Installation of the Package MechanicsExplorers`Beam`

The package can either be installed from an archive file which already contains a suitable directory structure, or by creating the directory structure manually and downloading the files separately.


Installing from an Archive

Decompress and expand the archive.

Copy the file BeamPalette.nb (or a link to it) into the directory <Mathematica installation directory>/Configuration/FrontEnd/Palettes/.

Copy the directory MechanicsExplorers with its all contents into the directory <Mathematica installation directory>/AddOns/Autoload/.
You can also use the AddOns/Applications/ directory. In this case, you have to manually load the package before using its functions.

Rebuild your help index (use the command Rebuild Help Index in the Help menu).

On multi-user systems, a personal installation can be accomplished by copying the file Beam.m into the directory <personal Mathematica directory>/Kernel/ and the file BeamPalette.nb into the directory <personal Mathematica directory>/Configuration/FrontEnd/Palettes/, where <personal Mathematica directory> usually is ~/.Mathematica/3.0/. In this case, the documentation will not be available through the Help Browser.


Installing the Files Separately

Copy the file BeamPalette.nb (or a link to it) into the directory <Mathematica installation directory>/Configuration/FrontEnd/Palettes/.

Create a directory MechanicsExplorers/ with subdirectories MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/ in <Mathematica installation directory>/AddOns/Autoload/. You can also create the directories as subdirectories of <Mathematica installation directory>/AddOns/Autoload/, but, in this case, you have to manually load the package before using its functions.

Copy the following files into the following directories:
Beam.m into MechanicsExplorers/,
init.m into MechanicsExplorers/,
BeamDocumentation.nb into MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/,
Beam.nb into MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/,
BrowserCategories.m into MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/.

Rebuild your help index (use the command Rebuild Help Index in the Help menu).

On multi-user systems, a personal installation can be accomplished by copying the file Beam.m into the directory <personal Mathematica directory>/Kernel/ and the file BeamPalette.nb into the directory <personal Mathematica directory>/Configuration/FrontEnd/Palettes/, where <personal Mathematica directory> usually is ~/.Mathematica/3.0/. In this case, the documentation will not be available through the Help Browser.


Files

MechanicsExplorers/install.txt: this file
MechanicsExplorers/BeamPalette.nb: the palette notebook
MechanicsExplorers/Beam.m: the package file
MechanicsExplorers/init.m: the initialization file (containing stubs to the function names)
MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/BeamDocumentation.nb: the documentation notebook used by the Help Browser
MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/Beam.nb: the formatted source from which the package file was generated (visible in the Help Browser)
MechanicsExplorers/Documentation/English/BrowserCategories.m: the configuration file used by the Help Browser

Stephan Kaufmann, June 1997