Main menu:
File
New Project (Ctrl-N)
Creates a new Frontier Project. Be sure you saved any important changes
made to the previous project before creating a new one.
Open Project (Ctrl-O)
Opens a window where the user can choose a project file
(*.prj) to load. Be sure you saved any important changes
made in the previous project before opening a new one.
Save Project (Ctrl-S)
Save the current project.
Save Project As (Ctrl-W)
Opens a window where the user can select a file name
for the current project.
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Import (Ctrl-I)
Depending on the current selection and on the active panel,
it is possible to import a Work Flow (*.spf) or
a design database (*.des or *.ddb).
Export (Ctrl-E)
Depending on the current selection and on the active panel,
it is possible to export a part of the Work Flow (*.spf),
a part of the design tables (*.des, *.ddb, *.xls)
and the RSM source code (in JAVA, FORTRAN and C).
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Print To File
Depending on the current selection and on the active panel, it is possible to print to file the Work Flow,
the design tables, the charts, the MCDM utility functions, the RSM functions. Many different formats are available:
Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps)
Adobe PDF (*.pdf)
PNG (*.png)
JPG (*.jpg)
Scalar Vector Graphics (*.svg)
HTML (*.html)
Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
Print (Ctrl-P)
Depending on the current selection and on the active panel, it is possible to print the Work Flow,
the design tables, the charts, the MCDM utility functions, the RSM functions.
Print Preview
Opens the Print Previewer for the current selection.
Print Options Opens the Print Options dialog.
Page Setup Opens the Page Setup dialog.
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Report
New Report Opens the Edit Report Dialog.
Edit Report Opens the Edit Report Dialog.
New Template Opens the Report Template Editor.
Edit Template Opens the Report Template Editor.
Auto Report Generates an automatic report in three different formats: pdf, rtf and html.
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Exit (Ctrl-Q)
Quits modeFRONTIERTM environment.
Edit
Undo (Ctrl-Z)
Undo the last Action.
Redo (Ctrl-Y)
Redo the last action the user undid.
Cut (Ctrl-X)
Cuts to the clipboard the object or data currently selected.
Same as copy plus the object selected is removed.
Copy (Ctrl-C)
Copies to the clipboard the object currently selected.
Paste (Ctrl-V)
Pastes from the clipboard the object currently stored.
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Select Various ways to perform a selection on objects.
Select All (Ctrl-A) Selects all objects (most useful in the Work Flow window or in the Design Space window).
Toggle Selection (Ctrl-T) Inverts the selection between the available objects and the selected objects.
Select Marked In the Design Space window, selects only the designs that have a check sign in the M column.
Select Unmarked In the Design Space window, selects only the designs that have not a check sign in the M column.
Select Unfeasible In the DOE and in the Design Space window, selects only the designs that do not respect at least one constraint.
Mark
Mark All Puts a check sign in the M column on the selected table, for all designs.
Unmark All Removes the check sign in the M column on the selected table, for all designs.
Toggle Mark Reverts the check sign in the M column on the selected table.
Mark Selected After having performed a selection (either manually or with the find command), it puts a check sign in the M column on the selected designs of the selected table.
Unmark Selected After having performed a selection (either manually or with the find command), it removes the check sign from the M column on the selected designs of the selected table.
Mark Pareto Designs Puts a check sign in the M column on the designs space table, for all designs belonging to the Pareto frontier according to the following criteria:
Mark Virtual Designs Marks the Virtual designs.
Mark Unfeasible Designs Marks designs which break constraints.
Remove
Remove Duplicate Entries Removes from the selected table all repeated designs (i.e. all input variables having the same values).
Remove Error Designs Removes from the selected table all designs which brought the simulation to an error or that contain an invalid value (i.e. removes red rows).
Remove Virtual Designs Removes from the Design Space table all Virtual designs (i.e. removes blue rows).
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Find Shows a dialog window in which can be set the criteria to find a certain design among all others.
Font Size Allows to increase or decrease the font size by selecting between five different options:
Tiny
Small
Normal
Large
Huge
Project
Work Flow Brings to the Chapter 4, The Work Flow TabWork Flow window.
Run Logs Brings to the Section 8.2, "Run Logs Panel"Run Logs window.
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Run
Opens the Section 8.1, "Run Project Dialog"Run Project Dialog.
Stop
Stop all the running processes.
Refresh
Update and Refresh the log files, the tables and all the charts.
Assessment
Designs Space Used to access and work in the Design Space window only.
Open Design Table
DOE Table Open or bring to the front the DOE Table.
Designs Table Open or bring to the front the Designs Table.
Robust Table Open or bring to the front the Robust Designs Table.
Open DOE Panel Open or bring to the front the Chapter 6, Design of Experiments (DOE)DOE Algorithms Panel.
Open MCDM Panel Open or bring to the front the Chapter 9, Design SpaceMulti Criteria Decision Making Panel.
Open RSM Panel Open or bring to the front the Section 9.4, "Response Surfaces Methodology (RSM)"Response Surface Methods Panel.
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Add Design Chart Used to create six different types of charts.
History Chart
Multi History Chart
Scatter Chart
Bubble Chart
Parallel Chart
Scatter 3D Chart
Add Statistics Chart Used to create four different types of statistics charts.
Frequency Chart
Student Chart
Correlation 3D Chart
Broken Constraints Chart
Add MCDM Chart Used to create charts for the utility functions.
MCDM Utility Chart
MCDM Rank Chart
Add RSM Chart Used to create four different types of charts for the Response surfaces.
RSM Coefficients Chart
RSM Residual Chart
RSM Distance Chart
RSM Explore Chart
Edit Properties Open the Edit Properties window used to set up the charts properties.
Help
Help Gives access to the on-line documentations in html format.
License Manager Gives access to the FLEXlm License Manager (WindowsTM olny).
About Frontier Goes to the modeFRONTIERTM welcome page.