The first tag

Begin to use tag for better controlling the versions. This is the v0.1.0. Updates are copied from previous issues.

updates on 07/22/2017

• add version tag in both git and the code hdf5 output file;
• add exit option when CG line search not converge;
• add LHD helical coil case in examples;
• update coil.py;

updates on 07/20/2017

• Add options to freely control the optimization focus : currents or geometries
• Add additional criteria to exit optimizations
• Replace the repeated output information in CG
• fixed other minor stuffs

updates on 07/18/2017

• Transplant coil diagnostic subroutine
• Implement plasma and coil periodicity
• Minor improvements

update nots on 06/26/2017

• current availability

  • coil representation
    Fourier series.
  • optimizers
    Differential Flow and Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient method.
  • cost functions
    Bn surface integral; Bn Fourier spectrum (in VMEC polar coordinate); toroidal magnetic flux; coil length.
  • post-processers
    OMFIT FOCUS Interface (if you are interested, please contact Dr. Nikolas Logan). There are also some scripts in the python package coil.py.

• examples
  Two illustrating cases, designing modular coils for l=2 rotating ellipse and designing RMP coils for DIII-D are placed in examples.

• I/O related
  The input files needed for a run are listed here, while you can also find detailed explanations of each variable in initial.pdf.

• plotting
  There are 14 plotting functions in coilpy. For time reasons, I haven't written detailed instructions. But you are free to explore the functions.