PBO Lab 3.1 Release

The Intelligent Graphic User Interface

PBO Lab 3.1 builds upon the extensive enhancements made previoulsy with PBO Lab 3.0. That major upgrade to AccelSoft's most popular software package featured an expanded PBO Lab Tools Menu offering increased customization, integration and versatility. PBO Lab 3.0 also provided several new PBO Lab Application Modules as well as offering the ability for users to develope their own Modules using our advanced Open Architecture Software Integration System, or OASIS. PBO Lab 3.1 continues the expansion of the PBO Lab framework. PBO Lab 3.1 implements a number of features requested by PBO Lab 3.0 users including updates to the popular Focusing & Bending Tools. PBO Lab 3.0 and 3.1 both added enhancements to the long-standing suite of Application Modules previously available with PBO Lab 2.1.

Look here for a quick overview of PBO Lab 3.0 Modules and Typical Uses.

New Modules for PBO Lab 3.0 & 3.1:

• The PSI-TURTLE Module adds the unique program know as Graphic-Turtle to the suite PBO Lab Application Modules. Developed using the OASIS technology, the PSI-TURTLE Module supports the multi-particle simulation of beamlines containing an expanded palette of charged particle optics devices not included in the set of elements supported by the standard TURTLE Module. Graphics and visualization tools include both the Graphic-Turtle (gratur.exe) displays as well as the standard PBO Lab Plot Tools for distribution data.
• The PARMILA-2 Module allows users to design complete radiofrequency (RF) linear accelerators, from the exit of an RFQ through DTLs, CCLs, SCLs, intertank matching sections, and all beam transport lines. Multi-particle space charge simulation is an integral part of the program and users can adjust the maximum number of particles arbitrarily high to test simulation fidelity and accuracy. Developed with the OASIS technology, the PARMILA-2 Module links seamlessly with the second generation PARMILA program ("PARMILA 2"). Graphics and visualization tools include both LinGraf and custom PBO Lab plot displays. Another specialized PBO Lab tool allows the creation of equivalent optics Pieces for an complete linac so that the design can be simulated with any other PBO Lab 3.1 Module, such as TRACE 3-D, TRANSPORT, MARYLIE, TURTLE or PSI-TURTLE.
• The OASIS Module Builder for PBO Lab 3.1 provides a sophisticated set of easy to use tools for developing and testing custom Modules. OASIS is an acronym for Open Architecture Software Integration System and the OASIS Module Builder is the centerpiece of that technology. The OASIS Module Builder provides the framework necessary for users to create particle optics Modules - Modules that will seamlessly link the PBO Lab environment to a user's own particle optics code. The OASIS Module Builder does not require any source code to be written -- the Module Builder provides the complete set of tools and framework.
  

Selected Features of PBO Lab 3.1:

• PBO Lab 3.1 ships on CD-ROM which includes PDF copies of all manuals. Hard copy printed user manuals are available as options for any PBO lab Modules.
• The TRANSPORT, TURTLE, TRACE 3-D, MARYLIE, DECAY-TURTLE, PARMILA-2, PSI-TURTLE, ElectroStatic (ES) Palette, TravelingWave (TW) Palette, NPSOL & MINOS Optimization, and OASIS Module Builder Application Modules are all available for this release.
• Comments in the Marker Piece windows are displayed as titles in any Plot Windows created by a Marker Piece such as those used for TURTLE, MARYLIE, or DECAY-TURTLE.
• The Application Context pop-up menu is used to display and access application-specific inputs for each of the installed Application Modules, providing a quick easy visual check ("Green Dots") on which inputs will be used by the selected Module.
• Native inputs for the selected Application Context are indicated in the Global Parameters and Piece windows with green dots that appear to the right of a parameter.
• The button bar in the Document Window allows quick access to File, Edit, and View commands.
• Users can import lattice descriptions formatted as MAD, TRANSPORT, or TRACE 3-D files.
• Comments in the Piece window are displayed as labels for each Piece in the Model Space and Work Space of the Document Window.
• The Alias Piece is available for creating and maintaining identical copies of other optics, command and parameter Pieces.
• Pieces can be easily or moved by holding down the shift key while dragging a Piece icon. Of course, Pieces may also be copied, cut, pasted, etc.
• Focusing and Bending Tools provide quick side ("elevation") and top ("bird's eye") views of beamlines.
• Pipe Aperture dimensions on Geometry tabs used for element sizes in Focusing and Bending Tool displays.
• Graph & Plot Windows can be resized, from thumbnail to full screen, and plot scales can be set directly in the Plot Windows.
• Many other features and improvements have been added that are too numerous to list here.
  

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