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1. Introduction
Capabilities
Feature Compatibility Matrix
2. Quick Start
Introduction to the Flow360 WebUI
Automated Meshing with the WebUI
Launching a case with the WebUI
Postprocessing a case with the WebUI
Flow360 API Quickstart
3. User Guide
3.1. How Does It Work?
3.2. Workflows & Interfaces
3.3. Asset Drafts
3.4. Meshing
3.5. Output Configuration
3.6. Run Control
3.7. Units & Expressions
Units
User Defined Expressions
Legacy User Defined Expressions
3.8. Non-Dimensionalization
Introduction
Non-Dimensional Inputs
Non-Dimensional Outputs
Force and Moment Coefficients
3.9. Troubleshooting
Error when calculating patch interpolation coefficients
Fixing Divergence Issues
3.10. User Defined Dynamics
3.11. Report
4. GUI
4.1. Introduction
Dashboard
Starting Project
Workbench Layout
Top Bar
Viewer Region
Status Bar
General Workflow in Flow360 GUI
Project Tree
Keyboard Shortcuts
Project Settings
4.2. Simulation Setup
Operating condition
Mesh
Farfield
Mesh parameters
Rotation regions
Custom zones
Volume mesh slices
Refinements
Surface Edge Refinement
Surface Refinement
Boundary Layer Refinement
Passive Spacing
Uniform Refinement
Axisymmetric Refinement
Geometry Refinement
Flow solver
Boundary Conditions
Wall Boundary Condition
Freestream Boundary Condition
Inflow Boundary Condition
Outflow Boundary Condition
Periodic Boundary Condition
Symmetry Boundary Condition
Slip Wall Boundary Condition
Turbulence Quantities
Time Stepping
Physics
Fluid model
Solid model
Rotation model
BET disk model
Actuator disk model
Porous medium model
User-defined dynamics
Output
Reference Dimensions
Outputs List
Volume Output
Time-averaging Volume Output
Surface Output
Time-averaging Surface Output
Slice Output
Time-averaging Slice Output
Probe Outputs
Time-averaging Probe Outputs
Surface Probe Outputs
Surface Slice Output [Python only]
Isosurface Output
Time-averaging Isosurface Output
Aeroacoustic Output
Streamline Output
Time-averaging Streamline Output
Force Output
Force Distribution Output
Time-averaging Force Distribution Output
Output Fields and Nondimensional Values
Output Formats
4.3. Analysis
Dashboard
Convergence Monitoring in Flow360
Monitor
Visualization
Aeroacoustic Interface
4.4. Entities browser
Geometry
Edges
Faces
Surface Mesh
Volume Mesh
Zones
Boundaries
Volumes
Box
Cylinder
Axisymmetric volume
Custom volume
Points
Slices
Sample Surfaces
Derived Entities
Viewpoints
Coordinate Systems
Environment
Entity Tags
4.5. Tools
5. Python API
5.1. Getting Started
5.2. Grab-and-Go Snippets
Calculate Dimensional Forces
Change Account and Submit
Download Results
Folder Operations
Fork a Case
Generate Multiple Meshes
Transform geometric entities with coordinate systems
Get Averaged Forces from a Boundary
Interpolate
List Projects
Move Case to Folder
Plot Probe Monitor Time History
Print Occupied Storage
Reuse Cloud Project
Total Flex Credits
List Cases
List Mesh Resources
5.3. Examples Library
RANS CFD on 2D CRM Airfoil
Aeroacoustics
Alpha Sweep
Time-Accurate BET eVTOL Simulation Example
Conjugate Heat Transfer
DARPA SUBOFF Actuator Disk
Dynamic Derivatives Using Sliding Interfaces
F1 Car Demo
Flat Plate with Structural Aerodynamic Load
UDD Alpha Controller (Constant CL)
Hinge Torques Monitoring
Isolated Wing with Propeller BET Model
MRF rotor
Periodic BCs
SRF with Cube
Time‑Accurate XV‑15 rotor
Unsteady 2D cylinder
Unsteady DDES HLPW4
Transition Model 2D Airfoil
Wall Roughness
Windsor Body
5.4. Migration Guide
BET Migration Tools
Example Monitor Conversion
5.5. API Reference
Setup
flow360.SimulationParams
Cloud Assets
flow360.Project
flow360.Case
flow360.Geometry
flow360.SurfaceMesh
flow360.VolumeMesh
flow360.component.surface_mesh_v2.SurfaceMeshV2
flow360.component.volume_mesh.VolumeMeshV2
Entities
flow360.Box
flow360.Cylinder
flow360.AxisymmetricBody
flow360.CustomVolume
flow360.SeedpointVolume
flow360.RotationVolume
Draft
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext
flow360.create_draft
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.body_groups
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.surfaces
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.mirrored_body_groups
