User Interface

To interact with the program, commands and options are located within the ribbon at the top of the User Interface.

The graphical user interface consists of several main sections:

• Model pane
• The Ribbon
• Project panel
• Layers panel
• Summary pane
• Results Adviser pane
• Notes pane

Tip: The Clear Screen function (View tab > Windows pane) toggles between displaying only the Model pane or all active panes. Use this to get a larger view of your model.

Model pane

The Model pane is the largest section of the user interface. There are tabs across the bottom of the Model pane. Each tab represents a different study that is open in this session of the project. The active study has its tab to the front.

The Ribbon

All commands are located on command tabs at the top of the window, and change depending upon which tab you activate. For example, all commands relating to part modeling can be found on the Geometry tab, while all commands relating to analysis results can be found on the Results tab.

Commands are further organized by logical panel groupings. Many panels expand to show additional commands.

Project panel

The Project panel displays information about the model that is being analyzed. The Project panel is located in the upper left of the user interface. At the top of this panel are two tabs, the Tasks tab and the Tools tab. There are two sections to the Tasks tab:

Project View pane

The Project View pane is the upper section of the Tasks tab. This is where the studies in the current project are listed.

Study Tasks pane

The Study Tasks pane is the lower section of the Tasks tab and is where the details about your active study are displayed.

Layers panel

Layers are an organizational tool that allow you to isolate components of your model. They assist in visualizing, manipulating, and editing your model more efficiently. The Layers panel is located in the bottom left of the graphics user interface.

The Layers panel allows you to add, activate, delete, and modify the layers associated with your active model. Each layer can be displayed either individually, or with other layers.

Summary pane

After an analysis has been run, the Summary pane is displayed at the bottom of the Model pane. The Summary pane can be hidden or displayed at any time by ticking the Summary box in the Study Tasks pane.

Results Adviser pane

When selected, a panel appears beneath the Study Tasks pane. A summary is presented with the major parameters for generating both a Confidence of fill and a Quality prediction presented in tabs within the pane.

Select a result and select Home tab > Results > Results. The results tab opens. Select (Results pane > Examine) When the mouse is moved over the model, the cursor is changed. Click on the part and the value of the result at that particular point is displayed.

Tip: Hold the Ctrl key and several values can be displayed at once.

Notes Pane

The notes pane displays textual notes written by the creator of the Moldflow Results file.