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Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides a Graphical User Interface generally known as the client workspace. This interface appears when you launch Simcenter STAR-CCM+ interactively.
Simulation Assistants
A Simulation Assistant provides a visual workflow within the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ user interface (UI).
Setting Up a Simulation Assistant Project in NetBeans
To develop Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Simulation Assistants, it is recommended that you use an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
Adding STAR-CCM+ Libraries to the Simulation Assistant Project
You can import the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries into NetBeans so that you can use the auto-check and auto-complete features of the IDE.

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User Interface
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides a Graphical User Interface generally known as the client workspace. This interface appears when you launch Simcenter STAR-CCM+ interactively.
- Using the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Workspace
  This chapter shows you how to use the various components of Simcenter STAR-CCM+, with a focus on the user interface.
- What Are the Important Concepts?
  This section presents the key concepts you come across when using Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
- Working with Simulation Objects
  Objects are the key components of Simcenter STAR-CCM+. They represent various aspects of a simulation and have properties that you can set as required for your particular problem.
- Automation
  The Automation node provides easy access to a number of frequently used automated processes.
- Expressions
  In Simcenter STAR-CCM+, you can define property values using expressions, which you write using a function language that is a subset of the C programming language. Expressions can define mathematical expressions or perform other operations, such as interpolating tabular data from XY tables in the simulation.
- Global Parameters
  Global parameters include scalar and vector physical quantities (for example, 120.0 K or [0.0, 1.0, 0.0] m) that can be defined once and used in multiple objects. Another type of global parameter is a file, currently used for the Replace Parts operation in Geometry > Operations and in Design Manager.
- Field Functions
  Field functions allow you to access fields (scalar or vector data that are evaluated at cells, vertices, or boundary faces) in Simcenter STAR-CCM+. You can use field functions to visualize the computed fields, to specify boundary and region values, or to define initial conditions.
- Engineering Units
  Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has flexible and customizable support for engineering units. The standard SI and USCS systems are built in, and you can add new units as desired. Physical quantities can be specified and displayed in any of these units. Individual quantities can be specified with new units on the fly by simply typing something like “80 mph”.
- Simulation Operations
  Simulation operations allow you to automate the solution processes in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ without using Java macros. Condition and loop operations provide the basic logic control common to many programming languages.
- Staged Physics
  In Simcenter STAR-CCM+, staged physics allows you to store multiple configurations of physics settings and apply them in sequence during a simulation. Simulation operations provide the framework in which physics stages are applied.
- Working with Volume Shapes
  A volume shape is a closed geometric figure that can be shaped as a block, cone, cylinder, or sphere.
- Simulation Guide
  The simulation guide is a single embedded document that you can edit within a simulation file. This document can contain formatted text, tables, images, and hyperlinks to nodes in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ object tree or external web resources.
- Template Simulation Files
  Template simulation files allow you to define pre-configured setups for use in new simulations. When used in conjunction with query-based selection, template files present a powerful technique for automating repeat analyses on similar geometries.
- Scripting the Application
  Scripting allows you to work more efficiently by automating repetitive tasks.
- Working with User Code
  User code allows Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to be customized with functions written in a compiled language such as C, C++ or Fortran.
- Working with the Plugins Manager
  The Plugins Manager makes it possible to install and manage NetBeans modules for Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
- Simulation Assistants
  A Simulation Assistant provides a visual workflow within the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ user interface (UI).
  - The Simulation Assistant User Interface
  - Setting Up a Simulation Assistant Project in NetBeans
    To develop Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Simulation Assistants, it is recommended that you use an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
    - Creating A Simulation Assistant Project In NetBeans
    - Adding Java Packages, Java Classes, and XHTML Files to the Simulation Assistant Project
      Typically, Simulation Assistant projects contain two Java packages, one for the assistant code, and the other for the XHTML text that is displayed in the user interface of the assistant.
    - Adding STAR-CCM+ Libraries to the Simulation Assistant Project
      You can import the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries into NetBeans so that you can use the auto-check and auto-complete features of the IDE.
  - Developing a Simulation Assistant
    A Simulation Assistant is a user-defined panel within the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ user interface. The panel is intended to provide a series of tasks that a user completes in sequence.
- Wizard Guide
  This part of the documentation illustrates how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is used for special application tools and projects.

Adding STAR-CCM+ Libraries to the Simulation Assistant Project

You can import the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries into NetBeans so that you can use the auto-check and auto-complete features of the IDE.

Note

If you are creating the project on a Windows platform, it is recommended that you copy and paste the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries to the root directory of your system, for example: C:\STAR-CCM+ Libraries\. When building code, Windows has a limitation of how large the path to the libraries can be. In the default Simcenter STAR-CCM+ installation directory, the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries would contain paths that are too long. When building the project, these long paths would cause problems.

To import the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries:

Right-click on [project_name] > Libraries and select Add Library....

The Add Library dialog appears.

Click Create....

The Create New Library dialog appears.

In the Library Name field, enter the name of the library.
It is recommended you name the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries according to the version number, for example starccm+_804010.
Click OK.

The Customize Library dialog appears.

Click Add JAR/Folder...

The Browse JAR/Folder dialog appears.

Navigate to your [STARCCMP_install_dir]\star\lib\java\platform\modules\ext folder.

Note If you are going to build projects on Windows platforms, it is recommended that you copy this folder to your root directory, for example: C:\STAR-CCM+ Libraries\.
Add all the .jar files found on the folder.

The libraries that you add are displayed in the Classpath tab.
If you want to reference the Java documentation, add the following folder:
- [STARCCMP_install_dir]\doc\client\html
Click OK to close the Customize Library dialog.
Select the library package that you just created and click Add Library.
The Add Library dialog closes.
Click OK to close the Project Properties dialog.

The Simcenter STAR-CCM+ libraries are added to the project.