Flownex SE Rapid Model Construction Techniques

Flownex SE employs user friendly model construction techniques with user guidance and time saving features, some of the features are:

• Component drag and drop, allows users to drag and drop desired components onto the canvas to speed up and simplify network setup techniques. It is also possible to toggle between the drag drop function and component duplicate function which gives users the ability to place the same component multiple times on the canvas.

• Flownex fundamentally allows users to link and call any visible properties to ensure no time is wasted in search of component definitions, inputs or results. If a property is visible it can be linked to or dragged to the required field, input or dialog.

• Keyboard shortcuts are available to speed up setup times.
• User guidance ensures network construction rules are followed and will guide the user if network is drawn incorrectly.

• Multiple selection and property specification gives users the ability to specify properties for multiple components of a specific group in a single sheet. This aids in network troubleshooting and rapid property specification.

• Users can copy & paste defined components and complete networks.
• Networks can be setup over multiple pages in a single simulation.

• Roughness, K factor and pipe schedule databases and calculators are available
  • Roughness database provides user with lists of material roughness for specific conditions.
  • The K factor calculator is a tool that allows users to seamlessly calculate and add the summation of the secondary losses to a component.
  • Pipe schedule database provides comprehensive pipe schedule options to define standard pipe diameters and wall thickness.

 

• An automatic network generator from an MS Excel spreadsheet provides a network importing facility which allows user to define network parameters in MS Excel and automatically generate Flownex networks from the specified cell data.

Benefits of Rapid Model Construction

Rapid model construction gives Flownex users the ability to create and simulate networks quicker, with quicker model construction users can easily get to results and spend less time constructing models.

With rapid model construction users can change and optimise networks with the greatest of ease, this ensures that multiple scenarios and frameworks can be modelled efficiently giving users the advantage in network design and simulation.