(applications)= # simtools Applications Applications are python scripts built on the {ref}`Library` that execute a well defined task. Application are the building blocks of simtools. Important: depending on the installation type, applications are named differently: - users (see {ref}`InstallationForUsers`) call applications directly as command-line tool. Applications names `simtools- ....` Each application is configured as described in {ref}`Configuration`. The available arguments can be accessed by calling the ` --help`. Some applications require one or multiple filenames as input from the command-line options. The system will first search on main simtools directory for these files, and in case it is not found, it will search into the directories given by the config parameter *model_path*. ## List of applications ```{toctree} :glob: true :maxdepth: 1 simtools-calculate-trigger-rate simtools-convert-all-model-parameters-from-simtel simtools-convert-geo-coordinates-of-array-elements simtools-convert-model-parameter-from-simtel simtools-db-add-file-to-db simtools-db-add-simulation-model-from-repository-to-db simtools-db-add-value-from-json-to-db simtools-db-get-array-layouts-from-db simtools-db-get-file-from-db simtools-db-get-parameter-from-db simtools-db-inspect-databases simtools-derive-ctao-array-layouts simtools-derive-mirror-rnda simtools-derive-photon-electron-spectrum simtools-derive-psf-parameters simtools-docs-produce-array-element-report simtools-docs-produce-calibration-reports simtools-docs-produce-model-parameter-reports simtools-docs-produce-simulation-configuration-report simtools-generate-array-config simtools-generate-corsika-histograms simtools-generate-simtel-event-data simtools-generate-default-metadata simtools-generate-regular-arrays simtools-generate-sim-telarray-histograms simtools-plot-array-layout simtools-plot-tabular-data simtools-production-derive-corsika-limits simtools-production-generate-grid simtools-production-generate-simulation-config simtools-production-derive-statistics simtools-print-version simtools-run-application simtools-simulate-light-emission simtools-simulate-prod simtools-simulate-prod-htcondor-generator simtools-submit-data-from-external simtools-submit-model-parameter-from-external simtools-validate-camera-efficiency simtools-validate-camera-fov simtools-validate-cumulative-psf simtools-validate-file-using-schema simtools-validate-optics