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 documentation is abrdiged from the full documentation included in SIMION. See the “Help > Browse Documentation” menu in SIMION 8.1.1 for the full version of this documentation.

Overview

• SIMION® - What is SIMION?
• SIMION® 8.1 - Enhancements in SIMION 8.1
• SIMION® 8.0 - Enhancements in SIMION 8.0
• simion.com
  • 6-page PDF brochure
  • Screenshots
  • A Tour of the SIMION Demo

SIMION Reference Documentation

• Starting
  • SIMION® Quick Start Notes - start here
  • SIMION Software Change Log - full list of differences between SIMION versions
  • SIMION® Roadmap (8.2 and Beyond) / SIMION Advances
  • 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]
  • Electrode Surface Enhancement / Fractional Grid Units - [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 Condition [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

• SIMION Examples
• Screenshots of examples - screenshots of SIMION examples
• ASMS Courses - older course notes and labs on SIMION.

SIMION Topics

• System Requirements and Compatibility:
  • System Requirements
  • Linux | Mac OS
• Programming API for SIMION
• Concepts in SIMION:
  • File Types:
    • ION File / FLY File / FLY2 File
    • GEM Geometry File
    • Potential Array
    • Potential Array File Types (Comparison)
    • Workbench .IOB File
    • Writing PA0 Files
    • Lua
  • Utilities/Libraries:
    • SIMION SL Toolkit
    • SL Tools
• 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 Condition
  • Physical Constants
  • Editing SIMION Text Files
  • Geometry Input Methods
  • Particle Initial Conditions
  • Exporting “data recording” results to text file
  • Importing and Exporting Field and Potential Array Data
  • 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
  • Importing and Exporting Field and Potential Array Data
  • SIMION SL Toolkit - Extensions and accessories to SIMION
  • SL Tools utility
  • Writing PA0 Files
  • Movie Files
  • Test Plane
  • Virtual Device - Easily assemble SIMION geometry files and analyze SIMION data
  • Optimization
• System Components:
  • Magnets
  • Magnetic Potential
  • Current Density
  • Image Charge Detection
  • Dielectrics
  • Permeability
  • Resistive Electrodes
  • Floating Conductor
  • Charge-Capacitance Calculation
  • Solenoid Magentic Field
  • Space Charge
  • Time
  • Time-Dependent Field
  • Ion-Gas Collisions
  • Collision Model HS1
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Grid
  • Lens
  • Ground Chamber
  • Electromagnetic Shielding
  • Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer (CMA) - cylindrical mirror analyzer
  • Hemispherical Deflection Analyzer (HDA) - hemispherical deflection analyzer
  • Magnetic Sector
  • Ion Trap
  • Penning Trap
  • Paul Trap
  • Electrostatic Trap
  • Helmholtz Coil
  • Mass Spectrometry
• Performance and Limits:
  • Calculation Time
  • RAM and Memory
  • Accuracy
  • Engineering Tolerance
  • Multiple PAs
  • 64-bit CPU support
  • SIMION on Amazon EC2
  • Max Electrodes
  • Scaling a PA
  • Multiple PAs
  • Early Access Mode
• Theory of Particle Optics
  • Coulomb’s Law
  • Laplace Equation
  • Poisson Equation
  • Neumann Boundary Condition
  • Dirichlet Boundary Conditions
  • First Uniqueness Theorem
  • Lorentz Force Law
  • Biot-Savart Law
  • Maxwell Equations
  • Gauss’s Law
  • Earnshaw’s Theorem
  • Mobility Equation
  • Pseudopotential
  • Particle Optics Links - Links on general particle optics topics.
  • Emittance
  • Transfer Matrix
  • Paraxial Approximation
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Thermionic Cathode
  • Field Emission
  • Mathieu Equation and Stability Diagram
  • (Mass) Spectrum
  • Electric Arc
• 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
  • Space Science