Creates a new Flow Analysis in the Outline tree view under Simulation. This enables you to define a steady-state analysis or a transient analysis.

Specifies a steady-state or a transient analysis (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). Steady-state analyses are used to model flows that do not change over time, while transient analyses model flows that are time-dependent. For details, see Analysis Type.

Creates new fluid and solid domains (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). These are the bounding volumes within which your CFD analysis is performed. You can create many domains in CFX-Pre and each can be stationary or rotate at its own rate, using different mesh element types. For details, see Domains.

Sets the conditions on the external boundaries of a specified domain in a selected analysis. In CFX-Pre, boundary conditions are applied to existing 2D mesh regions. For details, see Boundary Conditions.

Creates subdomains, which are volumes within a specified domain in a selected analysis that are used to create volumetric sources. For details, see Subdomains.

Creates fluid mass sources or sinks at a set of positions on selected surfaces or within the volume of a selected domain. For details, see Injection Regions.

Creates sources of quantities at a point location within a specified domain in a selected analysis. For details, see Source Points.

Connects fluid domains together (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). If a frame change occurs across the interface, you have the choice of using a frozen rotor, stage, or transient rotor-stator model to account for the frame change. You can also take advantage of domain interfaces to produce periodic connections between dissimilar meshes. For details, see Domain Interfaces.

Sets values or expressions for the global initial conditions (across all domains in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). Domain specific initialization is set through the domain forms. In CFX-Pre, you can set linearly varying conditions from inlet to outlet using the initialization forms. For details, see Initialization.

Creates and edits coordinate frames. A Cartesian coordinate frame exists by default, but other Cartesian frames can be made. For details, see Coordinate Frames in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide and Coordinate Frames.

Creates transformations that can be used for positioning data from a results file as part of initialization. For details, see Interpolation Mapping in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

Creates and modifies materials and reactions. For details, see Materials and Reactions.

Composite regions can be created from basic primitive regions that are imported with a mesh. The Regions details view supports union and alias operations. This enables you to manipulate existing 2D and 3D regions without returning to the mesh generation software package. The creation of new regions is limited by the topology of the existing primitive regions; therefore, you must still create appropriate regions in the mesh-generation software package.

You can specify physics on either a primitive region, a composite region, or a mixture of both.

For details, see Regions.

Defines a User Location, which represents a set of one or more points and, depending on the type, connectivity data. User Locations can be used for:

For details, see User Locations.

Creates and modifies Additional Variables. For details, see Additional Variables.

Creates and generates expressions using the CFX Expression Language (CEL). For details, see Expressions.

Creates 1D and cloud of points interpolation functions. The interpolation functions are typically used to set boundary and initialization values in addition to profile data interpolation functions. For details, see User Functions.

Creates User CEL, Junction Box, and Particle User Routines. For details, see User Routines.

Sets the solution units used by the CFX-Solver (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). These are the units that your results will appear in. For details, see Units and Dimensions.

Controls the execution of the CFX-Solver (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). This includes timestep and convergence details, as well as the choice of advection scheme. For details, see Solver Control.

Controls output from the CFX-Solver, including backup and transient results file creation (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). For details, see Output Control.

Controls if and how the mesh will be automatically refined during the solution (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). This technique can be used to refine the mesh to a particular flow feature whose location is unknown prior to starting the analysis, such as a shock wave. For details, see Mesh Adaption.

Provides advanced control of the CFX-Solver (in the analysis you select, when multiple analyses are available). For most analyses, you do not need to use expert parameters. For details, see Expert Control Parameters.

Enables you to define a set of operating points for an operating point case.

For modeling information, see Operating Maps and Operating Point Cases in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

Enables you to define how the CFX-Solver is to be started for a simulation. See Execution Control for details.

Simulation controls enable you to define the execution of analyses and related tasks such as remeshing in the simulation. Specific controls include definitions of global execution and termination controls for one or more configurations. See Configurations for additional information.