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Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
Using Tutorial Macros and Files
Macros, input files, and final simulation files for a range of tutorials are provided as an optional download package on the Support Center website. These macros and final simulation files are provided as an aid to the written tutorials, so that you can check your final results against the downloaded files, or against a simulation that is built and run using the macros.
Playing the Macro
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ uses the tutorial macros to construct the same model that the tutorial instructions describe.

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Tutorials
Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
- Using Tutorial Macros and Files
  Macros, input files, and final simulation files for a range of tutorials are provided as an optional download package on the Support Center website. These macros and final simulation files are provided as an aid to the written tutorials, so that you can check your final results against the downloaded files, or against a simulation that is built and run using the macros.
  - Downloading the Tutorial Files from the Support Center
    In the Support Center, Siemens Digital Industries Software provides a bundle containing completed simulation files and macros for most of the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ tutorials.
  - Understanding the Directory Structure and Naming Conventions
    The tutorial files are grouped in directories that are named according to the tutorial sets listed in the documentation.
  - Playing the Macro
    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ uses the tutorial macros to construct the same model that the tutorial instructions describe.
  - Using the Final Simulation Files
    For each of the macros that are provided, a corresponding simulation file is also provided. These can be used to check the settings in the model tree of a case you have manually created from the written tutorial instructions.
- Introduction
  Welcome to the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ introductory tutorial. In this tutorial, you explore the important concepts and workflow. Complete this tutorial before attempting any others.
- Foundation Tutorials
  The foundation tutorials showcase the major features of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ in a series of short tutorials.
- Geometry
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for creating and working with parts and 3D-CAD.
- Mesh
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for building CFD meshes.
- Incompressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for incompressible fluid flows as well as porosity and solution recording
- Compressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for compressible fluid flows as well as harmonic balance.
- Heat Transfer and Radiation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for heat transfer, radiation, and thermal comfort.
- Multiphase Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating multiphase fluid flow problems
- Discrete Element Method
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating Discrete Element Method problems
- Motion
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for simulating problems with moving geometries and meshes, dynamic fluid body interaction, and rigid body motion:
- Reacting Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating reacting flows such as combustion.
- Solid Stress
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for computing deformation, strain, and stresses in solid regions. They also show how such computations can be coupled to the fluid behavior in an analysis of fluid-structure interaction.
- Aeroacoustics
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for solving aeroacoustic simulations.
- Electromagnetism
  The following tutorials illustrate features for solving problems that involve electromagnetic fields.
- Electrochemistry
  The following tutorial demonstrates chemical reactions induced by an electrical current.
- Battery
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for setting up a battery model:
- Automation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ automation and macro features.
- Design Exploration
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various features for running design exploration studies in Design Manager.
- Coupling with CAE Codes
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for coupling with CAE codes:
- Analysis Methods
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for analysing and visualizing simulation data.
- Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder
  The tutorials in this set illustrate features for simulating internal combustion engines in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ using the dedicated add-on Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder.

Playing the Macro

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ uses the tutorial macros to construct the same model that the tutorial instructions describe.

Before you play a macro, it is important to read through the appropriate section of the tutorial guide. There are three ways a tutorial macro can be used interactively:

Playing an initial or single macro
Playing a macro dependent on a pre-existing simulation
Modifying the macro to play up to any section

Macros can also be run in batch mode.

Playing an Initial or Single Macro

Macros that do not have precursor solutions can be run by creating a new simulation, clicking the (Play Macro) toolbar button and selecting the appropriate macro file. The file executes dynamically.

Playing a Macro Dependent on an Existing Simulation

For cases that require existing solutions to be present, the recommended procedure is to load the appropriate file from the downloaded tutorial files before running the macro. For example, to execute the SolarCollector.java macro it is necessary to first load the ThermalInsulator_final.sim file.

It is possible also to use the results of an upstream macro as the start of the downstream solution. So, using a single simulation, you can run Introduction1.java and thenIntroduction2AdjustingSolverParamters.java to obtain the solution to the final introductory case.

Modifying the Macro to Play up to Any Page

The automation tutorials provide guidelines on how macros can be modified to suit your needs. The tutorial macros have been structured in a way that allows you to run each case up to a particular section.

To play, for example, the macro for the Domestic Fuse tutorial up to the step, “Visualizing the Volume Mesh”, do the following:

Open the file, DomesticFuse.java, in a text editor of your choice.
Comment out the following pages in the playlist section using block comments as shown below.
Save the macro.
Start a simulation and run the modified macro.