Functions of different folders of the source

[Shilmin]

Dear all,

Sorry to ask this question, I know it may be too easy. In the installation manual, it mentions: contact, elements, include, main, plot, program, user, window1, window2 and windows or unix. There are still several folders: fe2, maintain, packages and parfeap, and 'fe2' should be for multiscale problem, 'parfeap' should be for the parallel purpose. Can you explain how to use these folders? Can these folders be put together? Do they have some conflicts between each other?

I also noticed that there are some umacrx.f files occur more than one time, and user may add his own umacrx.f files. These files should use the different x, is it right?

Thank you!

Shilm

[FEAP_Admin]

fe2 and parfeap are separate programs that can be optionally built after you have built FEAP itself.  To build fe2, change director into the fe2 folder and 'make', similarly for parfeap (however see the parfeap manual for additional details).  Note these optional builds are only for unix/linux environments and both require working parallel computing infrastructure.

[Shilmin]

Thank you for your timely reply!

Can you also explain what the folders: 'maintain' and 'packages' are used for? My computer system is windows 64-bit.

Thank you! Have a great day!

[FEAP_Admin]

maintain contains two programs -- (1) to strip special characters from source files which are sometime introduced by windows text editors and (2) to help you determine determine the appropriate configuration for your computer.

packages contains optional add-ons to the code, blas and lapack routines (if you do not already have the libraries and want to use them), arpack, paraview, and meshmod (for generating meshes of one type directly from another).

[Shilmin]

Thank you!

So, as I understand, for maintain, I'd better put it in as my system is windows; and for packages, I just need to choose which parts to put in according to different purpose.

By the way, is there a explaination about all these folders? Maybe I miss it.

Thank you again! Have a good day!

Shilm

[FEAP_Admin]

No.  Just ignore them until you find that you need them for a specific purpose.