- " -

"Include" Files

- . -

.PDE

.PGX

- 3 -

3D coordinates

3D PLOTS

- A -

Abandon

ABS function

Accuracy

Accuracy threshold

ALE

	Moving Meshes
	Moving Meshes

alias

ALIAS

Analytic Functions

Animation

ANTIPERIODIC Boundary Conditions

Application

ARC

	Mapping the Domain
	Boundary Paths

ARCCOS function

ARCSIN function

ARCTAN function

AREA_INTEGRAL

	Computing Integrals
	2D Volume Integrals

AREA_INTEGRATE

Arithmetic Operators

ARRAY definitions

AS 'string'

ASPECT

AT

ATAN2 function

AutoCAD

AUTOHIST

	Global Graphics Controls
	Histories

AUTOSTAGE

- B -

batch runs

Bessel Function

BESSJ function

BESSY function

Bevels

BINTEGRAL

	Computing Integrals
	Line Integrals

Bitmaps

BLACK

	Global Graphics Controls
	Graphic Display Modifiers

Black_Print

BLOCK

BMP

	While the Problem Runs
	Graphic Display Modifiers
	Graphics Export

BOUNDARIES

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Mapping the Domain
	Boundaries
	Extrusions in 3D

boundary

boundary condition

boundary conditions

Boundary conditions

Boundary Conditions

1D

3D

ANTIPERIODIC

PERIODIC

Point Load

Point Value

syntax

Boundary Conditions in 3D

Boundary Paths and Path Names

- C -

capacitor

cartesian

cartesian3

case sensitivity

Case Sensitivity

CDF

	Exporting Data to Other Applications
	Exporting Data to Other Applications

CDF output

CDFGRID

CENTER

CHANGELIM

	Complications Associated with Nonlinear Problems
	Solution Controls

Chemical Reaction Examples (Steady state)

Chemistry Examples (time dependent)

Close

Command-line Switches

Commas

Comments

components

vector

conditional expressions

Constants

Constraints

CONTACT Boundary Conditions

	Boundary Conditions
	Jump Boundaries

Contact Resistance

Continue

CONTOUR

CONTOUR plot

CONTOURGRID

CONTOURS

coordinate

Coordinate scaling

coordinates

COS function

COSH function

CROSS product

CUBIC

CURL Operator

Curl Theorem

CURVEGRID

CYCLE plot interval

cylindrical

- D -

Decimal Numbers

Decoupling Variables

DEFINITIONS

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Defining Material Parameters

DEFINTIONS

Deformation_and_Vibration

DEL2 - Laplacian Operator

dependent variables

Derivative operators

Derivatives

high order

Descriptor format

Differential operators

Differential Operators

differentiation

suppressing

Differentiation

Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

discontinuities

discontinuity

Discontinuous Variables

Display Modifiers

Display Specifications

DIV - Divergence Operator

Divergence Theorem

Domain

Domain Description

DOTproduct

DXF

DXF Example

- E -

Edit

	The Main Menu Bar
	Editing Descriptor Files

Editing and Running Problem Descriptors

Eigenvalue

Eigenvalue Examples

Eigenvalue Shifting

Eigenvalue Summary

eigenvalues

Electrodynamics

Electromagnetics

Electrostatics

Electrostatics Examples

ELEVATION

ELEVATION plot

ELEVATIONGRID

EMF

	While the Problem Runs
	Graphic Display Modifiers

Empty Layers in 3D

ENDREPEAT

Engineering Notation

EPS

	While the Problem Runs
	Graphic Display Modifiers

Equations

EQUATIONS

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Variables and Equations

Equations and Variables

EQUATIONS section

ERF function

ERFC function

ERRLIM

	Controlling Accuracy
	Solution Controls

Error Function

error tolerance

Eulerian

	Moving Meshes
	Moving Meshes

EVAL function

example problems

	Chemistry
	Electrostatics
	Fluids
	Groundwater
	Heatflow
	Lasers
	Magnetics
	Misc
	Stress
	Chemistry
	Fluids
	Heatflow
	Lasers
	Misc
	Stress
	Eigenvalue Problems
	Miscellaneous Examples
	Ordinary Differential Equations
	Waves

