Application Builder Wizard for Multiphysics Modeling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current multiphysics modeling systems lack user-friendly interfaces for customizing application data structures, making it difficult for users to create and modify applications that effectively model complex physical systems without extensive knowledge of partial differential equations (PDEs).
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize an application builder wizard to guide users through creating a modified application data structure by embedding a multiphysics model data structure into an initial application data structure, allowing users to define new window forms, select application features, and link widgets to command sequences, thereby enabling customized modeling of physical systems through graphical user interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users directly create and modify application data structures without guidance, then the system maintains flexibility and customization capability, but the complexity of operation increases significantly requiring extensive knowledge of PDEs and multiphysics modeling
Solution Approach 1:
An application builder wizard is introduced as an intermediary between the user and the complex application data structure creation process. The wizard guides users through a series of dialog boxes where they can select physics interfaces, study types, and other parameters without needing to understand the underlying PDEs or data structure complexity. This mediator translates user-friendly selections into the complex configuration required for multiphysics modeling.
Solution Approach 2:
The application creation process is divided into multiple discrete steps presented through sequential dialog boxes in the wizard. Each dialog box handles a specific aspect of the configuration (e.g., selecting physics interface, choosing study type, configuring parameters), allowing users to focus on one decision at a time rather than overwhelming them with the entire complex data structure at once.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides extensive customization options for multiphysics modeling, then the adaptability and versatility of the system improve, but the user interface complexity and difficulty of use increase
Solution Approach 1:
The application builder wizard serves multiple functions within a single unified interface: it guides users through selecting physics interfaces, configuring study types, setting parameters, and generating application data structures. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate tools or complex direct manipulation into one cohesive guided process, maintaining versatility while improving ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The wizard acts as an intermediary that translates high-level user intentions into detailed configuration settings. Instead of exposing the full complexity of multiphysics modeling parameters and PDE configurations directly to users, the mediator (wizard) interprets user selections and automatically configures the appropriate technical parameters, thereby providing extensive customization capability through a simplified interface.
3Measurement precision
If users are required to have extensive knowledge of PDEs and multiphysics modeling to create applications, then the precision and accuracy of modeled physical systems improve, but the accessibility and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating the complex application data structures and configuring the multiphysics models based on user selections made through the wizard. The wizard retrieves pre-configured physics interfaces and study types from the system's internal libraries, automatically populating the data structure with appropriate PDE configurations, boundary conditions, and solver settings, thereby eliminating the need for users to manually specify these complex technical details while maintaining modeling accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and stores pre-configured physics interfaces, study types, and modeling templates in advance within its internal libraries. When users interact with the wizard, these pre-prepared configurations are automatically retrieved and applied, ensuring accurate PDE formulations and multiphysics coupling without requiring users to have expertise in deriving or configuring these models from scratch.
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AI summary
Systems and methods generate a modified application data structure that provides a customized modeling of physical systems in response to customized user inputs received via application feature(s) for new window form(s). The modified application data structure is generated from guided user inputs received through application builder wizard graphical user interface(s). The systems and methods include embedding a multiphysics model data structure in an initial application data structure and defining new window form(s). Window form data representing the defined new window forms is added to the initial application data structure. User-selectable application feature options are displayed in the application builder wizard graphical user interface(s) and application feature data is added to the initial application data structure to create a modified application data structure. The added application features can include data representing widget(s), form feature(s), and command sequence(s).