Guides for all Thermo-Calc Products
The information below is about the PDF documentation for the current version of the software. A Documentation Set contains a variety of user guides packaged together in one PDF. Previous versions of the PDF documentation can be found in the Archive section below on this page.
It is recommended you search the help (press F1 in Thermo‑Calc) if you cannot find what you are looking for in a particular PDF.
Thermo-Calc Documentation Set
This is one large PDF (approx 37 MB) that includes the information needed to work with the Thermo‑Calc software. By having all content in one PDF it enables you to search almost all the content just like you would when in the online help.
Includes the following: the full Installation Guides, Graphical Mode User Guide and the Graphical Mode Examples, and then a variety of Console Mode content with guides specific to Console Mode such as Data Optimization User Guide (for PARROT), the Database Manager User Guide, the DATAPLOT User Guide, and the Pourbaix Diagram Educational Material.
Does NOT include the following: Add-on Module specific documentation [i.e. Diffusion Module (DICTRA), Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA)], SDK content, or specific technical information for all the databases. Also see the separate Thermo-Calc Console Mode Example Macros PDF.
Diffusion Module (DICTRA) Documentation Set and Quick Start Guides
The Diffusion Module Documentation Set is one large PDF (approx 40 MB) that contains ALL of the Thermo-Calc Documentation PLUS additional information you need to work with this Add-on Module such as the Diffusion Module Quick Start Guides for Console Mode and Graphical Mode and the Diffusion Module Console Mode Example Macros PDF. By having all content in one PDF it enables you to search the content almost as you would when in the online help. It does NOT, however, include any SDK content or specific technical information for all the databases. Also see the separate Diffusion Module (DICTRA) Console Mode Example Macros PDF.
Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA) User Guide
This is a standalone user guide. The key difference is that it includes theory specific to this Add-on Module, which is not included in the Thermo-Calc Documentation Set (but it in the help).
Process Metallurgy Module
This is for Graphical Mode only and the content is contained in the Thermo‑Calc and/or Diffusion Module Documentation Sets. For this Add-on Module, there is also more in-depth application examples only available on the website.
TC-Python Online Help and PDF
Other Software Development Kits (SDKs)
Property Model Development Framework
The Property Model Development Framework is now integrated into TC‑Python. The Property Models that previously used the Jython API are discontinued. Existing Jython-based Property Models will continue to be supported until the Thermo‑Calc 2022a release. It is recommended that you migrate to the new Python Property Model framework that is based on regular Python 3 and has full support for any Python package including NumPy, SciPy, and so forth.
Database Technical Information and Examples Collections
Links to the database technical information and examples collections are available via the individual database pages.
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