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NAME

       sofa - SOFA GUI

SYNOPSIS

       sofa [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       SOFA  is  an  Open  Source  framework  primarily  targeted at real-time
       simulation, with an  emphasis  on  medical  simulation.  It  is  mostly
       intended  for  the research community to help develop newer algorithms,
       but can also be used as an efficient  prototyping  tool.  Based  on  an
       advanced software architecture, it allows to:

           *   create  complex  and  evolving  simulations  by  combining  new
       algorithms with algorithms
             already included in SOFA
 deformable behavior, surface representation,
           *  modify  most  parameters  of  the  simulation   â        solver,
 by simply editing an XML file
       constraints, collision algorithm, etc. â    * build complex models from
       simpler ones using a scene-graph description
           * efficiently simulate the dynamics of  interacting  objects  using
       abstract equation solvers
           * reuse and easily compare a variety of available methods

OPTIONS

       -h --help
              this help

       -s --start
              start the animation loop  (default: 0 )

       -p --factory
              In  addition to the baz segments, also parse the blurfl headers.

       -g --gui
              choose the UI (batch|qt|glut)  (default: qt )

       -l --load
              load given plugins  (default: )

AUTHORS

       SOFA is currently developed by  3  INRIA  teams:  Alcove,  Evasion  and
       Asclepios but the project also benefited from the help of the CIMIT Sim
       Group, ETH Zurich and CSIRO.

SEE ALSO

       The    full    documentation    for    sofa     is     available     at
       <http://www.sofa-framework.org>

                                  August 2008                          sofa(1)