Engineer Toolbar

Button

Description

Create New Simulation. Click this button to create a new simulation with a default engine and flowsheet.

Open Simulation. Click this button to open an existing simulation.

Save the Simulation. Click this button to save the simulation as an s4m file.

Print Current Flowsheet. Click this button to print the active flowsheet or trend.

Cut the Current Selection. Click this button to cut (remove) the currently selected object from the canvas and place it on the clipboard. The <Ctrl>+<x> key combination will also cut the current selection. Use the Paste button to paste the object from the clipboard to the same or another canvas.

Copy the Current Selection. Click this button to copy the currently selected object to the clipboard. Copying does not remove the object from the canvas. You can also use the <Ctrl>+<c> key combination. Use the Paste button to paste the object from the clipboard to the same or another canvas.

Paste the Current Selection. Click this button to paste the contents of the clipboard to the selected location. The
<Ctrl>+<v> key combination can also be used to paste the current selection.

Delete the Current Selection. Click this button to delete (remove) the currently selected object. The object is not placed on the clipboard. It is permanently removed from the canvas.

View the Current Selection. Click this button to display the currently selected item. If the selected item is a flowsheet in the Instances Tree, the graphic for that flowsheet is displayed. If the currently selected item is an object, the Object Editor/Viewer, listing the object’s parameters, is displayed. You cannot display items shown at the Simulation (SIM) level in the Instances Tree.

Edit the Current Selection. The operation of this button depends on what is selected when the button is clicked:

• If a SIM is selected in the Instances Tree, a Simulation Configuration dialog box is displayed. From this box, you can Add, Edit, and Delete the Engine and Flowsheet configurations.

• If you have selected a flowsheet in the Instances Tree, a Flowsheet Configuration dialog box appears, from which you can change the Flowsheet Name or reassign its engine.

• If an object is selected in the Instances Tree or on a canvas, the Object Editor/Viewer listing the object’s parameters is displayed.

Unit of Measure. Click this button to list the basic Units of Measurement (UOM) slates. The user can create new UOM slates from existing UOM slates.

Components and Thermodynamics. This window allows you to define Component Slates and construct customized thermodynamic Method Slates. Only models in the Base Equipment Library use component and method slates.

Start Simulation. Click this button to start the simulation and its corresponding engine(s). The simulation engine is started in Freeze mode. Click the Resume button to switch the simulation to Run mode.

Stop Simulation. Click this button to shut down the simulation engine.

Load Full. Click this button to load the entire simulation configuration from the database into the engine memory. This action is commonly known as Load Full. Load Full provides a mode to make model configuration changes on-the-fly while the simulation is running. Loads new changes to the simulation.

Load Cross Reference. Loads cross references into the engine.

Disable Flowsheet or object. Click this button to disable equipment on a flowsheet or a whole flowsheet. If equipment on a flowsheet is disabled, the corresponding values remain constant.

Enable Flowsheet or object. Click this button to enable equipment on a flowsheet or a whole flowsheet.

Home Flowsheet. Click this button to open the flowsheet of a simulation. You must first define a home flowsheet before performing this action.

Search. Click this button to search for objects in the database.

Trends. Allows real-time plotting of point values against time.

Data Historian. Click this button to display the Data Historian.

View/Edit the Cross Reference Table. Click this button to display the Cross Reference Table editor.

Scenario Summary Table. Click this button to display the Scenario Summary table.

Show Message Monitor. The Message Monitor displays selected messages, including error messages.

Icon Palette. Click this button to display the Icon Palette from which the user can drag and drop equipment models onto the flow sheet.

Open Windows. Open flowsheets, trends, or monitor panes.