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.mirrored_surfaces
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.edges
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.volumes
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.boxes
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.cylinders
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.imported_geometries
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.imported_surfaces
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.coordinate_systems
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.DraftContext.mirror
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.coordinate_system_manager.CoordinateSystemManager
flow360.component.simulation.draft_context.mirror.MirrorManager
Meshing
flow360.MeshingParams
flow360.ModularMeshingWorkflow
flow360.MeshingDefaults
flow360.SurfaceEdgeRefinement
flow360.AngleBasedRefinement
flow360.HeightBasedRefinement
flow360.AspectRatioBasedRefinement
flow360.ProjectAnisoSpacing
flow360.SurfaceRefinement
flow360.BoundaryLayer
flow360.PassiveSpacing
flow360.UniformRefinement
flow360.AxisymmetricRefinement
flow360.GeometryRefinement
flow360.snappy.SurfaceMeshingParams
flow360.snappy.CastellatedMeshControls
flow360.snappy.QualityMetrics
flow360.snappy.SmoothControls
flow360.snappy.SnapControls
flow360.snappy.SurfaceMeshingDefaults
flow360.OctreeSpacing
flow360.snappy.BodyRefinement
flow360.snappy.RegionRefinement
flow360.snappy.SurfaceEdgeRefinement
flow360.VolumeMeshingParams
flow360.VolumeMeshingDefaults
flow360.AutomatedFarfield
flow360.UserDefinedFarfield
flow360.WindTunnelFarfield
flow360.CustomZones
flow360.MeshSliceOutput
Farfield Specifications
flow360.StaticFloor
flow360.FullyMovingFloor
flow360.CentralBelt
flow360.WheelBelts
Reference Geometry
flow360.ReferenceGeometry
Material
flow360.Air
flow360.Sutherland
flow360.SolidMaterial
flow360.Water
Operating Condition
flow360.AerospaceCondition
flow360.LiquidOperatingCondition
flow360.GenericReferenceCondition
flow360.ThermalState
Volume Models
flow360.Fluid
flow360.Solid
flow360.ActuatorDisk
flow360.BETDisk
flow360.Rotation
flow360.PorousMedium
Surface Models
flow360.Wall
flow360.SlipWall
flow360.Freestream
flow360.Inflow
flow360.Outflow
flow360.Periodic
flow360.SymmetryPlane
flow360.PorousJump
Time Stepping
flow360.Steady
flow360.Unsteady
CFL
flow360.AdaptiveCFL
flow360.RampCFL
Solver Configurations
flow360.NavierStokesSolver
flow360.SpalartAllmaras
flow360.KOmegaSST
flow360.NoneSolver
flow360.TransitionModelSolver
flow360.HeatEquationSolver
Solver Specs
flow360.LinearSolver
flow360.DetachedEddySimulation
flow360.SpalartAllmarasModelConstants
flow360.KOmegaSSTModelConstants
flow360.TurbulenceModelControls
Run Control
flow360.RunControl
flow360.StoppingCriterion
User Defined Expressions
flow360.UserVariable
User Defined Dynamics
flow360.UserDefinedDynamic
Outputs
flow360.VolumeOutput
flow360.TimeAverageVolumeOutput
flow360.SliceOutput
flow360.TimeAverageSliceOutput
flow360.SurfaceOutput
flow360.TimeAverageSurfaceOutput
flow360.IsosurfaceOutput
flow360.SurfaceIntegralOutput
flow360.SurfaceSliceOutput
flow360.ProbeOutput
flow360.TimeAverageProbeOutput
flow360.SurfaceProbeOutput
flow360.TimeAverageSurfaceProbeOutput
flow360.ForceOutput
flow360.ForceDistributionOutput
flow360.TimeAverageForceDistributionOutput
flow360.StreamlineOutput
flow360.TimeAverageStreamlineOutput
flow360.AeroAcousticOutput
flow360.MovingStatistic
Output Fields
Output Entities
flow360.Isosurface
flow360.Slice
flow360.Point
flow360.PointArray
flow360.PointArray2D
flow360.Observer
Results
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.surfaces
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.volumes
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.slices
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.isosurfaces
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.monitors
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.nonlinear_residuals
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.linear_residuals
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.cfl
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.minmax_state
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.max_residual_location
