 5.3

Copyright © by the Sonderforschungsbereich 256 at the Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Universität Bonn.

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• Contents
• Introduction
  • What is GRAPE?
  • Difference to Existing Programs
• History
  • Changes and New Features in Version 5.3
• What Basic Concepts are Implemented
  • Triangulations And Refinement Methods
  • Displaying Data Hierarchies
  • Time Dependent Structures
  • Extending Grape
  • Projects
• How to use a Grape Program
  • Different Types of Interactive Control Elements
  • Manager and Graphic Device
  • Controlling and Viewing
  • The Concept of Time
  • Projects
• Programming with Grape
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • GRAPE
  • Creating a New Class
  • Writing Methods
  • Interactive Elements
  • Projects
  • The GRAPE XDR Archiving System
• Geometry Classes
  • Points
  • Curves
  • Surfaces and 2D Finite Elements
  • Volumes and 3D Finite Elements
  • General Meshes
  • Using the colorbar
• Supervising Classes
  • The Data Hierarchy Tree
  • Moving and Tracing
  • TimeStep
  • Dynamic Objects Supervising TimeStep
• Projects
  • Projects for Continuum-Mechanics
  • Projects for Differential Geometry
  • Misc Projects
• Interactive Classes and Devices
  • Interactive Classes
  • Graphic Devices
  • Resource file .graperc
• Utility Classes and Functions
  • Utility Classes
  • Utility Functions
• References
• Index
• About this document ...