Input: options¶
Normal Options¶
On the right side of the ADFinput window you have the panels with input options.
Most of the options presented in the different panels are generated automatically from configuration files that define the input for ADF, BAND etc. This ensures that all options are up-to-date, and that the descriptions in the help balloons (when your mouse pointer is over an option) are also up-to-date (and identical to the information in the user manuals).
The options are logically grouped together, the most important are on the Main panel.
Options regarding the physical Model are in the Model section, options that determine how and what properties are calculated are in the Properties section, and many other options that are details relating to the calculation are in the Details section.
If you cannot locate the option you are looking for, use the search field at the top right of the ADFinput window.
Expert Options¶
Some options are either hardly ever used and have not been put explicitly on some panel. And similar it might happen that the compute codes have some new options that have not yet been explicitly added to ADFinput. All such options are added to the Expert Options panel in the Details section (again automatically generated).
Most users will not need to use these, but all options are available in this way.
The Expert Options panel is available for all SCM software, except for ADF (this will be fixed in a future release).
Again, if you cannot locate the option you are looking for, use the search field at the top right of the ADFinput window.
Units¶
Often options have some unit associated with them. The units are clearly presented in the panels.
A hidden feature is that in most cases in ADFinput you can change the units. Just click on the unit with your mouse, and a menu will pop up that you can use to select the units that you like.
The units that are selected without moving the mouse are the default units.
When you make a change, that change is saved when you quit ADFinput (in the $HOME/.scm_guirc file). The next time you start ADFinput, that particular field will use the units you selected. To revert everything to the default units, use the Preferences module, and select the ‘Reset ADFinput units’ command from the File menu.