Context-Specific Toolbar

The context-specific toolbar, located beneath the main toolbar, provides quick access to tools relevant to the selected item in the model tree. As you navigate the model tree, the toolbar updates to reflect operations for the currently selected component, acting as a dynamic shortcut system. This allows users to perform localized actions quickly without navigating through deeper menus.

For example, if you select a Moving Body, the toolbar updates to provide tools for adding child geometry, defining a rotation axis, moving the children geometry, and adding a moving surface variable, etc. If you select a Static Inlet Outlet in the model tree, the toolbar provides tools for modifying the boundary condition configuration, previewing the flow rates, flipping the flow direction, etc. If you select a Scalar Field in the model tree, the toolbar provides tools for adding child geometry, moving the child geometry, adding scalar injection regions, etc.

Each tool on the context-specific toolbar can be categorized as one of the following actions:

• Docked Form: Opens a form docked in place of the property grid to edit the properties of the selected component. The form must be closed before continuing other edits.

• Window: Opens a standalone window for tasks like importing geometry, previewing data, or visualizing derived results.

• New Child: Creates a new child component under the currently selected item. Some tools may guide you through multi-step workflows, such as selecting geometry or specifying parameters.

• Command: Executes an immediate action (without opening a form or window) such as resetting settings, flipping directions, or clearing derived data.

Toolbar Selections

The table below lists each context-specific tool along with its corresponding action. For detailed instructions, refer to the linked description pages which explain each tool’s usage, workflow, and location.

Tool	Action	Description
Add Conduction Surface BC	New Child	The Add Conduction Surface BC tool.
Add Conduction Volume BC	New Child	The Add Conduction Volume BC tool.
Add Fill Point	New Child	The Add Fill Point tool selects which space will initially be 3D-filled with a liquid.
Add Geometry	New Child	The Add Geometry window adds child geometry by importing from external CAD files, extracting from external CAD assemblies, or defining internally using built-in parametric geometry.
Add Isosurface Variable	New Child	The Add Isosurface Variable tool maps computed field values onto an isosurface based on local fluid properties.
Add Particle Injection	New Child	The Add Particle Injection tool adds an injection region to a particle parent.
Add Scalar Injection	New Child	The Add Scalar Injection tool adds an injection region to a scalar parent.
Define Axis	Docked Form	The Define Axis form specifies the motion axis mount point and motion vector.
Diagnostics	Window	The Diagnostics window reports the position, orientation, and moments of inertia associated with a static body.
Edit Height	Docked Form	The Edit Height form modifies the fluid height box.
Edit Mesh	Docked Form	The Edit Mesh form modifies the resolution of the solid body surface mesh used in the simulation. This only exists on the parent geometry, and the children inherit the properties from the parents.
Edit Table	Window	The Edit Table window opens a spreadsheet to edit the global constants data in tabular form.
Explode	New Child	The Explode tool decomposes a CAD geometry into its constituent solid surfaces.
Flip	Command	The Flip command changes the direction of the fluid flow through the inlet or outlet.
Help	Window	The Help tool launches the M-Star reference documentation in your web browser.
Inlet/Outlet Setup	Docked Form	The Inlet/Outlet Setup form defines where inlets and outlets exist along the boundary conditions.
Mate	Docked Form	The Mate form allows surface-to-surface mating and alignment.
Moments	Window	The Moments tool calculates the moments of inertia of a moving object.
Move	Docked Form	The Move form enables three-dimensional rigid body transform of object through free drag or point-to-point snapping.
Preview Flow	Window	The Preview Flow window shows a preview of what the fluid will do at an inlet or outlet.
Recenter	Command	The Recenter command snaps a plane to the center of the bounding box.
Reset	Command	The Reset command moves the object back to its world origin or aligns the object to the world-aligned axis.
Reset box	Command	The Reset Box command snaps the bounding box back to imported static geometry or mesh extents.
Resize	Docked Form	The Resize form adjusts the size of the parametric cuboid, cylinder, or sphere.
Rotate	Docked Form	The Rotate form enables three-dimensional rotation of geometry.
Scale	Docked Form	The Scale form enables volumetric scaling of a geometry about a set anchor point.
Trim	New Child	The Trim tool cuts holes and segments from existing geometry.
Volume Calculator	Docked Form	The Volume Calculator form calculates the fluid volume.