Running ASPECT

• First steps
• Overview
• Selecting between 2d and 3d
• Debug or optimized mode
• Visualizing results
  • Visualization the graphical output using VisIt
  • Visualizing statistical data
  • Large data issues for parallel computations
• Checkpoint/restart support
• Making ASPECT run faster
  • Debug vs. optimized mode
  • Adjusting solver tolerances
  • Adjusting solver preconditioner tolerances
  • Using lower order elements for the temperature/compositional discretization
  • Limiting postprocessing
  • Switching off pressure normalization
  • Regularizing models with large coefficient variation
  • Using multithreading
• Input parameter files
  • The structure of parameter files
  • Categories of parameters
  • A note on the syntax of formulas in input files
  • Compatibility of input files with newer ASPECT versions
• A graphical user interface
  • Installing parameter-GUI
    • Installing on macOS
  • Using ASPECT-GUI