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Suprem-III User´s Manual
An INITIALIZE statement is required in every SUPREM-III input sequence and it must preceed all other
statements except for TITLE or COMMENT statements. At the start of execution the SUPREM-III program contains
no information about any of the materials or impurities that may be used in the processing sequence. All of the
physical and model coefficients and any initial structure information is contained in one or two files and must be
read into the programs internal storage before processing can proceed. Normally, all of the coefficient information is
contained in a default file, S3COF0. If this is the case, and if a coefficient file is not specified in the INITIALIZE
statement, the data is read from the default coefficient file.
The same is true with the structure information, an initial structure of at least one layer of material must be
present before execution can continue. A previously defined structure of arbitrary complexity can be input from a
file specified by the STRUCTUR parameter. The other parameters of the INITIALIZE statement may be used to redefine
the structure input from a file if the structure has only a single layer of material or, if no structure file is input,
they may be used to set up the initial layer.
If no coefficient file is present, the FIRSTIME parameter must be specified and all of the needed coefficients
explicitly specified by subsequent statements before processing statements can be executed. As it’s name implies,
the FIRSTIME parameter should only be needed the first time the program is brought up at a new installation.