Introduction to Quanscient Allsolve

What you’ll learn

• Manage and find projects: Learn how to search and filter the project list to quickly find specific projects based on physics, labels, or keywords.
• Explore the model view: Understand the controls for viewing and manipulating your 3D model with features like camera rotation, zoom, translucency, and hiding elements.
• Interface terminology: Get familiar with the terms used for components in the graphical user interface.

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Introduction to projects

The Quanscient Allsolve home view shows the overview of your projects. This is where you can view and manage all the projects you have access to.

• Search for projects: Search by name or description to easily find projects that match specific keywords.
• Filter the list of projects: The project list can be filtered by project physics or used labels.
• View and edit project details: Access a project’s details by clicking the three dots on a project card. This is where you edit general details, such as project sharing and labels.
• Access projects: Navigate to a project by clicking on the project card. This is where you set up and run your simulations.

Projects overview in the home view

Filtering the list of projects allows you to find what you’re looking for quickly. You can configure the list to only show projects that are in full script mode.

Additionally, you can filter the list to only show projects that have been created with specific physics. This filter is an “or” filter, which means that it will show all projects that have any of the selected physics.

Project filtering through physics

Next, we will look at different ways to start a new project.

How to start a project with geometry modeling

To start a project in Quanscient Allsolve with a new geometry:

1. Click + Create new project and fill in the project details on the Create new project dialog.
2. In the project creation dialog under Create a geometry, select a shape from the pre-defined shapes, such as a sphere or a cylinder.
3. Once a shape is selected, the application will create a new project with that shape or geometry as a starting point.

Project creation dialog

How to start with a STEP import

To start a project in Quanscient Allsolve with a STEP file as a starting point:

1. Click + Create new project and fill in the project details.
2. Browse and select a file under Upload a geometry file, or simply drag your file to the Geometry file field.
3. The model view opens on file upload after importing has finished. The model volumes, surfaces, curves, and points can be viewed in the entity tree.
4. You can edit the file import offset or configure a separate cleanup step by clicking the file name under Geometry elements. The cleanup step helps remove any orphan geometric entities that do not belong to a parent entity.
5. Click Confirm model changes to lock in your model, or continue modeling with the application’s built-in CAD tools.

Project initialized with a STEP import

How to start a full script project

To start a project in Quanscient Allsolve using full script mode:

1. Click + Create new project and fill in the project details.
2. Click Go with the script. A new, empty script view is opened.
   • In a full script project, you will only have access to the script view. You can edit script files and add new ones. You can upload necessary mesh files under Extra input files.
3. In the script editor, use the Quanscient module with import quanscient as qs to access all built-in functionality and use autocomplete for functions.
4. When your script is finished, set a desired node count and run the simulation.

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Introduction to sections

The Quanscient Allsolve project view is split into 4 sections:

1. The Model section
2. The Properties section
3. The Physics section
4. The Simulations section

In general, each section corresponds to a stage in the simulation workflow.

Below is an overview of features included in each section, along with an image of the section view. Section navigation is found on the top left of the project view.

The Model section

In the Model section, you can:

• Import model geometries.
• Create and modify model geometries using geometry elements.
  • For details, see Geometries.
• View existing geometry entities in the Entities list.

The Properties section

In the Properties section, you can:

• Define shared expressions.
  • For details, see Shared expressions.
• Define model materials.
• Define and view shared regions.
  • For details, see Regions.
• Import shared files.
  • Shared files can be reused for multiple simulations without reuploading them.
• View existing geometry entities in the Entities list.

The Physics section

In the Physics section, you can:

• Define simulation physics.
• Define interactions, such as boundary conditions and couplings between different physics.

The Simulations section

In the Simulations section, you can:

• Create and preview meshes.
  • For details, see Meshing.
• Create and run simulations.
  • Define simulation inputs and outputs.
  • Plot and visualize simulation outputs.
  • For details, see Simulations.

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Introduction to the model view controls

The model view controls in Quanscient Allsolve provide various options for viewing and manipulating the model. These controls can be found in the top left corner of the model view.

Model view controls

The model view controls from left to right are:

• Reset view: Reset model rotation and zoom so that the full model is visible.
• Zoom to area: Click and drag with the mouse to zoom to an area in the model view. Works best with parallel projection.
• Opaque/Translucent model: Enable translucency of the model to see through layers in the model. Enable opaqueness to hide layers inside others.
• Show axis: Fit axes around the model to see geometric dimensions in the model view. The direction of the axes can be viewed at all times in the bottom left corner of the model view.
• Camera projection: perspective/parallel: Switch between perspective and parallel projection in the model view.
• Hide volumes: This tool can be used to hide individual volumes in the model. The visibility status of volumes can be seen in the entity tree volumes list. Volume visibilities can also be toggled from the list. To unhide all volumes, click the Clear hidden button.
• Hide surfaces: This tool works the same as hide volumes tool, but for surfaces instead of volumes. Surface visibilities can also be viewed and toggled in the entity tree surfaces list. The Clear hidden button will revert the model back to it’s initial state, with all surfaces visible.
• Clear hidden: Show all entities.

Tip

Keep the shift key pressed when hiding volumes or surfaces to hide multiple entities.

Model view camera controls

The model view camera can be rotated, panned, spun and zoomed with the mouse. Check the camera control keys anytime from the Model view controls popup on the top right of the model view.

Visualizer controls popup

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Interface terminology

Home view

Project view

Project view details

Script view