What do you need to get started?

Source Code

You will need the following files in order to compile Poly3D on your workstation:

elastic.c elastic.h getopt.c getopt.h getword.c getword.h

infcoeff.c infcoeff.h makefile matrix.c matrix.h nr.c nr.h

nrutil.c nrutil.h pi.h poly3d.c safetan.c safetan.h

These files can be downloaded from http://pangea.stanford.edu/geomech/Software.htm

User's Manual for Poly3D

The documentation consists of 6 PDF files that can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or later.

• Poly3Dintro.pdf
• Chapter1.pdf - So you've got questions
• Chapter2 .pdf- getting started with Poly3D
• Chapter3.pdf - Poly3D Input files
• Chapter4.pdf - Viewing ouput with IRIS Explorer
• Appendix&Index.pdf

The files were created with Adobe PageMaker. If you would prefer a hard copy or PageMaker versions of the files contact Prof.Michele Cooke.

Web-based User Interface

There are for steps to the web-based user interface.

• You can start at Step 1

To visualize the input geometry you will need to have a Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML) browser installed on your computer. CosmoPlayer VRML browser can be downloaded from http://www.karmanaut.com/cosmo/player