User Interface Description

The main window contains the following components: Data Tree, panel area, View Manager, Data Tree Manager, Information window and modeling window.

Figure 1.

Data Tree

Data Tree is an area at the top left portion of the AcuConsole main window, which contains items in a tree structure. These items represent the models or panels to set the problem parameters. A detailed description of the parameters in Data Tree is provided in the following sections.

Panel Area

The panel area is located in bottom left portion of the AcuConsole main window. This area will open the panels which set the problem parameters. These panels are a set of data entries such as booleans, numbers, strings, tabs, lists, arrays and references to other panels.

View Manager

View Manager is a vertical narrow area in the middle of the AcuConsole main window. This area contains command tools. These tools act on the model in the Visualization Area and are introduced in detail in this manual.

Data Tree Manager

Data Tree Manager is a vertical narrow area to the left of the AcuConsole main window. Items in this area control the filtering of options in the Data Tree. Each item filters the Data Tree for a specific operation. For example, choosing the label MSH from this manager will display the options in the Data Tree appropriate for meshing alone. Hovering the mouse over each of the labels will give a description of the labels.

Visualization Area

The Visualization Area is located in the right portion of the AcuConsole main window. This area is responsible for displaying the model that is generated by AcuConsole as a result of rendering and analyzing the visualization data. The area is interactive and gives the ability to rotate, scale, translate and other common transformations by using mouse clicks and drag and drops.

Information Window

The Information window is located in the bottom right portion of the AcuConsole main window. All of the information that you request will be printed in this window. You can save this information into a text file and you can also clear it.