How-to¶

A how-to solves a goal you already have. It is not a learning path.

guide	goal
Install the engine	Get a `seams` binary
Language fronts	Python, R, and Julia against `libseams_lang`
Version pins	The five files that must agree
Benchmarks	Which driver to time, and what to record
OpenMP target offload	Build the Steinhardt kernel for an NVIDIA GPU
Classify a dump	Run `read` / `chill-plus` / `cages` on a file you have
Sheared cells	Triclinic dump: bound spans are not edge lengths; recover H
Ionic-liquid dumps	Keep one species with `--type`; unlike-pair `seams rdf --types I,J`; confined \(\rho(z)\)
ASE	Pointer to the pydseams ASE howto
View a classified frame	solvis via pydseams, not OVITO
Confined ice	Nanotube and monolayer classification
FAQ	Short answers
Troubleshooting	Symptom, cause, fix