Specifying Parameters

This section or topic is specific to Console Mode.

Running a command typically requires that several parameter values are specified, which can be done directly in the command line after the command name. For example, to set an axis variable for a stepping or mapping operation, enter:

SET_AXIS_VARIABLE 1 X(FCC,FE) 0 0.89 0.025

You can also use SET_AXIS_VARIABLE and press <Enter>. At the command line prompt, you then specify the parameters one at a time.

On all command lines, you can enter a question mark (?) for help. For some parameters, enter two question marks (??) for more detailed information.

When you are requested to specify a parameter, Thermo-Calc usually suggests an appropriate default value, which is displayed at the prompt between two slash signs (//). For example, this prompt means the default answer is TERMINAL:

OUTPUT FILE /TERMINAL/:

Press <Enter> to accept the default.

If you specify some parameters directly after the command name, then you can still choose to accept default values for some parameters.

To accept the default value for a parameter, type a comma (,) instead of a value for that parameter. For the comma to be interpreted correctly, type a blank space on each side of the comma. However, if you accept the default values for several parameters that follow each other, then the commas can be typed in without blank spaces separating them: (,,,) is interpreted in the same way as (, , ,).

For some commands and parameters, Thermo‑Calc treats the values previously assigned as default values if the command is used again. For example, if the first stepping or mapping axis variable is specified as:

SET_AXIS_VARIABLE 1 X(FCC,FE) 0 0.89 0.025

Then if you want to change a parameter value for this axis variable, type:

SET_AXIS_VARIABLE 1 , 0.1 ,,,

This changes the minimum value from 0 to 0.1 at which a stepping or mapping operation halts. The other parameter values remain the same. Consequently, what is typed is equivalent to:

SET_AXIS_VARIABLE 1 X(FCC,FE) 0.1 0.89 0.025