Toolbar Reference

All the buttons are grouped into separate toolbars depending on their individual function. You can arrange the toolbars to lie horizontally across the screen or vertically, with one toolbar positioned above another.

Animation

The Animation toolbar buttons resemble the controls of a common video player.

(Play/Pause)—this toggles between playing the scene animation and pausing it.

(Stop)—stops the animation in the scene.

(Single Step Forward)—moves the paused animation forward one frame.

(Single Step Backward)—moves the paused animation backward one frame.

(Write Movie)—records the animation onto a video file.

Edit

The Edit toolbar lets you copy and paste certain objects, as well as navigate the selection history of the object tree.

(Copy)—stores a copy of the selected object on the clipboard.

(Paste)—places the contents of the clipboard into the active area.

(Previous Selection)—moves backward in the range of object selections.

(Next Selection)—moves forward in the range of object selections.

Macro

The Macro toolbar lets you record and run macros.

(Play Macro)—launches an existing macro.

(Start Recording)—begins recording a new macro.

(Pause Recording)—interrupts the recording of the macro until you click the button again.

(Stop Recording)—finishes recording the macro.

Memory

(Garbage Collect)—this recovers application memory that is no longer in use.

(Profile the Application)—when activated, this debugging tool samples data on the computing performance of the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ client. Click the button once to begin the data gathering, and after a brief interval, click again to stop; Simcenter STAR-CCM+ generates a message about where you can retrieve the NetBeans .npss data file.

Mesh Generation

The Mesh Generation toolbar provides quick access to important meshing operations.

(Import CAD model into 3D-CAD)—allows you to import a CAD file directly into 3D-CAD. See Importing Geometry into 3D-CAD.

(Import Surface)—imports surface data for generating a mesh.

(Launch Surface Repair)—opens the Surface Repair dialog for the selected parts.

(Clear Generated Meshes)—deletes meshes generated in Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

(Generate Surface Mesh)—begins the generation of a surface mesh.

(Generate Volume Mesh)—begins the generation of a volume mesh.

Plot

The Plot toolbar lets you open plot displays and navigate within them.

(Create/Open Plots)	Opens a drop-down menu that allows you to add a plot or open an existing one.
	XY Plot	Creates a XY plot and opens a display for it.
	Parallel Coordinates (only in Design Manager)	Creates a parallel coordinates plot and opens a display for it.
	Monitor Plot (not in Design Manager)	Creates a monitor plot and opens a display for it.
	Histogram Plot (not in Design Manager)	Creates a histogram plot and opens a display for it.
	Open	Contains a submenu with names of existing plots.
	Open All Plots	Displays all existing plots in the Graphics window.

(Fit)—returns the data portion of the plot display to the default zoom and pan position.

(Zoom Selected Plot)—a toggle button that, when selected, zooms the data portion of the plot approximately one order of magnitude each time the left mouse button is clicked. The click point is centered on the axes, so you could use this point to determine more accurately the x and y values of a particular point. A drag operation begins a rubber-band zoom that is effected when the button is released. If the Pan button was selected, then it is deselected as you press this button.

(Create Data Focus Selection)	Opens a drop-down menu that allows you to add a data focus selection or intersect with an existing one. See Exploring Solutions with Data Focus.
	Add Selection to Data Focus	Lets you draw a box in the plot for defining data in the data focus.
	Intersect Selection with Data Focus	Lets you draw a box in the plot that intersects with an existing data focus box. This intersection creates a compound data focus that uses the AND/OR rule for filtering data.

Selection

The Selection toolbar lets you refine your selection of objects in the scene display.

(Rubberband Select)—selects a specific area in the display by clicking two points that define the opposing corners of the area. Press <Esc> to cancel.

(Zone Select)—lets you draw a zone by clicking and dragging to create a series of connected points. Objects within that zone are selected. Press <Esc> to cancel.

(Depth Select)—allows you to select objects that are obscured from view in the scene.

(Selection Filter)—provides options for selecting volumes, surfaces, or curves with either the rubberband or zone tool.

Solution

The Solution toolbar gives you quick access to basic solution controls.

(Initialize Solution)—initializes the solution.

(Step)—adds a user-specified number of iterations to a solution.

(Run)—begins running the simulation.

(Stop)—stops the running of the simulation.

System

The System toolbar provides controls for starting a simulation and saving it to file.

(New Simulation)—creates a simulation.

(Load Simulation)—opens an existing simulation.

(Save)—saves the simulation.

(Save All)—saves all open simulations at once.

Visualization

The Visualization toolbar lets you open scene displays, work with them interactively, and store view settings.

(Create/Open Scenes)	Opens a drop-down menu that allows you to add a scene or open an existing one.
	Geometry	Creates a geometry scene and opens a display for it.
	Mesh	Creates a mesh scene and opens a display for it.
	Scalar	Creates a scalar scene and opens a display for it.
	Vector	Creates a vector scene and opens a display for it.
	Empty	Creates an empty scene and opens a display for it.
	Open	Contains a submenu with names of existing scenes.
	Open All Scenes	Displays all existing scenes in the Graphics window.

(Reset View)—restores the view to a zoom factor such that the model takes up most of the display. The view angle is unchanged. Use this function if the model has somehow zoomed or panned to such a position that you can no longer see it on the display.

(Rotate)—rotates the view around a focal point that your most recent mouse click in the display sets.

(Rubberband Zoom)—allows you to zoom to a specific area in the display by clicking two points that define the opposing corners of the zoomed area. Press <Esc> to cancel.

(View)	Opens a drop-down menu that allows you to set, save or restore a view.
	Store Current View	Records properties about the projection mode, zoom factor, pan position and view angle and adds a node to the Views node of the simulation tree. It is named View N, where N is the first available number that is not used by existing views with the same prefix. So if you have a view, View 1, then this operation creates a view, View 2.
	Restore View	Contains a submenu of saved views, including a thumbnail of the view. Select one of the submenu items to restore that view.
	Projection Mode	Contains a submenu that toggles between perspective and parallel mode for the current view.
	Look Down	Contains a submenu of standard view angles using the axes as reference vectors.
	Standard Views	Contains a submenu of standard views using the aspects of the object in the scene.
	View Coordinate System	Contains a submenu of coordinate systems in the simulation that a view can use.

(Previous View)—Reverses the latest change to the view.

(Next View)—repeats a change that was subjected to the Previous View command.

(Make Scene Transparent)—makes all parts transparent so that you can see all of them from any angle, and overrides the opacity settings of all the displayers in the scene. Restores the displayer settings when you click the button again.

(Create Derived Part)	Opens a drop-down menu that allows you to add a derived part directly in the scene display.
	Create Planar Section	Allows you to create a plane section derived part, which is normal to the view, by clicking two points in the display.
	Create Labeled Point Probe	Allows you to create a point probe derived part, which has a persistent annotation in the scene.

(Measure Distance)—lets you click two points in the display to measure the distance. After your second click, the information on point coordinates and distance appears in the Output window. If you want to cancel this process after clicking the button, simply press <Esc>.

(Show All Meshes)—adds mesh lines to the display. Clicking this button once adds the mesh lines, and overrides the settings of all the displayers in the scene. Clicking it a second time reverts to the displayer settings.

(Hide All Meshes)—removes mesh lines from the display. Clicking this button once removes the mesh lines, and overrides the settings of all the displayers in the scene. Clicking it a second time reverts to the displayer settings.