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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Please read the README.FIRST file - found at the root level of this server - 
for general information and instructions on unarchiving and uncompressing
files (files with the ".sit", ".hqx", ".zip", ".tar", and ".Z" extensions).

The README.BROCHURE also contains helpful descriptions of this and other
software offered on the ftp server.

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Congratulations on the acquisition of NCSA Mesher v 1.0.1 for the Macintosh II!

NCSA Mesher is designed to be a preprocessor for computational programs
requiring a gridded space.  The process of running a simulation in
computational science has three steps:

       setting up the problem parameters
       running the computation
       analyzing the results of the computation

NCSA Mesher aids you in the first step of the process by setting up the problem
parameters.   NCSA Mesher allows you to visually design the problem by creating
a grid, defining the attribute data, and assigning the attribute data to
specific cells in the grid.

NCSA Mesher is designed to be a general tool, useful across many scientific
disiplines.   Each scientific discipline has its own unique set of attribute
data types.  These can vary greatly from discipline to discipline, and can also
vary between computational codes within the same discipline.  Therefore, a
utility program called DBuilder is included with NCSA Mesher.  DBuilder
provides a mechanism to create a set of dialog boxes that contain your own
unique data types.  These dialogs are then used within the NCSA Mesher program
for data input.  It is there that you actually enter real values for your
specific problem.

Once the problem has been completely defined, you can export that data to an
ASCII file or an HDF VSet file.  This exported file is read into the
computational program to process the simulation.

COPYRIGHT

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (UI), NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIONS
(NCSA), Software Distribution Policy for Copyrighted Software

The NCSA software Mesher is copyrighted, but  available without fee for
education, academic research and non-commercial purposes.  The software is
copyrighted in the name of the UI, and ownership of the software remains with
the UI.  Users may distribute the binary and source code to third parties
provided that the copyright notice and this statement appears on all copies and
that no charge is made for such copies.  Any entity wishing to integrate all or
part of the source code into a product for commercial use or resale, should
contact the University o f Illinois, c/o NCSA, to negotiate an appropriate
license for such commercial use.

UI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE FOR ANY
PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY.  THE UI
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY THE USER OF THIS SOFTWARE. The
software may have been developed under agreements between the UI and the
Federal Government which entitle the Government to certain rights.

By copying this program, you, the user, agree to abide by the copyright
conditions and understandings with respect to any software which is marked with
a copyright notice.

GENERAL INFO

Some general information:   All files with "sit" included in their name are
archives that have been compressed by StuffIt.

If the name of the file has an extension ending with ".sit", you will want to
use UnStuffIt (or Stuffit) to extract the file.  Read the StuffIt documentation
for details on how to extract the files from an archive.

If you have questions or comments about Mesher v 1.0.1 for the Macintosh II,
ple ase send email to softdev@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Bug reports can be sent to
bugs@ncsa.ui uc.edu. If you do not have email, you can call Jennie File at
(217) 244-0638.

Thank you.

Kim Stephenson Project Leader National Center for Supercomputing Appls. 152
Computing Applications Building Champaign, IL  61820
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