NAME

       GetDP - a General environment for the treatment of Discrete Problems

SYNOPSIS

       getdp [file] [options]

DESCRIPTION

       GetDP  is  a  general  finite element solver using mixed elements to discretize de Rham-type complexes in
       one, two and three dimensions. The main feature of GetDP is the closeness between the input data defining
       discrete  problems (written by the user in ASCII data files) and the symbolic mathematical expressions of
       these problems.

       GetDP is a command-line program. See Gmsh for a graphical front-end.

WARNING

       This man page does not describe the syntax of the input files: you should refer to the info documentation
       for  this  (e.g.  with info getdp). Up-to-date versions of the manual in various formats are available at
       http://getdp.info.

PROCESSING OPTIONS

       file
           is an ASCII file containing the problem definition, i.e., the structures  the  Texinfo  documentation
           will teach you to create. This file can include other files, so that only one problem definition file
           should always be given on the command  line.  The  input  files  containing  the  problem  definition
           structure  are  usually given the .pro extension (if so, there is no need to specify the extension on
           the command line). The name of this file (without the extension) is used as a basis for the  creation
           of intermediate files during the pre-processing and the processing stages.

       -pre resolution-id
           performs  the  pre-processing  associated  with  the  resolution  called  resolution-id.  In the pre-
           processing stage, GetDP creates the geometric database (from the mesh file), identifies  the  degrees
           of freedom (the unknowns) of the problem and sets up the constraints on these degrees of freedom. The
           pre-processing creates a file with a .pre  extension.  If  resolution-id  is  omitted,  the  list  of
           available choices is displayed.

       -cal
           performs the processing. This requires that a pre-processing has been performed previously, or that a
           -pre option is given on the same command line. The performed  resolution  is  the  one  given  as  an
           argument  to  the  -pre  option.  In  the  processing stage, GetDP executes all the operations of the
           selected resolution (such as matrix assemblies, system resolutions, ...). The  processing  creates  a
           file with a .res extension.

       -pos post-operation-id(s)
           performs  the  post-processing  operations selected by the post-operation-id(s). This requires that a
           processing has been performed previously, or that a -cal option is given on the same command line. If
           post-operation-id is omitted, the list of available choices is displayed.

       -msh filename
           reads  the mesh from filename rather than reading it from the default problem file name with the .msh
           extension appended.

       -msh_scaling value
           multiplies the coordinates of all the nodes in the mesh by value.

       -restart
           resumes time loop processing from where it stopped.

       -solve resolution-id
           same as -pre resolution-id -cal.

       -split
           saves processing results in separate files (one for each timestep).

       -res filename(s)
           loads processing results from filename(s) instead of from the default problem file name with the .res
           extension appended.

       -name string
           uses  string  as  the  default  generic  file  name  for  input or output of mesh, pre-processing and
           processing files.

       -adapt filename(s)
           reads adaptation constraints from filename(s).

       -order float
           specifies maximum interpolation order.

LINEAR SOLVER OPTIONS

       -solver filename
           specifies solver parameter file.

       [PETSc options]
           PETSc options (if GetDP was compiled with PETSc support).

LINEAR SOLVER OPTIONS

       -bin
           creates binary output files.  -v2 creates mesh-based Gmsh output files when possible

OTHER OPTIONS

       -check
           lets you check the problem structure interactively.

       -v int
           sets the verbosity level. A value of 0 means that no information will be displayed during processing.
           Higher values increase the amount of information displayed.

       -p int
           sets  the  progress  update  rate.  This  controls the refreshment rate of the counter indicating the
           progress of the current computation.

       -onelab name address
           communicates with OneLab server through socket.

       -version
           displays the version number.

       -info
           displays detailed version information.

       -help
           displays a message listing basic usage and available options.

AUTHORS

       Patrick Dular (patrick.dular at ulg.ac.be) and Christophe Geuzaine  (cgeuzaine  at  ulg.ac.be).  See  the
       documentation for a comprehensive list of contributors.

SEE ALSO

       gmsh(1),  GetDP examples (/usr/share/doc/getdp-*/),  GetDP homepage (http://getdp.info).

       The  full  documentation for GetDP is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and getdp programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info getdp

       should give you access to the complete manual.