User guide

The user guide provides detailed documentation of the GUI of NEST Desktop.

Note

If you want to see a quick start guide for in NEST Desktop, we have prepared a Video tutorial showing the First steps.

How to use NEST Desktop

Setup guide

Learn how to install NEST Desktop and backends

Setup Guide
Basic usage

Learn the basic steps how to use NEST Desktop

Basic Usage Guide

Advanced guide

Views

Project view
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Allows users to construct networks and analyze activity

Project view
Model view
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Contains different components to explore models

Model view

Graphs

Network graph
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Shows nodes and connections in the network editor

Network graph
Activity chart graph
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Activity can be displayed in a chart graph for spikes and analog signals

Activity chart graph
Activity animation graph
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Animated activity graph for the spatial network of neurons with geographical positions

Activity animation graph

NEST features

Copy model
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The user learns how to copy a model

Copy models
NESTML models
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The user learns how to create own models with NESTML

NESTML models

External software

Note

Insite, NRP and ViSimpl has been removed in this version because it is not working with these external softwares anymore. We are working on reimplementing these software in next release.

If you like to see the documentation about these external softwares, please visit the older docs version (https://nest-desktop.readthedocs.io/en/3.3/user/index.html#external-software)

LibreOffice extension
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Create publication-ready network graphs

LibreOffice extension for the graphical notation