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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.
Wizard Guide
This part of the documentation illustrates how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is used for special application tools and projects.
Using the Thermal Comfort Wizard
This section explains the thermal comfort feature of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
Working with TCM Output Files
This section details the contents of the thermal comfort output file, passenger_tim_xx.txt, where xx refers to the passenger number in the simulation.
Values for Body Segments
This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains tabulated data regarding body segments and segment layers:

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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).
- Wizard Guide
  This part of the documentation illustrates how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is used for special application tools and projects.
  - Using the Fire and Smoke Wizard
    This section describes the fire and smoke wizard feature of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
  - Using the Thermal Comfort Wizard
    This section explains the thermal comfort feature of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
    - What is the Thermal Comfort Model? (deprecated)
      The thermal comfort model enhances simulation of passenger comfort inside a vehicle (typically an automobile).
    - What is the Thermophysiological Occupant Model?
      The thermophysiological regulation of the human body can be seen as a regulatory circuit consisting of a passive and an active system.
    - What is the Thermal Comfort Wizard?
      The thermal comfort wizard is a tool that provides a clear and structured approach to setting up a thermal comfort simulation.
    - What are TCM Passengers?
      Thermal comfort passengers are defined in the General Settings tab of the thermal comfort wizard.
    - What are TCM Boundaries?
      Thermal comfort boundaries are defined in the External Convection and Radiation tab of the thermal comfort wizard.
    - What is the Thermal Comfort Solver?
      Thermal comfort solver settings are defined in the Advanced Settings tab of the thermal comfort wizard.
    - Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Capabilities Related to Thermal Comfort
      This section outlines the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features that are related to thermal comfort modeling.
    - Setting Up a Thermal Comfort Case
      This section outlines the process of setting up a passenger comfort case with the thermal comfort wizard.
    - Performing a TCM Simulation
      Once the TCM settings have been saved, the simulation can be run.
    - Post Processing a TCM Simulation
      The thermal comfort wizard has some additional post-processing capabilities that are specific to thermal comfort simulations.
    - Working with TCM Input Files
      This section describes the format of the external passenger.dat file, which is used with the thermal comfort wizard.
    - Working with TCM Output Files
      This section details the contents of the thermal comfort output file, passenger_tim_xx.txt, where xx refers to the passenger number in the simulation.
      - Anthropometric Basis Data
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains details regarding the passenger anthropometry.
      - Initial Thermo Physiological Quantities
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains information relating to the passenger vascular system, heat production, and heat loss, at the start of the run.
      - Isolation Values Clothing / Car Seat
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains information relating to the passenger clothing and car seats.
      - Basis Values for Body Segments
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains tabulated data regarding body segments and segment layers.
      - Boundary Conditions at Beginning of Computation
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains information about the boundary conditions on each of the passenger body segments at the start of the run.
      - Final Thermo-Physiological Quantities
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains results relating to the passenger vascular system, heat production, and heat loss.
      - Values for Body Segments
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains tabulated data regarding body segments and segment layers:
      - Boundary Conditions at End of Computation
        This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains information about the boundary conditions on each of the passenger body segments at the end of the run.
    - Bibliography
      This section lists the bibliographic references for the Thermal Comfort wizard.
  - Simcenter STAR-CCM+ E-Machines Performance Workflow
    The Simcenter STAR-CCM+ E-Machines Performance Workflow wizard allows you to import electric machine designs into Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for further analysis. For example, you can compute the 3D magnetic fluxes within the electric machine or set up a thermal analysis.
  - Using The IDF Import Wizard
    The IDF Import Wizard imports IDF (Intermediate Data Format) files into the 3D-CAD modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

Values for Body Segments

This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file contains tabulated data regarding body segments and segment layers:

This section of the passenger_tim_xx.txt file summarizes the following properties:

Heat Production (MW)
Heat flux from skin (W)
Blood flow (cm³/s)
Heat transfer between layers (W/K)
Temperature difference (K)
Temperature allocation (C)
- Mean skin temperature (C)
Surface temperature (C)
Heat balance (W)
Heat flux from skin (W)
Evaporation heat balance (W)
Water vapor pressure (Pa)

Provided below is an example of the information found in this section: