Toolbar¶

In this section, the MICpad toolbar will be described in detail. Some of the functionalities can only be found in the toolbar, not in the main menu.

Start and stop have the same meaning as in the main menu (see Simulation).

The button 'Pause' sends a suspend signal to a locally running simulation. It has no meaning if you use the submit mechanism to start your application (see Run Configuration.

Suspending a simulation might be useful in some cases. E.g. if you want to reduce the workload of an overloaded system for a while. Or if you want to be sure that no write operations will start before copying results. Of course, a suspend while the simulations writes is not recommended.

'Rename' just changes the file name.

'Copy' modifies also the parameter 'Output location' to write the results not at the location of the origin.

'IN -> Dri' replaces the driving file by the 'IN' file of the results. When MICRESS reads the driving file, it ignores the comments (everything in a line after '#' or '!'). Only, the ordering of the parameter defines the meaning. The 'IN' file written by MICRESS contains all the parameter and the corresponding comments, i.e. the parameter questions.

Note
If MICRESS stops during reading input, the 'IN' file will be incomplete. Use the 'IN -> DRI' functionality with care. If you are unsure, take a look at the 'IN' file, first.

The section at the beginning of the driving file with lines starting with '!#' will be copied one to one to 'IN'. It is recommended to document the meaning of the driving file in this header. The header is written in a Markdown syntax to render it in the Example dialog. The required files section is used to copy examples and their input files.

You can easily build up your own example/template collection if you follow this syntax.

Header of an example¶

#! Micress-Training-Example: T00_02_Binary_E_Globulitic_2D_TQ
#!==============================================================================
#!
#! Short description
#! -----------------
#! Primary globulitic growth and final eutectic solidification in a binary alloy
#! with initially hypoeutectic concentration.\
#! Material specific input is specified as order-of-magnitude estimate.
#!
#! Tags
#! ----
#! 2D, lin. phase-diagram, heat extraction, latent heat release
#!
#! Required files
#! --------------
#! - GES_Files/TC2024a_COST2_AlCu.GES5
#! - GES_Files/AlCu.TCM

'Remove' is the same as in main menu Simulation.

The entered text will be searched in the current file. This can be the current driving file (or any other opened input file) or the current result file.

If a text is found, the cursor will be set to the location in the editor. 'F3' can be used to find the next occurance. The search method is not case sensitive and wrap around at the end of the file.

The keyboard shortcut 'CTRL + F' activates the search text input box, directly.

The toggle buttons 'B' (Bookmarks), 'D' (Driving File), and 'R' (Results) switch on and off the according parts of the MICpad view. The same can be done with the main menu View.

'Refresh results' refreshes the results manually (see main menu Simulation).

'Display All' shows all checked field results from all opened tabs in the 2D viewer DP_MICRESS. This way results of different simulations can be compared directly. 'Clear All' unchecks all field results in the opened tabs.