If you are familiar with Emacs， its Scheme-mode may help you debug the codes by writing the following codes in your .emacs file:
(setq scheme-program-name "meep") (setq scheme-mit-dialect nil) Best, Zheng Li On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 23:13 -0500, Ashifi wrote: > Thanks for the tip, Matt. I based my code on that thread and a host of > suggestions in the mailing list archives. I'm trying to come up with a > list of newbie guidelines for MEEP simulations, but they have to work > for me first. Let me play around with the script a bit, and If I don't > get good results I will post a detailed email with the guidelines I > picked up. > > For debugging, is there a list of errors and possible causes somewhere > that I could access? How about turning on line numbers in "unbound > variable" errors? > > Ashifi > > On 11/4/06, matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > That error usually means you've incorrectly specified the resolution > > with respect to the rest of the problem. > > > > There is a thread on this topic which should help clarify: > > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/pipermail/meep-discuss/2006-September/000340.html > > > > Instead of trying to figure out where you went wrong, I just tried > > changing > > > > (define-param resolution-ppw 20) to > > (define-param resolution-ppw .0000002), > > > > which seems to fix your problem. Of course, it's more logical to go > > through your script and find where you're incorrectly > > dividing/multiplying by a base unit and fix that. Then you'll be able > > to specify resolution in ppw sensibly. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Matt > > > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Ashifi wrote: > > > > > When does MEEP throw this error: > > > > > > ---------------- BEGIN OUTPUT ------------------- > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/meep-dir> meep pcb-polished-fixed.ctl > > > ----------- > > > Initializing structure... > > > Working in 2D dimensions. > > > block, center = (-2.35,10,0) > > > size (4.85,0.018,1e+20) > > > axes (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) > > > dielectric constant epsilon = -1e+10 > > > block, center = (2.35,10,0) > > > size (4.85,0.018,1e+20) > > > axes (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) > > > dielectric constant epsilon = -1e+10 > > > block, center = (-2.35,10.374,0) > > > size (4.85,0.018,1e+20) > > > axes (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) > > > dielectric constant epsilon = -1e+10 > > > block, center = (2.35,10.374,0) > > > size (9.7,0.018,1e+20) > > > axes (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) > > > dielectric constant epsilon = -1e+10 > > > meep: Cannot split 0 grid points into 1 parts > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/meep-dir> > > > > > > ---------------- END OUTPUT ------------------- > > > > > > You can find the pcb-polished-fixed.ctl file attached or at this web > > > location: > > > > > > http://pastebin.us/7674 > > > > > > I'm basically trying to find the transmission spectrum of a slab of > > > epoxy sandwiched between two perforated copper sheets. The aim is to > > > duplicate the results in a paper by A. P. Hibbins and J. R. Sambles > > > titled "Squeezing Millimeter Waves into Microns", specifically Figure 3. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Ashifi. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > meep-discuss mailing list > meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss > _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
