By the end of this chapter page you will be able to:

Find your way around PhixFlow

When you first open your PhixFlow training instance, you will see a blank area on the left. This is the modelling pane. The green area on the right is the repository browser. Click on Full Repository to see all the models and associated objects available in PhixFlow.

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When you create your first model, and start to add modelling objects, PhixFlow will look like this:

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Save models and modelling objects

When you are modelling data in PhixFlow, you will be making changes:

• to a model, the objects it includes and its layout.
• to settings for the model itself, or to settings for its objects. Use one of the toolbar icons at the top of the settings tab:
  

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     to save your changes but keep the settings tab open.

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     to save your changes and close the settings tab.

Create and open a new model

1. In the Repository repository browser, expand Full Repository, then Analysis Models.
   

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2. To create a new model, right-click on Analysis Models and select 

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    Analysis Model.
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3. PhixFlow displays a settings tab for a new analysis model. In Basic Settings, set:
   Name: Introduction to Modelling
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4. Click 

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5. In the settings tab toolbar, clickclick 

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   In the white area on the left, called the modelling pane, PhixFlow opens an a new, empty model.

Add objects to your model

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You can have multiple files open in the modelling pane. When a model is open, PhixFlow displays the model name and its toolbar. Drag modelling objects from the toolbar to add them to your model.

To drag a modelling object into your model:

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   , drag it onto the model, then drop it on the modelling pane. You can also drag the icon around..
2. Drag the stream onto the modelling pane.
3. Then drop the stream. 

To move any object in a model, simply click, drag, then drop the icon in a new location.

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Change object settings

When you drop an object into the model, on the right PhixFlow opens a settings

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1. In the stream properties settings → Basic Settings, set:
   Name: Practice Stream
2. Click 

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    to save and close the settings tab.
3. PhixFlow updates the stream icon in your model to display the name Practice Stream.

Move objects in your model

To move the stream in the modelling pane:

• Press the left mouse button on the icon and drag it, releasing the button where you want to leave the stream

Any modelling components can be moved in this way.

Save changes to your model

There are two ways to save

1. Now save your model. Click

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2. Move the stream you added to a new location
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4. You will see the component return to the position it was in when you saved the model in the model toolbar.

Undo a change to a model

Sometimes you may make a change to a model that you do not want to keep.

1. In your model, drag the stream to a different location.
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3. Notice that the model returns to its previously saved layout.