SIMION Supplemental Documentation¶
This “supplementary documentation” covers SIMION topics in addition to those in the SIMION User Manual. Content is organized in a wiki-like format. Note: this online version of the supplementary documentation is only a subset of the offline version included with SIMION 8.1.0.
Overview
- SIMION® - What is SIMION?
- SIMION® 8.1 - Enhancements in SIMION 8.1
- SIMION® 8.0 - Enhancements in SIMION 8.0
- simion.com
SIMION Reference Documentation
- Starting
- SIMION® Quick Start Notes - start here
- Change Log for SIMION Software - full list of differences between SIMION versions
- License for SIMION
- System Requirements
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- SIMION User Manual
- Capabilities:
- Programming API for SIMION - Lua, C++, Perl, and Python programming libraries reference
- SL Tools - 3D CAD and data import/export from/to PA files.
- Anisotropically Scaled Grid Cells in SIMION - [8.1]
- PA Antimirroring - [8.1]
- Additional Fast Proportional Scaling Solutions - [8.0.3]
- Poisson Solver in SIMION - [8.1]
- How do I disable relativistic effects? [8.1]
- Neumann Boundary Conditions [8.0/8.1]
- Physical Constants [8.0/8.1]
- Editing SIMION Text Files
- Multicore CPU support [8.1]
- 64-bit CPU support [8.1]
- Editing SIMION Text Files - SciTE, VIM, and Emacs text editors.
- SIMION Info - latest online copy of a subset of this documentations
SIMION Examples - Examples, Tutorials, and Screenshots
- Examples - descriptions of all the SIMION examples
- ASMS Courses - older course notes and labs on SIMION.
SIMION Topics
- System Requirements and Compatibility:
- Programming API for SIMION
- Concepts in SIMION:
- File Types:
- Utilities/Libraries:
- Capabilities in SIMION:
- Anisotropically Scaled Grid Cells in SIMION
- PA Antimirroring
- Additional Fast Proportional Scaling Solutions
- Poisson Solver in SIMION
- How do I disable relativistic effects?
- Neumann Boundary Conditions
- Physical Constants
- Editing SIMION Text Files
- Geometry Input Methods
- Particle Initial Conditions
- Exporting “data recording” results to text file
- Cookbook of SIMION User Programming Examples
- Lua
- How do I run Lua code in SIMION?
- Lua Cookbook
- Manipulating SIMION Potential Arrays Programmatically
- Movie Files
- Input/Output:
- Particle Initial Conditions
- Geometry Input Methods
- Scaling a PA
- Multiple PAs
- Max Electrodes
- Exporting “data recording” results to text file
- SIMION SL Toolkit - Extensions and accessories to SIMION
- SL Tools utility
- Writing PA0 Files
- Movie Files
- Virtual Device - Easily assemble SIMION geometry files and analyze SIMION data
- System Components:
- Magnets
- Magnetic Potential
- Current Density
- Dielectrics
- Resistive Electrodes
- Floating Conductor
- Charge-Capacitance Calculation
- Solenoid Magentic Field
- Space Charge
- Time-Dependent Field
- Ion-Gas Collisions
- Collision Model HS1
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Grid
- Lens
- Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer (CMA) - cylindrical mirror analyzer
- Hemispherical Deflection Analyzer (HDA) - hemispherical deflection analyzer
- Ion Trap
- Penning Trap
- Paul Trap
- Performance and Limits:
- Theory of Particle Optics
- Coulomb’s Law
- Laplace Equation
- Poisson Equation
- Neumann Boundary Conditions
- Dirichlet Boundary Conditions
- First Uniqueness Theorem
- Lorentz Force Law
- Biot-Savart Law
- Maxwell Equations
- Gauss’s Law
- Mobility Equation
- Pseudopotential
- Particle Optics Links - Links on general particle optics topics.
- Emittance
- Articles, papers, and other documentation
- simion.com - The latest info is on the SIMION web site–e.g. software updates, articles, info pages, discussion board, and support.
- Articles - Articles, papers, and HOW-TOs using SIMION
- Links - Other SIMION links on the web
