Presentation of the AsterStudy application

The AsterStudy application allows setting up case studies for the Code_Aster. It also allows starting the calculations, tracking the progress of these calculations and accessing the results.

Launching

The AsterStudy application is a SALOME module; it can be activated by clicking the icon in the Modules toolbar, or by selecting AsterStudy item in the drop-down list of modules.

Description of the user interface

Main window

The GUI of AsterStudy application is composed of:

• Main menu (1),
• Toolbars (2),
• And two main views in the central area (3):
  • The History View that allows tracking a history of a study case (3.1),
  • The Case View that allows viewing and editing a study case (3.2).

You can select the view you want to use by selecting the corresponding tab on the left.

Note

Tabs are shown in the left of the main window by default; their position can be changed in the Preferences dialog.

Main menu

AsterStudy application provides the following menus:

• File: general operations New, Open, Save (these are standard SALOME operations),
• Edit: Edit, Delete, Rename and other operations (depending on the selected item),
• View: show / hide panels or toolbars,
• Operations: operations on case, stages, commands ...,
• Commands: list of commands grouped by categories,
• Help: access to the online help.

Toolbars

A lot of operations are available via the context-sensitive toolbars. The buttons in the toolbars duplicate the corresponding items in the main menu and/or context menus of other GUI elements.

Case View

Case View

The Case View is composed of the following elements:

• A navigation zone in the left (1), composed of two tabs:
  • Data Settings: displays case details, list of stages and commands (1.1),
  • Data Files: displays input and output files used by the case (1.2),
• An information pane in the left-bottom, displaying short description of selected command (2),
• A viewing area in the center, displaying selected mesh and groups (3),
• An edition panel in the right (4).

History View

History View

The History View is composed of the following elements:

• A list of cases in the left (1),
• An execution history of the study case in the center (2),
• An information on the execution of the selected run case (trace, logs, messages, results ...) in the bottom (3).