ABOUT
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This is Field Expert for Windows, a tool that allows you to place
point charges in a plane and examine the resulting field comfortably.

The package is distributed as a ZIP archive.


AUTHOR
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The author is Dan A. Muresan (muresan at stanfordalumni.org). 

Suggestions, corrections and improvements are welcome. I would also like
to know in what ways you found the program useful.


FILES
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README.TXT      This file.
FIELDEXP.EXE    Field viewer application that goes with the paper.
FIELD.DOC       Paper, as an MS Word document.
HTML/           HTML version of the paper

INSTALLING
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1) Get the archive "esfields.zip"

The Field Expert homepage is at 

http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~muresan/projects/esfields

2) Unpack the archive

This will create a directory FIELDEXP; it should contain all files
listed above in the FILES section.


RUNNING
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1) Start the program (FIELDEXP.EXE)

2) Once up and running, the program will display information about how
to use it. Click OK to put the dialog box away; you can review the
instructions later using the Help menu.

The principle is simple: click right mouse button to add charges to
the field configuration or to modify charges; click left mouse button
to draw field lines. Menus offer more options.

The program is extensively documented in the paper (section 1).


LICENSE
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Copyright (c) 1996, 2004, Dan A. Muresan
All rights reserved.

This package can be used and distributed without restriction as long as
all original copyright notices, as well as the following disclaimer, are
preserved.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER
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