# Overview

----------------------------- FFC: The FEniCS Form Compiler ----------------------------- FFC is a compiler for finite element variational forms. From a high-level description of the form, it generates efficient low-level C++ code that can be used to assemble the corresponding discrete operator (tensor). In particular, a bilinear form may be assembled into a matrix and a linear form may be assembled into a vector. FFC may be used either from the command line (by invoking the ffc command) or as a Python module (import ffc). FFC is part of the FEniCS project (http://www.fenicsproject.org) and functions as a just-in-time (JIT) compiler for DOLFIN. For further introduction to FFC, open the FFC user manual available in the subdirectory doc/manual/ of this source tree, or try out the demos available in the subdirectory src/demo/ of this source tree. License ------- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Dependencies ------------ #. Python, version 2.6 #. The latest version of FIAT, UFC and UFL You need to have FIAT, UFC and UFL installed. They are available from the web page: https://launchpad.net/fenics-project/. #. The Python NumPy module