By the end of this 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 workspace. The green area on the right is the repository. Click on Full Repository to see all the models and associated objects available in PhixFlow.

When you create your first analysis model, PhixFlow opens a modelling window in the workspace. To start adding modelling objects, drag them from the toolbar, for example:

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:
  
  •  Save to save your changes but keep the settings tab open.
  •  OK to save your changes and close the settings tab.

Create and open a new model

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

    How?

   

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

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

4. Click  Save.
5. In the settings tab toolbar, click  Display.
   In the white workspace on the left, PhixFlow opens a new, empty modelling window.

Add objects to your model

You can have multiple files open in the workspace. When a model window 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:

1. Click and hold Calculate Stream.
2. Drag the stream onto the model.
3. Then drop the stream. 

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

When you have multiple objects in your model, you can also use the layout tools to arrange them: 

Change object settings

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

1. In the stream settings → Basic Settings, set:
   Name: Practice Stream
2. Click  OK to save and close the settings tab.
3. PhixFlow updates the stream icon in your model to display the name Practice Stream.
4. Now save your model. Click  Save 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.
2. Without saving, click  Refresh.
3. Notice that the model returns to its previously saved layout.