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mkconfig - make a static configuration of particles. 
mkconfig
out=in_file [parameter=value] ... 
 
mkconfig creates a configuration
of particles with specified shape in position space and zero velocities.
The following parameters are recognized: 
- out=out_file 
- Output
file,  in snapshot format.  Default: required. 
- nbody=num_bodies 
- Number of
particles in configuration.  Default: 512. 
- shape=configuration 
- Name of configuration
to generate; currently shell, ball, cusp, line, or ring.  Default: shell.
- radius=config_radius 
- Specify size of configuration.  Default: 1.0. 
- seed=random_seed
- Seed used to initialize random number generator. Default: 123. 
- mass=total_mass
- Total mass of the system . Default: 1. 
- zerocm=zero_cm_flag 
- If set, translate
origin to center of mass of configuration. Default: false. 
- headline=message
- Message prepended to out_file. 
mkconfig(1NEMO)
, snapfold(1NEMO)
,
mkommod(1NEMO)
, mk2body(1NEMO)
, snapshot(5NEMO)
 
Joshua E. Barnes
2-jun-88    document created?    JEB
8-jul-90    V0.x nobj->nbody, new snapshot macro’s      PJT
6-may-2010    V1.0 added mass=    PJT
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