Chapter 2: Application Interface

This document provides a quick overview of the Envyo® application's user interface (UI). Once you open the application, the following startup window appears.

Fig. 1: Initial Startup Window of the Envyo® Application

Use the upper taskbar for main commands.

Fig. 2: Upper Taskbar of the Envyo® Application with Labels

The leftmost icon   opens a new case. Select from any of the existing use cases defined in the pop-up window as shown in the figure below:

Fig. 3: Pop-Up Window when Selecting "New Case"

The "Open Case" icon   opens an explorer window, which enables you to open and manipulate an existing mapping.in file.

Save files using the "Save"   or "Save As"   icon. When saving a new mapping case, the following window opens:

Fig. 4: Empty SHELL-SHELL Mapping Scheme

First, you need to define the files needed for the mapping process using the In/Out Meshes section. They might be different depending on the use case. This is followed by Transformation Options and Source\Target PIDs & Unit Sys. sections for their respective defintions. Refer to the general descriptions of commands or specific workflow examples for additional information. In the same menu, switch between workflow-dependent settings, and define specific workflow settings with these options:

  • General Mapping Options

  • Material Model, Fiber Mapping and RVE Options

  • HISV Handling, Equation Parser and Clustering Options

Back in the Envyo® application's UI taskbar, the "Manual" icon   opens the manual that can also be accessed by opening the pdf document inside the doc folder, next to the GUI executable.

The "Settings" icon   opens the following Configuration Settings window.

Fig. 5: Path to the Envyo® Application's Main Executable (Envyo® Application Version) and to the LS-PrePost Version.

Select the path to the Envyo® application's main executable by using the Browse button, and locating the case to run. Another option is to use the "Run" icon   to run the Envyo® application cases directly from the UI.

Note:  When you define tranformation options with LS-PrePost (LSPP), it is best practice to select the utilized LSPP version in the Configuration Settings as well.

The "About" icon   provides the current version information and ways to contact support for additional help.

The "Quit" icon   closes the Envyo® application's UI.

Once you establish a mapping workflow through the UI, you can easily edit it with a plain text editor such as Notepad++. You can start the Envyo® application using the UI, through the drag and drop method (see Installation and Setup), or the command line. The last option is particularly useful for establishing automated workflows.