The Surface Evolver is a program that minimizes the energy of a triangulated surface according to designated energies and constraints. This man page only documents command line options and environment variables. The full package and documentation are available at http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.

Command line options:

datafile

Text file defining a surface. If omitted, you will be prompted.

-a

Autoconvert to named quantities when needed (default is on); use "-a-" to deactivate autoconversion.

-d

Begin with parser debugging on (equivalent to "debug" runtime command). Beware of copious output.

-e

Echo stdin to stdout; meant for testing piped input.

-f file

After loading datafile, read commands from file , then command line prompt.

-h

Print help for command line options.

-i

Preserve datafile numbers for element id's, rather than renumbering.

-m

Begin with memory debugging on (equivalent to "memdebug" runtime command). Beware of copious output.

-pN

Run with N concurrent processes.

-q

Convert to named quantities at start (equivalent to "convert_to_quantities" runtime command).

-Q

Suppress echoing of "read" section of datafile, and other files read in.

-w

Exit immediately after any warning or error message; meant for batch runs.

-x

Exit immediately after any error message; meant for batch runs.

-y

Break to user prompt after any warning message.

EVOLVERPATH

Colon-separated list of paths automatically searched for datafiles, included files, or help documentation.

See manual224.pdf in the Evolver distribution, browse evolver.htm in the doc subdirectory of the distribution, or browse the documentation on-line at http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver/html/evolver.htm

The Surface Evolver home page is http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.

Send bug reports to brakke@susqu.edu. Please include the datafile and exact instructions for reproducing the problem.