User Guide
The in-depth guide on how to use Anaqsim
Introduction
Anaqsim is an analytic element software for simulating groundwater flow. It uses subdomains as d...
Anaqsim Modeling Concepts
This section does not repeat details that are published elsewhere in books and articles, but inst...
User Interface
Overview
The user interface consists of one main menu plus three different tabs: Plot: for graphically ...
Plot Tab
The Plot tab shows the model inputs and results plotted in map view. This view is automatically ...
Data Tab
The data tab allows you to edit model inputs, plot inputs, and analysis inputs with a data grid c...
Log Tab
The Log tab holds the run log, which is an area that displays text output from the program. The ...
Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
You can access common menu items with keyboard shortcuts by pressing the key sequences as listed ...
General Modelling Sequence
Creating a model follows this general sequence: You can start a new model either right after s...
Menus
File Menu
This menu allows you to open and save input files and create files that are used for creating ini...
Edit Menu
This is like edit menus in most other Windows applications with Cut, Copy, and Paste menu choices...
Model Input Menu
General This item has only one line of input. The first item is checked if the model is steady-...
Plot Input Menu
Items under this menu control what appears in the plot created when you select Make Plot/Level......
Analysis Input Menu
Items under this menu allow you analyze the results of a simulation after the system of equations...
Solve and Cancel Solve
Solve Pressing Solve begins the process of solving the system of equations associated with your ...
Make Plot Menu
Selections here cause a plot to be generated. The view is automatically shifted to the map view ...
Analysis Menu
Under this menu there are many choices for analyzing a model after the system of equations has be...
License Menu
These are topics about your Anaqsim license - how to activate it and check its status. This sect...
Help
Pressing this opens this Anaqsim User Guide Windows help file. The User Guide gives and overview...
About Anaqsim
This causes the Anaqsim release number and the www.anaqsim.com web site URL to be presented in a ...
Plot View Options
This menu appears in the upper left below the main menu when you are in the plot view. It does no...
Computational details
Computational Limits and Efficiency
There are limits imposed by the amount of memory that a computer can address and these can limit ...
Parallel Processing
Starting with release 2023-1, parallel processing was implemented for determining the coefficient...
Automating Runs
In addition to running Anaqsim interactively through the graphic user interface, you can make aut...
Checks of Anaqsim
Anaqsim has been checked in many ways against exact analytic solutions and against numerical mode...
References
Fitts, C. R. (2002), Groundwater Science, Academic Press, San Diego. Fitts, C. R. (2004), Discre...