Example problems

	Fields of Physics
	Deformation and Vibration

Example Problems

examples

graphics

Excludes

EXP function

Exponential Integral - EXPINT

Export

EXPORT

	Exporting Data to Other Applications
	Graphic Display Modifiers

Export Format Example

Exporting

Exporting graphics

expressions

Extrusion

EXTRUSION

	Extrusion Notation in FlexPDE
	Extrusions in 3D

Extrusion Example

Extrusion Notation

EXTRUSION Section

Extrusions

- F -

FEATUREPLOT

Features

ferromagnetic

Fields of Physics

File

	The Main Menu Bar
	While the Problem Runs

File extension

File name

FILE 'string'

Fillets

FINDERBINS

Finish

FINISH

finite element mesh

FIRSTPARTS

FIT Function

FIXDT

FIXED POINT

FIXED RANGE

Fluid Flow Problems

Flux Boundary Condition

Flux Boundary Conditions

FONT

Foreword

Format

FORMAT

FORMAT 'string'

Formatted Export Example

FRONT

Function definition

Functions

non-analytic

fuzzy IF

- G -

GAMMA function

geostrophic flow

GLOBAL VARIABLES

GLOBALMAX function

GLOBALMAX_X function

GLOBALMAX_Y function

GLOBALMAX_Z function

GLOBALMIN function

GLOBALMIN_X function

GLOBALMIN_Y function

GLOBALMIN_Z function

GRAD - Gradient Operator

Graphic Display modifiers

Graphic Export

Graphics Examples

graphics export

GRAY

	Global Graphics Controls
	Graphic Display Modifiers

grid control features

GRID plot

GRIDARC

GRIDLIMIT

Groundwater Examples

guidelines

- H -

HALT

Hardcopy

HARDMONITOR

Heat Equation

Heat Flow Examples(time dependent)

Heatflow Examples (steady-state)

