This is a typical layout of a SIMAN study.
The following parts of the application window can be singled out:
SIMAN logo in the upper left corner - when clicked, opens the official Salome web site.
The Menu bar on top of the screen allows managing studies. It contains the following buttons (the availability of some buttons depends on the user's roles)
New study
- allows creating a new study;
Open study
- opens an existing study;
Display the open study - displays the
currently selected study;
Display the knowledge
- displays the currently selected knowledge;
Managing the database - opens the screen
for administrator actions;
Help - opens reference help on the application.
Connection menu in the upper right corner contains the name of the current user and Logout button, which allows to change the user;
The Title bar under the menu bar contains:
The study name and
Edit
this Study button, which gives access to the context menu;
Refresh button that updates
the study with recent changes (possibly introduced by other contributors);
Close button that allows
quitting the study.
The toolbar above the list of activities gives access to some actions on the active study. It contains the following buttons (the availability of some buttons depends on the user's roles):
Configuration
- opens a study configuration screen or a scenario configuration
screen;
Add a scenario - adds
a scenario to the selected study;
Check
out - checks out the selected scenario and runs SALOME;
Compare - opens
the screen for comparison of study results;
Search for a knowledge
- allows searching for an existing knowledge.
The list of activities to the left allows editing the active study : adding description and simulation context, adding documents concerning the geometry, executing calculations, etc.
Properties box contains study properties: reference, vertion, author name and date of creation.