[cig-commits] r6647 - short/3D/PyLith/branches/pylith-0.8/doc/userguide/intro

[willic3 at geodynamics.org]

Author: willic3
Date: 2007-04-24 08:50:52 -0700 (Tue, 24 Apr 2007)
New Revision: 6647

Modified:
   short/3D/PyLith/branches/pylith-0.8/doc/userguide/intro/intro.lyx
Log:
Updated features for current version.



Modified: short/3D/PyLith/branches/pylith-0.8/doc/userguide/intro/intro.lyx
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--- short/3D/PyLith/branches/pylith-0.8/doc/userguide/intro/intro.lyx	2007-04-24 06:06:00 UTC (rev 6646)
+++ short/3D/PyLith/branches/pylith-0.8/doc/userguide/intro/intro.lyx	2007-04-24 15:50:52 UTC (rev 6647)
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@
  code for simulating static and quasi-static crustal deformation.
  The major new features present in Lithomop included dynamic memory allocation
  and the use of the Pyre simulation framework and PETSc solvers.
- 
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Standard
+This release of PyLith offers both tetrahedral and hexahedral linear elements,
+ the use of traction boundary conditions, load histories for split nodes,
+ a number of new material models, including power-law Maxwell and generalized
+ Maxwell (3 Maxwell models in parallel), the use of .cfg files for setting
+ simulation parameters, much simpler top-level code structure, and several
+ bug fixes.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
 PyLith is currently being rewritten from scratch to create a much more modular,
  powerful simulation package.
  This new code will include earthquake dynamics (both rupture propagation
@@ -328,10 +336,14 @@
 \family default
  is a new method for representing computational meshes, and it greatly simplifie
 s the task of code parallelization.
- Sieve also provides a number of other useful features, such as the ability
- to grab 'sections' of a mesh that share common characteristics, such as
- elements of the same material type or nodes to which boundary conditions
- have been applied.
+ 
+\family typewriter
+Sieve
+\family default
+ also provides a number of other useful features, such as the ability to
+ grab 'sections' of a mesh that share common characteristics, such as elements
+ of the same material type or nodes to which boundary conditions have been
+ applied.
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Subsection