Help

histories

Histories in Staged Problems

history

HYSTERESIS

- I -

ICCG

import

include files

Inconsistent Initial Conditions

INITGRIDLIMIT

initial condition

Initial Conditions

initial value

Initial values

INITIAL VALUES

INITIALVALUES

input

Instantaneous Switching

INTEGRAL

	Computing Integrals
	2D Volume Integrals
	3D Volume Integrals

Integral Constraints

Integral Operators

Integrals

	Computing Integrals
	Integrals In Cylindrical Geometry

area

line

surface

	2D Surface Integrals
	3D Surface Integrals

time

volume

	2D Volume Integrals
	3D Volume Integrals

Integrals in Three Dimensions

INTEGRATE

integration by parts

INTSTRING

ITERATE

- J -

JUMP

	Discontinuous Variables
	Using JUMP in problems with many variables

JUMP Boundary Conditions

- L -

Lagrange

	Moving Meshes
	Moving Meshes

Laser Examples

	Lasers
	Lasers

layer

LAYER

Extrusion

Layer Interfaces

Layering

LIMITED REGIONS

LINE

	Mapping the Domain
	Boundary Paths

LINE_INTEGRAL

	Computing Integrals
	Line Integrals

LINE_INTEGRATE

LINUPDATE

Literal Strings

LN function

LOAD Boundary Conditions

LOG

LOG10 function

logarithm

LOGLIMIT

LUMP function

- M -

Magnetic Field

Magnetic Vector Potential

Magnetostatics

Magnetostatics Examples

magnetron

MAGNITUDE of vector

material parameters

Material parameters

Material Properties

MAX function

Maxwell's Equations

MERGE

	Global Graphics Controls
	Graphic Display Modifiers

MERGEDIST

mesh

MESH

Mesh Balancing

Mesh control features

Mesh Control Parameters

Mesh Density

Mesh Generation Controls

Mesh Refinement - FRONT

Mesh Refinement - RESOLVE

MESH_DENSITY

MESH_SPACING

	Mesh Control Parameters
	Mesh Density Controls in version 4.0.2

Metafile

	While the Problem Runs
	Graphic Display Modifiers

MIN function

MIN_FEATURE

Miscellaneous Examples

	Misc
	Misc
	Miscellaneous Examples

MOD function

Modal Analysis

	Modal Analysis and Associated Equations
	Eigenvalues and Modal Analysis

MODES

Modify

	The Main Menu Bar
	While the Problem Runs

MONITORS

	Requesting Graphical Output
	Monitors and Plots

Monitors in Steady State Problems

Movie

Movies

Moving Meshes

	Moving Meshes
	Moving Meshes

- N -

natural

NATURAL

Natural boundary condition

Natural Boundary Condition

NATURAL boundary condition

NATURAL Boundary Conditions

NEWTON

Newton-Raphson iteration

Next

NGRID

	Mesh Generation Controls
	Mesh Density Controls in version 4.0.2

NOBC Boundary Conditions

NODELIMIT

NOMINMAX

Non-Analytic Functions

nonlinear

NONLINEAR

nonlinear problems

Nonlinear Problems

NONSYSMMETRIC

NORM

NORMAL component

NOTAGS

Notation

NOTIFY_DONE

NOTIPS

	Global Graphics Controls
	Graphic Display Modifiers

NRMATRIX

NRMINSTEP

NRSLOPE

NRUPDATE

NRUPFIT

Numbering and Naming Regions

Numeric Range

Numeric Reports

Numerical Constants

- O -

ON

ON "name"

ON <equation>

ON equation

ON LAYER

ON LAYER "name"

ON LAYER number

ON REGION

ON REGION "name"

ON REGION number

ON SURFACE

	More Advanced Plot Controls
	Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

ON SURFACE "name"

ON SURFACE number

Operators

Arithmetic

Differential

Integral

Relational

String

Vector

ORDER

Ordering Regions

Ordinary Differential Equations

oscillation

OVERSHOOT

- P -

PAINTED

	Global Graphics Controls
	Graphic Display Modifiers

PAINTGRID

PAINTMATERIALS

PAINTREGIONS

Parameter Studies

Parameterized Definitions

parameters

Parameters

redefining

regional

PASSIVE Modifier

Paths and Path Names

PERIODIC Boundary Conditions

PERIODIC.PDE

permanent magnet

Plot Domain

Plot Modifiers

plot POINTS

plot range

Plot time selection

Plot Window

PLOTINTEGRATE

Plots

PLOTS

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Requesting Graphical Output
	Monitors and Plots

