Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

• Preface to Cinderella.2.6
• Preface to Cinderella.2.0
• Preface to Cinderella 1.2
• How to Read This Manual

Introduction

• What Is Cinderella?
  • A Dynamic Geometry Program
  • An Environment for Physics Simulation
  • A Programming Environment
• What Is New in Cinderella.2
• Technical Background
• Installation and Updating

Theoretical Background

• Theoretical Background

A Quick Start

• Introduction to the Tutorials
  • Pappus's Theorem
  • Three-Bar Linkage
  • Kepler Ellipses
  • Scripting the Seeds of a Sunflower

Reference Guide

• Dynamic Geometry (using Cinderella for pure geometry)
  • The Main Menu
  • Toolbars
  • General Operations (loading, saving, selecting, etc.)
  • Operations for Elementary geometry
    • Move Mode
    • Interactive Modes

      • 	Add a Point
        	Add a Line
        	Line through a Point
        	Add a Parallel
        	Add a Perpendicular
        	Add a Line with a Fixed Angle
        	Add a Circle
        	Circle by Radius
        	Circle by Fixed Radius
        	Midpoint
        	Segment

    • Definition Modes

      • 	Center
        	Angle Bisector
        	Compass
        	Mirror
        	Circle by Three Points
        	Conic by Five Points
        	Ellipse by Foci
        	Parabola by Focus and Directrix
        	Hyperbola by Foci
        	Polar of a Point
        	Polar of a Line
        	Polygon
        	Intersection
        	Arc
        	Angle Mark

    • Measurements

      • 	Distance
        	Angle
        	Area

    • Special Modes

      • 	Text
        	Function
        	Locus
        	Animation

    • Conic Operations
    • Polygons
  • Views and geometries
    • Geometries
    • Views
  • Transformations and bases
    • Transformation Modes
      • General Use of Transformations
      • Translation
      • Rotation
      • Reflection
      • Similarity
      • Affine Transformation
      • Projective Transformation
      • Möbius Transformation
      • Inversion of Transformations
      • Composition of Transformations
      • Mapping of Elements
      • Transformations by Functions
    • Setting a Basis
  • Transformation groups and IFS
    • Iterated Function Systems
    • Transformation Groups
• Inspector (How to manage the properties of objects?)
  • Info Block
  • Inspecting Appearance
  • Traces and Arrows
  • Controlling the Views
• CindyLab (simulation of experiments in physics)
  • Simulating masses and forces
    • Elementary Mechanics
    • Cinderella and Physics
    • CindyLab and CindyScript
  • Reference
    • The Elements of CindyLab
    • The objects

      • 	Free Mass
        	Velocity
        	Gravity
        	Sun
        	Magnetic Field
        	Rubber Band
        	Spring
        	Coulomb Force
        	Floor
        	Bouncer

    • Environment
    • Many-Particle Systems
    • Animations and CindyLab
    • Geometry and CindyLab
    • Scripting Physical Environments
• CindyScript (programming Cinderella)
  • Reference
    • CindyScript fundamentals
      • General Concepts
      • Entering Program Code
      • Variables and Functions
      • Accessing Geometric Elements
      • Control Operators (if, repeat, while, …)
      • Arithmetic Operators (+, -, *, /, sin(), cos(), …)
      • Boolean Operators
      • String Operators
    • Lists and Linear Algebra (the general concepts)
      • Elementary List Operations
      • Advanced List Operations
      • Lists of Geometric Elements
      • Vectors and Matrices
    • Drawing (draw(), plot(), …)
      • Appearance of Objects
      • Elementary Drawing Functions
      • Function Plotting
      • Texts and Tables
      • TeX Rendering
      • Image Manipulation and Rendering
      • Shapes
      • Script Coordinate System
    • Geometric Operators (join, meet, …)
    • Calculus (derivatives and tangents, …)
    • Syntherella (audio output)
      • MIDI Functions
      • Sampled-Audio Functions
    • Special Operators
      • Interaction with Geometry
      • File Management
      • Console Output
      • Timing and Animations
      • User Input
      • Interaction with CindyLab
    • The Editor
    • Tiny Code Examples
• Copy, Paste, and Macros (Cinderellas macro concept)
• HTML Export (generating interactive html pages)
• Scribbling (using Cinderella with a pen-driven input device)
• Extensions (further ways to enhance Cinderella)
  • Plugins
  • Javascript
  • Interactive Exercises
  • Multitouch Support
  • MatheVital
  • Jython and JRuby
  • Visage
  • CleverPHL Framework Support
• Software License
  • Additional Licenses
  • Mozilla Public License
• Operator Index (by subject)