Inverse manuals are however quite extensive and it may be a tedious job to study them without any preliminary knowledge. These pages offer many facilities which can help the user to get acquainted with the programme in an effective, dynamic and pleasant way.
It is good to know a few basic things about Inverse before studying the manuals. Some general facts are found in the "Basic Information / What Inverse Is" page. This information is supplemented by somehow more conceptual information at "Info Centre / Inverse Philosophy" and "Info Centre / Development strategy" pages, the latter of which is given more emphasis by the "Info Centre / Partners and Projects" page. Some additional documents are on the "Documents / Other Documents" page, and references related to Inverse are listed on the "Documents / Publications" page.
Probably the best way of learning Inverse
is through illustrative examples. There is a directory of
compact
and well commented training examples that cover individual
fields.
It can be found on the "Learning and
Availability
/ Training Examples" page. These examples comprehensively cover the
functionality of Inverse, and are therefore used by the
development
team for checking backward compatibility of successive versions of the
programme. The files are complete so that examples can be readily run
if
a working version of the shell is available. Examples are run by typing
the programme name followed by the example file name (suffix ".cm") in
the operating system command-line. Examples in the /opt
sub directory of the example directory are the most convenient for
the first touch with Inverse.
Training example touch individual topics in detail
and are therefore suitable for detailed study of Inverse functionality.
A better feeling of how the shell is used can be gained by going
through
problem
examples which include necessary files. They can be found under the
"Example Gallery / Descriptions
& Files" chapter. Some of these examples include detailed
explanation
beside the example files. Not all of them can be readily run because a
specific simulation programme is needed for that. However, many of
these
examples are easily customised for any simulation programme that is
capable
of solving problems of a given type. The general
file interface can be used for interfacing the simulation programme
through text input/output files.
All executable files are available on the
"Learning and Availability / Availability"
page. On-line and downloadable manuals for different versions
of
the programme are available on the "Documents
/ Manuals" page. Training examples are available on the "Learning
and Availability / Training Examples" page.
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