From: Paul
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:59:35 +0100
Subject: Re: [TSSP] F A N T C: - It's NEW! - and needs some TSSP input
Well I hope everyone is busy plugging their coil details into Fantc to check it out. With 24 members on the list there should be at least 24 coils to test :) Maybe the Fres analysis should have a max detail of 3. The Ces of isolated components could reasonably go up to 7. Probably not much point in going above detail 2 for L and M, since that equals acmi accuracy, at which comparisons become limited by measurement accuracy and the filament approximation. Detail less than 1.0 is likely to break the program, the algorithm which chooses element sizes will do funny things. Should definately be restricted to >= 1. Ok on the multiple run buttons. It's a decidedly tricky business presenting this plethora of options to the user in a way that makes it clear just what's being calculated on each run. There's an awful lot in here to deal with. Best to experiment to see what feels right when you sit in front of it. We don't seem to be hearing much from the rest of the group? Does it load on your browser? Does it run the demos ok? How does your coil compare with the program? Do the help notes describe what it's doing well enough? Do all the buttons make sense? Is it clear how to put in say multiple toroids and then select them for editing, change values, etc? Bart's done a great job here, making tssp software available to coilers. He needs all the advice he can get to polish up the user interface. The views of a 'new user' are most valuable at this point, because it's very hard for the programmer to reach that important perspective. -- Paul Nicholson, --
Maintainer Paul Nicholson, paul@abelian.demon.co.uk.