plots on cut planes

PNG

	While the Problem Runs
	Graphic Display Modifiers
	Graphics Export

POINT

POINT definitions

POINT LOAD Boundary Conditions

POINT VALUE Boundary Conditions

porous flow

PostScript

Potential

PPG

PPM

	Graphic Display Modifiers
	Graphics Export

PRECONDITION

PREFER_SPEED

PREFER_STABILITY

Preparing a Descriptor File

Previous

Print

	Editing Descriptor Files
	While the Problem Runs

PRINT

Print All

Print_all

PRINTMERGE

problem description

Problem Descriptor Structure

problem setup

Problem Setup Guidelines

problem solving environment

projection

pulse function

- Q -

QUADRATIC

questions

quoted strings

- R -

radiative heat transfer

RADIUS

ramp function

RAMP function

RANDOM function

reaction-diffusion problem

REGION

	Mapping the Domain
	Extrusions in 3D

Regional Parameter Values

Regions

excluded

Numbering and naming

Ordering

overlaying

REGRID

REINITIALIZE

Relational Operators

REPEAT

Repeated Text

REPORT

	Reporting Numerical Results
	Reports

Reporting numbers

Reserved Words and Symbols

Resolve

Restart

Run

	The Main Menu Bar
	Editing Descriptor Files

- S -

Save

	Editing Descriptor Files
	While the Problem Runs

Save As

	Editing Descriptor Files
	While the Problem Runs

SAVE function

SCALAR VARIABLES

Scaling coordinates

script

script editing module

scripting language

section names

SELECT

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Select

Semicolons

SENSITIVITY

Separators

Setup

Shaped Layer Interfaces

SIGN function

SIN function

SINH function

SINTEGRAL

	2D Surface Integrals
	3D Surface Integrals

SMOOTH

Smoothing Table Data

SMOOTHINIT

Spaces

SPLINE

SPLINETABLE function

SQRT function

STAGED

STAGED Definitions

STAGED Geometry

STAGEGRID

STAGES

	Parameter Studies Using STAGES
	Solution Controls

STAGES Selector

START

	Mapping the Domain
	Boundary Paths

Status Window

step function

Stop

	The Main Menu Bar
	While the Problem Runs

streamline

Stress Analysis Examples

Stress Analysis Examples (time dependent)

String Functions

String Operators

Strings

SUBSPACE

SUM function

SUMMARY

	Summarizing Numerical Results
	The Eigenvalue Summary
	Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

SUMMARY plot

SURF_INTEGRAL

	2D Surface Integrals
	3D Surface Integrals

surface

SURFACE

	Requesting Graphical Output
	Extrusion Notation in FlexPDE

Extrusion

surface integrals

SURFACE plot

surface tension

SURFACEGRID

SWAGE function

Switches

Command-line

symbolic equation analyzer

- T -

TABLE

TABLE File format

TABLE Input function

TABLE output

TABLE Output

Tabledef Input

TAN function

TANGENTIAL component

TANH function

TecPlot

TECPLOT

	Exporting Data to Other Applications
	Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

TECPLOT putput

TERRLIM

Text Strings

TEXTSIZE

THERMAL_COLORS

thermoelasticity

Three-Dimension

THRESHOLD

Time

time range

TIME_INTEGRAL

Time-Dependent Fluid Flow Examples

TINTEGRAL

Title

TITLE

TNORM

TORDER

TRACE

transfer

TRANSFER

TRANSFER File format

TRANSFER Function Example

TRANSFER input

TRANSFER output

TRANSFERMESH

TRANSFERMESH input

Transferring Data

trigonometric functions

- U -

Unit Functions

UNIX/Linux

UPFACTOR

UPULSE function

UPWIND

URAMP function

USTEP function

- V -

VAL function

VALUE

VALUE (or Dirichlet) boundary condition

VALUE Boundary Conditions

Values

Initial

VANDENBERG

variables

VARIABLES

	What Does A Script Look Like?
	Variables and Equations

Variables and Equations

VECTOR

	Requesting Graphical Output
	Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

VECTOR composition

Vector Operators

VECTOR plot

Vector Potential

VECTORGRID

VELOCITY

Velocity Boundary Condition

VELOCITY Boundary Conditions

Version

version 4

VERSUS

vibration

Vibration

View

Viewing Saved Graphics Files

VIEWPOINT

VisIt

Visualization

VOID

Void Compartments

VOL_INTEGRAL

	Computing Integrals
	2D Volume Integrals
	3D Volume Integrals

VOL_INTEGRATE

volume integrals

vorticity

VTK

	Exporting Data to Other Applications
	Graphics Display and Data Export Specifications

VTKLIN

- W -

Wave Mechanics

Waveguide

Waves

While the Problem Runs

white space

Window Tiling

Windows 95/98/ME/XP/NT/2000

- X -

XCOMP function

xcylinder

XERRLIM

XMERGEDIST

XPG

XPM

	Graphic Display Modifiers
	Graphics Export

X-Y

X-Z

- Y -

YCOMP function

ycylinder

YMERGEDIST

- Z -

ZCOMP function

Z-dimension

ZMERGEDIST

ZOOM