The keywords in this section provide instructions to the software for running Local Simulation. Each keyword is in the form of an asterisk followed by a text string in ALL CAPS, such as *INPU. The keywords are commonly referenced as ‘cards’. The first four letters after the asterisk of each keyword are read by the solver. Sometimes more letters are used in the input files for better human-readability (e.g. *BINARY). A few exceptions exist that use less than 4 letters, such as *ID and *END.
The documentation that follows describes each card, provides the ‘arguments’ that can be modified to alter the simulation, and lists any other required cards.
Many analysis cards will require the user to enter an input. These variables can be one of the following three types: