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4.2.4 Graphical User Interface (GUI)

The FLUENT graphical interface consists of a menu bar to access the menus, a toolbar, a navigation
pane, a task page, a graphics toolbar, graphics windows, and a console, which is a textual command line
interface. You will have access to the dialog boxes via the task page or the menus.
GUI Components

The graphical user interface (GUI) is made up of seven main components: the menu bar, toolbars, a
navigation pane, task pages, a console, dialog boxes, and graphics windows. When you use the GUI, you
will be interacting with one of these components at all times. Figure 2.1.1 is a sample screen shot
showing all of the GUI components. The seven GUI components are described in detail in the
subsequent sections. On Linux/UNIX systems, the attributes of the GUI (including colors and text
fonts) can be customized to better match your platform environment. This is described in Section 2.2:
Customizing the Graphical User Interface (UNIX Systems Only).

4.2.5 The Menu Bar

The menu bar organizes the GUI menu hierarchy using a set of pull-down menus. A pull-down menu
contains items that perform commonly executed actions. Figure 2.1.2 shows the FLUENT menu bar.
Menu items are arranged to correspond to the typical sequence of actions that you perform in ANSYS
FLUENT (i.e., from left to right and from top to bottom).

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