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Title: INGRID by example: A pictorial tutorial

Abstract

The following examples of INGRID input files and results are from various sources including Doug Stillman. In many cases, they are the same as in the examples section of the INGRID manual by Doug Stillman. I have made some modest improvements so that they are all complete input files to be run with the latest version of INGRID. These files have been attached to the front end of the INGRID source as comments. I wish to invite all INGRID user's to submit any favorite input files to be included in this tutorial. Such an input file should not be too large, and the object being generated should have a natural appeal to INGRID users. Feel free to make suggestions. This tutorial will soon replace the examples section of the manual. The entire manual will be replaced a section at a time. I chose to do this section first, since it could give the most benefit in the shortest amount of time. As soon as I make INGRID interactive, I will then rewrite the section on standard parts.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/DP
OSTI Identifier:
6473469
Report Number(s):
UCID-21566
ON: DE91000481
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MESH GENERATION; I CODES; MANUALS; COMPUTER CODES; DOCUMENT TYPES; 990200* - Mathematics & Computers

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Rainsberger, R. INGRID by example: A pictorial tutorial. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.2172/6473469.
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title = {INGRID by example: A pictorial tutorial},
author = {Rainsberger, R.},
abstractNote = {The following examples of INGRID input files and results are from various sources including Doug Stillman. In many cases, they are the same as in the examples section of the INGRID manual by Doug Stillman. I have made some modest improvements so that they are all complete input files to be run with the latest version of INGRID. These files have been attached to the front end of the INGRID source as comments. I wish to invite all INGRID user's to submit any favorite input files to be included in this tutorial. Such an input file should not be too large, and the object being generated should have a natural appeal to INGRID users. Feel free to make suggestions. This tutorial will soon replace the examples section of the manual. The entire manual will be replaced a section at a time. I chose to do this section first, since it could give the most benefit in the shortest amount of time. As soon as I make INGRID interactive, I will then rewrite the section on standard parts.},
doi = {10.2172/6473469},
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year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
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