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Introduction

An introduction to the basic features of the Flow360 WebUI including navigation and key concepts.

Contents

Section Contents
Dashboard Navigation manual through the Flow360 Dashboard
Starting a project Guidelines on how to start a project
Workbench layout The layout of the project workbench
General workflow The example of a general workflow in the application
Project tree Description of the project tree and the concept of a project
Keyboard shortcuts Available keyboard shortcuts in the Flow360 WebUI
Project settings Configuration and metadata for projects and simulation runs

Detailed Descriptions

Dashboard

The Dashboard serves as the central hub for managing and monitoring your CFD projects in Flow360. It provides an intuitive overview of your simulations, resources, and project status.

  • Recent Projects: Grid view of recent CFD projects with status indicators, project details, and quick actions.
  • FlexCredits: Displays your available computation credits.
  • Pending Resources: Overview of computational resources in use, including running, queued, diverged, or failed jobs.
  • Start with the Example: Quick-start option for new users with pre-prepared simulation scenarios.

Starting a Project

This section guides you through creating a new project in Flow360, whether starting from geometry, surface mesh, or volume mesh.

  • New Project Form: Entry point for creating CFD simulations, allowing selection of workflow type, solver version, units, and description.
  • Creation Methods:
    • From geometry: Upload CAD files for automated meshing.
    • From surface mesh: Use a pre-generated surface mesh.
    • From volume mesh: Use a pre-generated volume mesh.
  • Supported Formats: ESP, EGADS, STEP, IGES, ACIS, STL, CGNS, and more.
  • Key Fields: Project name, solver version, unit, description, and creation method.

Workbench Layout

The Flow360 workbench provides an interface for CFD simulations, with defined regions for setup, visualization, and analysis.

  • Viewer Region: Central 3D workspace for geometry, mesh, and results visualization.
  • Simulation Setup/Analysis Panel: Control panel for all simulation parameters and settings.
  • Entities Browser: Tools for visual representation and inspection of model and results.
  • Coordinate System: Persistent indicator of axes orientation and view direction.
  • Top Navigation Bar: Main navigation and tool selection area.
  • Bottom Status Bar: Displays operation status, progress, and inspector tools.
  • Viewer Bar: Switches between geometry, mesh, and visualization modes, also contains entity selection tools.

General Workflow

This section outlines the systematic approach to setting up and running CFD simulations using the Flow360 GUI.

  • Setup: Configure simulation parameters in a top-to-bottom sequence.
  • Verify: Use the inspector tool to check setup completeness and resolve errors.
  • Run: Initiate the simulation, including automated meshing if starting from geometry.
  • Monitor: Track simulation progress and analyze results in real time.
  • Visualize: Inspect mesh and results using the interactive 3D viewer.

Project Tree

The project tree is a hierarchical visualization of your CFD workflow, from geometry to results. It helps track progress and navigate between stages.

  • Icons: Represent geometry, surface mesh, volume mesh, case, fork, and draft states.
  • Structure: Flexible hierarchy supporting geometry-first, surface-mesh-first, and volume-mesh-first workflows.
  • Branching: Supports multiple branches at each level for mesh sensitivity, parameter studies, and continuation runs (forks).
  • Component Actions: Open in workbench, create new run, interpolate, rename, view details, expand/collapse, delete.

Project Settings

The Project Settings panel provides access to project-level configuration, run settings, and project metadata. This panel allows you to manage project properties, configure units, and view project statistics.

  • Run Settings: Configuration options for the current simulation run, including units system, mesher options, solver version, and run statistics.
  • Project Details: Project-level metadata including project name, ID, folder location, tags, description, and project cost.
  • Units Management: Change all units in the setting system at once through the units system configuration.
  • Mesher Options: Toggle between standard and AI-powered surface meshing, and enable beta mesher features.
  • Statistics: View detailed timing information, FlexCredit costs, and status for runs and projects.
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