Getting started
===============

This section gets you from a fresh Python environment to a rendered
mode shape.  Pick the page that matches what you need.

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    .. grid-item-card:: Overview
        :link: overview
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        What femorph-solver is, what it isn't, and where the MAPDL-compatibility
        layer stops.

    .. grid-item-card:: Installation
        :link: installation
        :link-type: doc

        ``pip`` / ``uv`` instructions, optional extras for CHOLMOD / PARDISO
        / UMFPACK backends, and the MAPDL interop extra.

    .. grid-item-card:: Quickstart
        :link: quickstart
        :link-type: doc

        One script: read a CDB, solve for the first 10 modes, plot.

    .. grid-item-card:: MAPDL interop
        :link: mapdl-interop
        :link-type: doc

        What reads and writes, KEYOPT parity, known gaps.

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    overview
    installation
    quickstart
    mapdl-interop