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.surface_forces
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.total_forces
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.bet_forces
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.bet_forces_radial_distribution
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.actuator_disks
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.legacy_force_distribution
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.x_slicing_force_distribution
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.y_slicing_force_distribution
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.user_defined_dynamics
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.aeroacoustics
flow360.component.case.CaseResultsModel.surface_heat_transfer
flow360.component.results.case_results.MonitorsResultModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.NonlinearResidualsResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.LinearResidualsResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.CFLResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.MinMaxStateResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.MaxResidualLocationResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.TotalForcesResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.SurfaceForcesResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.SurfaceHeatTransferResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.AeroacousticsResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.LegacyForceDistributionResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.XSlicingForceDistributionResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.YSlicingForceDistributionResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.UserDefinedDynamicsResultModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.ActuatorDiskResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.ActuatorDiskCoefficientsCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.BETForcesResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.BETDiskCoefficientsCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.BETForcesRadialDistributionResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.PorousMediumResultCSVModel
flow360.component.results.case_results.PorousMediumCoefficientsCSVModel
Report
flow360.report.Chart2D
flow360.report.Chart3D
flow360.report.NonlinearResiduals
flow360.report.ReportTemplate
flow360.report.Summary
flow360.report.Table
Figure Specifications
flow360.report.Grouper
flow360.report.PatternCaption
flow360.report.Settings
flow360.report.FixedRangeLimit
flow360.report.ManualLimit
flow360.report.SubsetLimit
Data Utilities
flow360.report.DataItem
flow360.report.Delta
flow360.report.Variable
flow360.report.Average
flow360.report.Expression
flow360.report.GetAttribute
Chart3D Cameras
flow360.report.Camera
flow360.report.BottomCamera
flow360.report.FrontCamera
flow360.report.FrontLeftBottomCamera
flow360.report.FrontLeftTopCamera
flow360.report.LeftCamera
flow360.report.RearCamera
flow360.report.RearLeftTopCamera
flow360.report.RearRightBottomCamera
flow360.report.TopCamera
6. Knowledge Base
6.1. Preprocessing
Meshing Recommendations
CGNS Mesh Format and Multizone Interface Connectivity
STEP Format CAD Import for Automated Meshing
BET Disk
ESP Tutorials
ESP Tutorial for the ONERA M6 Wing
ESP Tutorial for a 2D Multi-element Airfoil
6.2. Simulation
Time Stepping
NavierStokesSolver
TurbulenceModelSolver
TransitionModelSolver
HeatEquationSolver
Propeller Models and Rotational Volume Zones
Aeroacoustics
Solid
PorousMedium
6.3. Validation Studies
NACA 0012 Low Speed Airfoil
2D NACA 4412 Airfoil Trailing Edge Separation
2D Backward Facing Step
Transition Modeling
Wall Model
High Lift Common Research Model (HL-CRM)
Drag Prediction of Common Research Model
ONERA M6 Wing
XV-15 Rotor Blade Analysis using the Blade Element Disk Method
DTU 10MW Wind Turbine
Scale-Resolving Simulations Past a Circular Cylinder
Aeroacoustics and Noise Simulation
Underwater Flow Around the DARPA Model 4740 Submarine
6.4. Papers
7. Release Notes
Repository
Open issue
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