GAMBIT24_ug04_GAMBITMENUCOMMANDS

GAMBITMENUCOMMANDS©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrightsreserved.4-14.GAMBITMENUCOMMANDSTheGAMBITmainmenubarincludesthefollowingmenucommands.MenuItemPurposesFile•Create,openandsavesessions•Printgraphics•Editand/orrunjournalfiles•Cleanupjournalfiles•Viewtranscriptfiles•Importandexportgeometry,mesh,CADandturbodata•ReconnectCADcomponentswiththeirmodels•ExittheprogramEdit•Editsessiontitles•Edittextfiles•Createandeditparameters•EditprogramdefaultsSolver•SpecifyasolverHelp•AccessonlinehelpdocumentsThefollowingsectionsofthischapterdescribethefunctionsandusesofcom-mandsandspecificationformsthatcorrespondtoeachofthemenuitemslistedabove.
NOTE:MostofthespecificationformsdescribedinthefollowingsectionsincludeAcceptandClosecommandbuttons.Unlessotherwisenoted,thefunc-tionsofthetwobuttonsareasfollows:•Accept—executestheoperationassociatedwiththeform.•Close—closestheformwithoutexecutingtheassociatedoperation.FileCommandsGAMBITMENUCOMMANDS4-2©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrightsreserved.4.1FileCommandsTheGAMBITFilecommandmenuincludesthefollowingcommands.CommandDescriptionNewCreatesanewsessionOpenOpensapreviouslysavedsessionSaveSavesthecurrentsessionSaveAsSavesthecurrentsessionunderanewnamePrintGraphicsPrintscurrentlydisplayedgraphicsRunJournalDisplaysandallowsyoutoeditand/orexecutethecom-mandsinanyjournalfileCleanJournalRemovesextraneouscommands,messages,andsignalsfromaGAMBITjournalfileViewFileDisplaysthecurrenttranscriptfileImportImportsgeometryandmeshdata;turbo,andplug-infilesExportExportsgeometryandmeshdataReconnectCADReconnectsCADcomponentswiththeirmodelsExitStopsprogramexecutionThefollowingsectionsdescribeeachofthecommandslistedabove.GAMBITMENUCOMMANDSFileCommands©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrightsreserved.4-34.1.1NewWhenyouselectNewfromtheFilecommandmenu,GAMBITopenstheCreateNewSessionform.TheCreateNewSessionoperation(identifiercommand)allowsyoutocreateandnameanewGAMBITsession.Tocreatethesession,youmustspecifythefollowingitems:•Sessionidentifier•SaveoptionInadditiontothetwomandatoryspecificationslistedabove,GAMBITalsoallowsyoutospecifyatitleforthesession.ThesessionidentifierconstitutestherootnameforGAMBITdatafilesassoci-atedwiththenewsession.(ForadescriptionofGAMBITdatafilecontentsandorganization,seeChapter2ofthisguide.)ThesaveoptiondetermineswhetherornotGAMBITsavesexistingsessiondatabeforecreatinganewsession.Thesessiontitleconstitutesageneraldescriptorforthesession.SpecifyingtheSessionIdentifierThesessionidentifiercanconsistofanycombinationofalphanumericcharac-tersand/orsymbolsthatconstitutesavalidfilenameintheoperatingsystemunderwhichGAMBITisrunning.TheGAMBITdefaultsessionidentifieris“model1.”SpecifyingtheSaveOptionWhenyoucreateanewsession,GAMBITdeletesanydataassociatedwiththecurrentsession.Tosavethecurrentsessiondatawhenyoucreateanewsession,selecttheSavecurrentsessionoptionontheCreateNewSessionform.SpecifyingtheSessionTitleThesessiontitleconstitutesageneraldescriptorforthesession.Itmayconsistofanycombinationofalphanumericcharactersand/orsymbolsupto80char-actersinlength.FileCommandsGAMBITMENUCOMMANDS4-4©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrightsreserved.UsingtheCreateNewSessionFormTheCreateNewSessionform(seebelow)allowsyoutocreateandnameanewGAMBITsession.ToopentheCreateNewSessionform,selectNewfromtheFilemenuonthemainmenubar.TheCreateNewSessionformincludesthefollowingspecifications.ID:specifiestheidentifierforthenewsession.Title:specifiesasessiontitleupto80charactersinlength.



Savecurrentsessionspecifiesthatanycurrentsessiondataissavedwhenthenewsessioniscreated.GAMBITusesthecurrentsessionidentifierastherootfilenameforthefilescontainingthecurrentsessiondata.GAMBITMENUCOMMANDSFileCommands©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrightsreserved.4-54.1.2OpenWhenyouselectOpenfromtheFilecommandmenu,GAMBITopenstheOpenExistingSessionform.TheOpenExistingSessionoperation(identifiercommand)allowsyoutoopenapreviouslysavedsession.Toopenthesession,youmustspecifythefollowinginformation:•Sessionidentifier•SaveoptionThesessionidentifierconstitutestherootnameofthedatafilesforthesessiontobeopened.(ForadescriptionofGAMBITdatafilecontentsandorganiza-tion,seeChapter2ofthisguide.)ThesaveoptiondetermineswhetherornotGAMBITsavescurrentsessiondatabeforeopeninganewsession.SpecifyingtheSessionIdentifierToopenanexistingsession,youmustspecifytheidentifierofthesessiontobeopened.Thesessionidentifierconstitutestherootnameofallfilesassoci-atedwiththesession.Youcanspecifythesessionidentifierinoneoftwoways:•IDtextbox•BrowsecommandbuttonTheIDtextboxallowsyoutodirectlyspecifytheidentifierofthesessiontobeopened.TheBrowsecommandbuttonallowsyoutobrowsefiledirectoriesandtoselectthesessiontobeopenedfromalistofexistingfiles.UsingtheIDTextBoxWhenyouspecifyanidentifierintheIDtextboxandclickAccept,GAMBITsearchesthecurrentdirectoryforadatabase(dbs)filetherootnameofwhichmatchesthespecifiedidentifier.Ifthedatabasefilecorrespondingtotheses-siontobeopenedexistsinadirectoryotherthanthecurrentdirectory,youmustalsoincludethedirectoryspecificationintheinputtext.FileCommandsGAMBITMENUCOMMANDS4-6©1998–2007Fluent,Inc.Allrigh