Console Mode Modules
Graphical Mode Activities vs Console Mode Modules
Below are each of the available modules you access in Console Mode. Most of the modules have commands, some are the same no matter what module you are in (e.g. general commands like BACK. GO TO MODULE, EXIT, HELP and so forth). Other commands have different prompts based on the module you are in how you define the system and so forth.
Most modules have several commands available. The exceptions are the BINARY, TERNARY, SCHEIL, POURBAIX and POTENTIAL modules which do not have any additional commands once you access the modules. These are response-driven modules that prompt you with a series of questions and then build the diagram automatically based on your responses.
System Utilities (SYS)
This is the module where you start. It also has several commands. Throughout the other modules there are some general commands, both of which are listed together.
Gibbs Energy System (GES)
The Gibbs Energy System (GES) module is an important Thermo‑Calc Console Mode module and consists of a comprehensive subroutine package for various thermochemical calculations. The module is interactively connected with all basic and advanced modules in Thermo‑Calc and the add-on Diffusion Module (DICTRA). Most users will not directly use the GES module and commands unless you perform assessments.
The GES module is in essence the Thermo‑Calc calculation engine, sometimes referred to as the calculation core. When working in Graphical Mode you are using the GES calculation engine behind the scenes, whereas in Console Mode, and if you are performing assessments, you are directly interacting with the module. This is also applicable if you are working with any of the software development kits (SDKs).
Database (TDB)
Database (TDB) Module Commands
Defining a System in Console Mode
Also see the Database Manager User Guide and the available information for the specific databases.
Pourbaix Diagram (POURBAIX)
The POURBAIX module lets you construct Pourbaix diagrams and other types of property diagrams for heterogeneous interaction systems with aqueous solution phases. Once you have calculated the Pourbaix diagram, you can also use the saved results of the calculation (the POLY3-file), and make a property diagram based on stepping calculation. You can also plot additional diagrams based on the results of the same calculation, but with different axis variables than Ph and Eh.
Potential Diagram (POT)
The POTENTIAL_DIAGRAM module (short name, the POTENTIAL module) is a potential phase diagram calculation module. A potential diagram uses the activities of two major species in the gaseous mixture phase as mapping variables.
Binary Diagram (BIN)
The BINARY_DIAGRAM module (short name, the BIN module) enables you to quickly calculate a simple binary phase diagram. Binary phase diagrams are by far the most common found in the literature and calculated by computers. However, most real systems have more than two components and thus binary diagrams are more a kind of exercise in order to calculate more realistic phase diagrams.
Ternary Diagram (TERN)
The TERNARY_DIAGRAM module (short name, the TERN module) enables you to quickly calculate a simple ternary phase diagram. There are many types of ternary phase diagrams but perhaps the most common is the isothermal section. In this case, the temperature is constant, which means that the tie-lines are in the plane of the calculation.
Tabulation Reaction (TAB)
The TABULATION_REACTION (TAB) module can be used to tabulate thermodynamic functions of any type of substance, stoichiometric phase or solution phase, or reaction. The module can tabulate thermodynamic functions of pure stoichiometric phases or solution phases at fixed composition, as well as various kinds of partial derivatives for a pure stoichiometric phase or solution phase at a given composition.
DICTRA Monitor (DICTRA)
DICTRA Monitor (DICTRA) and DIC Parrot (optimization for DICTRA): These are available with the add-on Diffusion Module.