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# Introduction.

This is a description of CalculiX CrunchiX. If you have any problems using the program, this document should solve them. If not, send us an E-mail (dhondt@t-online.de). The next section contains a simple example problem to wet your appetite. Section three is a theoretical section giving some background on the analysis types, elements, materials etc. Then, an overview is given of all the available keywords in alphabetical order, followed by detailed instructions on the format of the input deck. If CalculiX does not run because your input deck has problems, this is the section to look at. The following section contains a description of the verification examples you should have obtained along with the code of the program. If you try to solve a new kind of problem you haven't dealt with in the past, check this section for examples. You can also use this section to check whether you installed CalculiX correctly. Finally, the User's Manual ends with some references used while writing the code.

This manual is not a textbook on finite elements. Indeed, a working knowledge of the Finite Element Method is assumed. For people not familiar with the Finite Element Method, I recommend the book by Zienkiewicz and Taylor [53] for engineering oriented students and the publications by Hughes [21] and Dhondt [13] for mathematically minded readers.

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