Conventions

User instructions are indented and marked with the  arrow; important passages begin with the  symbol.

The symbols found on the FluidSIM toolbar are represented in this manual with the appropriate icon; menu entries are shown framed; function keys are represented with their appropriate key symbol. For example  is the icon used to start a simulation; File- Open... indicates the “Open...” entry under the “File” menu; F9 stands for function key “9”.

In this manual the term “clicking” with a mouse means using the left mouse button. It is explicitly stated when the right button is to be used.

Values for quantities calculated and displayed in FluidSIM are expressed in the following units:

Quantities in FluidSIM