1D:Menu

Overview of WUFI's Menu Structure

This list contains a description of all menu items.

Menu: Project

• New Project

Wipes WUFI's memory clean and starts a new, empty project.

• New Case

Creates a new case within the current project.

• Remove Selected Case

Serves to delete cases which are not needed any more.

• Open

Displays the usual 'Open' dialog from which you can open existing project files (which contain the input data and the calculation results, if any).

• Reopen

Displays a list of projects you have previously worked with so that you can easily open them by simply selecting them from this list.

• Save

Saves the input data and (after a calculation has been performed) the calculation results to the project file.

• Save As...

Saves the current project under a new name.

• Close

Closes WUFI-1D.

Menu: Inputs

(these dialogs are also directly accessible from the project explorer on the left side of the screen)
 

• Assembly / Monitor Positions
  Here you define the assembly of the building component by specifying the layer sequence and the layer thicknesses as well as the material parameters of the individual layers.
  
• Orientation / Inclination / Height
  This dialog serves to define the orientation, inclination and height of the building component.
• Surface Transfer Coefficients
  In this dialog you define the surface transfer coefficients, such as the heat transfer coefficient, the radiation absorptivity, rain reduction factor etc.
  
• Initial Conditions
  The initial temperature and moisture distributions are specified in this dialog (e.g. a dry component or one with trapped construction moisture).
• Calculation Period / Profiles
  Here you tell WUFI for which period of time the simulation shall be carried out (e.g. the simulation is to span one year, starting on June 1st).
• Numerics
  The options offered by this dialog allow you to control the way the calculation is done.
  
• Climate: Outdoor (Left Side)
• Climate: Indoor (Right Side)
  These dialogs serve to specify the weather acting on the left or right side of the component, respectively.

Menu: Run

• Run Calculation
  Starts the calculation for the current case, but shows only a progress bar instead of the film.
  

 

• Run all Calculations
  Starts the calculation for all cases in the project in succession and only shows a progress bar instead of the film.
  

 

• Run Calculation with Film
  Open this dialog to start the calculation and watch the thermal and hygric processes going on in the component during the simulation (the 'film').

Menu: Outputs

• Input Data Summary / Last Calculation
  This dialog displays data sheets with the input data (such as the assembly and the material data) and a summary of the calculation results, formatted for printing.
• Status: Last Calculation
  This dialog displays a short summary of the calculation results.
  
• Result Graphs
  This dialog displays the calculation results in the form of graphs showing courses and profiles, formatted for printing.
• View Film
  This dialog displays the calculation results in the form of a film showing the thermal and hygric processes in the building component as an animation.
  
• Measured Data
  Here you can specify a file with measured data.
• ASCII Export
  Instead of viewing the results with WUFI's graphics dialog, you may also write them to an ASCII file and analyse them on your own.
  
• Export Film
  You can export the film and display it with an external film viewer (in WUFI Pro only).

Menu: Options

• Unit System
  Switch between SI and IP units.
  
• Warnings
  Tell WUFI which events shall cause a warning.
  
• Result Data
  Exclude the calculated courses/profiles or the film data from being saved in the project file.
  

Menu: Database

• Database Materials
  View the material data contained in the materials database or add your own materials.
• Database Constructions
  View the constructions contained in the constructions database or add your own constructions.

Menu: ?

The on-line help.

• General
  Opens the welcome page of the on-line help. You can use the arrows on each page to systematically browse the help topics.
• Content
  Opens the <A HREF="Contents.htm">contents</A> page of the on-line help.
• Index/Search
  Opens the keyword list of the on-line help for searching.
• Use Help
  Explains how to use the on-line help.
• IBP on the Web
  Opens the WUFI homepage in your browser.
• WUFI Forum
  Opens the WUFI Forum in your browser.
• About WUFI
  Displays information about WUFI, including the version number.