Several typographical conventions are used in this manual’s text to help you find commands in the user interface.
Different type styles are used to indicate graphical user interface items and text interface items. For example:
Iso-Surface dialog box surface/iso-surface
text commandThe text interface type style is also used when illustrating exactly what appears on the screen to distinguish it from the narrative text. In this context, user inputs are typically shown in boldface. For example,
solve/initialize/set-fmg-initialization
Customize your FMG initialization: set the number of multigrid levels [5] set FMG parameters on levels .. residual reduction on level 1 is: [0.001] number of cycles on level 1 is: [10]100
residual reduction on level 2 is: [0.001] number of cycles on level 2 is: [50]100
Mini flow charts are used to guide you through the ribbon or the tree, leading you to a specific option, dialog box, or task page. The following tables list the meaning of each symbol in the mini flow charts.
Table 7: Mini Flow Chart Symbol Descriptions
Symbol Indicated Action Look at the ribbon Look at the tree Double-click to open task page Select from task page Right-click the preceding item For example,
Domain → Mesh → Transform → Translate...
indicates selecting the Domain ribbon tab, clicking Transform (in the Mesh group box) and selecting Translate..., as indicated in the figure below:
And
Setup → Models → Viscous Model → Realizable k-epsilon
indicates expanding the Setup and Models branches, right-clicking Viscous, and selecting Realizable k-epsilon from the Model sub-menu, as shown in the following figure:
And
Setup → Boundary Conditions → velocity-inlet-5
indicates opening the task page as shown below:
In this manual, mini flow charts usually accompany a description of a dialog box or command, or a screen illustration showing how to use the dialog box or command. They show you how to quickly access a command or dialog box without having to search the surrounding material.
In-text references to File ribbon tab selections can be indicated using a "/". For example File/Write/Case... indicates clicking the File ribbon tab and selecting Case... from the Write submenu (which opens the Select File dialog box).