Concepts in SIMION

• ION File
• FLY File
• FLY2 File
  • Sequences in FLY2 Files
  • Custom Distributions in FLY2 files
  • Programmatically Defining Particle Sets (Advanced)
  • What is meant by window and pupil?
  • Passing parameters to FLY2 files for different runs
  • Making x, y, and z distributions dependent
  • Making multiple parameters dependent
  • Ellipse
  • Rotating particles in cylindrical symmetry to 2D plane
  • Lorentz Distribution
  • Lambert Cosine
  • Rejection Sampling
  • Rectangular Pupil
  • Converting to an ION file
  • Disabling Randomization
  • Other advanced uses of FLY2 files include
  • History/Changes
• GEM Geometry File
  • Learning
  • SIMION 8.1 GEM Syntax Reference
    • Introduction
    • What Is a Geometry File?
    • How Does SIMION Process a .GEM File?
    • Two Examples of a SIMION .GEM File
      • demo.gem
    • A Quick Demo of Geometry Files
    • Geometry Language Rules
    • Classes of Instructions
      • PA Definition Class
      • Include Class
      • Point Definition Class
      • Fill Class
      • Within Class
      • within and notin
      • within_inside and notin_inside
      • within_inside_or_on and notin_inside_or_on
      • Test Class
      • Location Class
    • Instruction Nesting Rules
    • Geometry Instructions
      • box or: box2d
      • box3d
      • centered_box or: centered_box2d, cent_box, cent_box2d
      • centered_box3d or: cent_box3d
      • circle or: ellipse
      • corner_box or: corner_box2d, corn_box, corn_box2d
      • corner_box3d or: corn_box3d
      • cylinder
      • edge_fill or: edge_fill_volume
      • electrode or: e, p, elect, pole, electrode_points, pole_points
      • fill or: fill_volume
      • hyperbola
      • include or: include_file
      • locate or: project, project_it, transform
      • non_electrode or: n, non_e, non_p, non_pole, non_electrode_points, non_pole_points
      • notin
      • notin_inside
      • notin_inside_or_on
      • pa_define
      • parabola
      • points or: points2d
      • points3d
      • polyline
      • rotate_edge_fill or: rotate_edge_fill_volume
      • rotate_fill or: rotate_fill_volume
      • sphere or: ellipsoid
      • within
      • within_inside
      • within_inside_or_on
    • New/Updated Commands in SIMION 8.2
      • pa_define
      • include
      • shape
      • intersect
      • revolve_xy
      • revolve_yz
      • revolve_zx
      • extrude_xy
      • extrude_yz
      • extrude_zx
      • scale
      • rotate_x
      • rotate_y
      • rotate_z
      • cylinder3d
      • half_space
      • e, n
      • stl
      • inf
    • Developing, Testing, and Using Geometry Files
      • Geometry Examples Provided With SIMION
    • Accessing Geometry Files Via the New Function
    • Accessing the Modify Geometry Development Tools
  • Extensions in 8.2
    • Summary
    • New syntax
    • omit fill/within commands
    • Workbench GEM files (*.wgem)
  • Extensions in 8.1
    • Macro Support (e.g. variable expansion and preprocessing) - 8.0.4
  • Helpful Tips for Authoring GEM Files
    • PA Grid Cell Size
    • Subroutines in GEM Files
    • Including one GEM File in Another GEM File
    • Intersecting within and notin_inside
    • Choosing notin/notin_inside/notin_inside_or_on
    • Making a Half-Sphere
    • Invoking the GEM Processor from Lua
    • Recreating a PA From a GEM File Without Leaving the View Screen
    • Passing Variables from a User Program to a GEM File
    • Defining Surfaces with Analytic Equations
    • Helixes / Coils
    • surface=auto option in pa_define [8.1.1.25]
  • Changes
• Potential Array
• Potential Array File Types (Comparison)
  • Summary
  • Basic Potential Arrays
  • Fast-Adjust Potential Arrays
  • Which to use?
  • Fast-Adjust Potential Arrays with Multiple Proportional Scalable Electrodes
  • Other Uses of Potential Arrays (besides Storing Potential)
• Workbench .IOB File
• Writing PA0 Files
  • Lua Version
  • File Format
• Lua