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solver runs, monitoring progress, and previewing FTLE results without typing the full command line
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Unlike the archived legacy GUI, the current interface no longer offers multiple backends.
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It always launches the native CUDA solver, using the same ``.par``-based workflow described in
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The interface launches the native CUDA solver, using the same ``.par``-based workflow described in
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:ref:`inputdeck` and the same structured-VTK input assumptions described in :ref:`input`.
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If the solver executable cannot be found, the GUI reports where it looked and instructs the user to
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build or install the solver first.
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At present, the GUI does not launch an alternative Python backend, nor does it expose command-line
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style ad hoc overrides outside the parameter pages.
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The current interaction model is centered on the parameter pages and the native solver workflow,
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instead of ad hoc command-line style overrides.
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Run Monitoring
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It can open:
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- ``*.vts`` result files;
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- legacy ``*.vtk`` files for general inspection;
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- ``*.vtk`` files for general inspection;
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- ``*.pvd`` collections for time-series browsing.
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Once a result is loaded, the viewer shows:
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Important Notes and Limits
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- The GUI is a front end to the native CUDA solver only; the legacy Python GUI is not the active
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mainline path.
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- The GUI is a front end to the native CUDA solver.
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- The GUI does not create missing input or output folders automatically; they should exist before a
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run is started.
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- The GUI-side result viewer can open ``.vtk`` files, but the solver input workflow itself still
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expects a folder of qualified legacy ``.vtk`` frames as described in :ref:`input`.
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expects a folder of qualified ``.vtk`` frames as described in :ref:`input`.
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- Interactive plotting through ``if_visual`` is not the mainline command-solver workflow. Result
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inspection is expected to happen through the embedded viewer or an external post-processor.
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- The embedded viewer is intentionally lightweight. For more advanced clipping, transfer functions,

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