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The compute menu in the Main window allows you to begin the computation of curves.

Command

What it does

Forward

starts the computation of a new curve in the forward* direction

Backward

starts the computation of a new curve in the backward* direction

Extend

extends the computation of a previous curve in the same direction, with the same continuation settings.

You can pause or stop the computation at any moment. It also possible to suspend computation by setting an appropriate pause mode.


*There are two directions in which a curve can be computed starting from a given initial point. Arbitrairly one of them is called 'forward direction' and the other one is called 'backward direction'.