u4.01.00 How to read order documentation

Summary:

This note is a guide to reading fascicles U4 and U7 of the User Manual.

In particular, it explains the meaning of metacharacters and the typographical conventions used to describe command syntax.

All the examples given here are for illustrative purposes only and are not a substitute for the complete description of the commands in fascicles U4 and U7.

Table of Contents

• 1. Code_Aster command syntax reminders
• 2. Standard outline of order usage documents
• 3. Paragraph Purpose
• 4. Syntax paragraph
  • 4.1. Operand status metacharacters (♦ ◊/|)
  • 4.2. Concept or argument type metacharacters
  • 4.3. Comments
  • 4.4. Types of arguments expected by keywords
  • 4.5. Types of concepts produced in Aster
• 5. Paragraph Operands
• 6. Verification/execution phases
• 7. Typography and indentations