Partial Differential Equation Toolbox

Using Command-Line Functions

Although the pdetool GUI provides a convenient working environment, there are situations where the flexibility of using the command-line functions is needed. These include

• Geometrical shapes other than straight lines, circular arcs, and elliptical arcs
• Nonstandard boundary conditions
• Complicated PDE or boundary condition coefficients
• More than two dependent variables in the system case
• Nonlocal solution constraints
• Special solution data processing and presentation itemize

The GUI can still be a valuable aid in some of the situations presented above, if part of the modeling is done using the GUI and then made available for command-line use through the extensive data export facilities of the GUI.

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