def __init__(self, UI):
# Class initialization
self.UI = UI
print 'Initializing Traction Force Reconstruction...'
print('')
print('Job Name: ' + self.UI['job_name'])
# Save variable describing the path of the displacement vector data prepared
# with the reference configuration reconstruction tool
self.UI['Path_PreparedData'] = '../PreparedData/'
# initialize an instance of the CAE class
self.CAE = Classes.CAE_Container('../' + self.UI['BaseModelPath'])
# set additional variables and the define predefined options (if not already defined in the user input UI)
self.UI['substrate_thickness'] = self.CAE.thickness
self.UI['mesh_growt'] = 0
self.UI['quadratic_formulation'] = 0
self.UI['BasisFunction'] = 'thin-plate'
self.UI['IgnoreSwitchedTriangles'] = False
UI['Interpolation'] = 'RBF'
