GeeWiz: Windows User Interface for SCALE


As part of development efforts to improve SCALE’s ease of use, a Windows user interface for SCALE users has been created. The SCALE Graphically Enhanced Editing Wizard (GeeWiz) serves as a user control center for execution of many SCALE automated sequences. GeeWiz provides input menus and context-sensitive help to guide users through the setup of their input. It includes a direct link to KENO3D to allow users to view the components of their geometry model as it is constructed. Once the input is complete, the user can click a button to run SCALE and another button to view the output. The KENO3D visualization tool interfaces directly with GeeWiz. GeeWiz is compatible with the following SCALE sequences:

  • CSAS/KENO V.a
  • CSAS6/KENO-VI
  • TSUNAMI-1D/XSDRNPM
  • TSUNAMI-3D/KENO V.a
  • STARBUCS/KENO V.a or KENO-VI
  • TRITON/KENO V.a or KENO-VI
  • SMORES/XSDRNPM

    • GeeWiz provides a simple user interface with toolbar buttons to access the primary functions of the program. The main toolbar has buttons that invoke a variety of commands and options, including create a new problem, open an input file, save an input file, execute SCALE, view output, view 2-D color geometry model plots (if plot data are entered), access online help, view the model in KENO3D, and plot results in Javapeño.


    The Geometry form (Fig. 1) in GeeWiz allows the user to easily navigate through the units that define the geometry model. This form includes all the options for specifying KENO V.a or KENO-VI geometry models. The user may view, create, and edit unit data in the geometry data block. The user may select a unit to edit by using the drop-down list displaying the unit number. Alternatively, the user may navigate through the units using the Next, Previous, First, and Last buttons. The Geometry Builder Toolbar includes buttons for creating geometric objects and defining regions within the model. The Geometry Builder includes a button for each KENO V.a or KENO-VI geometry type. Each geometry button invokes a dialog that allows the user to specify the geometric parameters and the modification data such as rotate, translate, and truncate

     


    The Arrays button presents a form for creating and modifying arrays to be used in the KENO geometry (Fig. 2). When an array is displayed and a “fill unit” is selected, the contents of selected cells in the array may be changed to the fill unit by using the Fill Tools Toolbar on the right side of the screen. The Hand tool enables the user to click on individual cells to fill them with the fill unit. The Line tool allows the user to drag the mouse across the cells to be filled. The Rectangle and Circle tools permit the user to drag the mouse to fill the array cells within a rectangle or circle. The Fill All button fills all cells in the displayed plane. The Move button shifts the array fill data horizontally and/or vertically. The Undo button cancels any changes made since the last fill tool was selected.

     


    The Plot Data button on the Forms Toolbar opens the Plot Data form, which assists the user in generating 2-D color plots of KENO geometry. The user can customize the plot by selecting colors for one or more of the materials plotted. The plots are generated in the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format and include a title and color legend. Once the plots are generated, the user can view them by clicking on the Plots button on the Main Toolbar, which opens the PNG plot files in a graphics viewer specified by the user.

    The KMART button on the Forms Toolbar opens the form to specify reaction types and nuclides for calculation of activities, fluxes, and fission production in the KMART postprocessor. KMART calculates these results globally or by group, integrated over the system volume or by unit volume. Activities for particular reaction types are requested by entering the desired nuclide identifier and the MT number corresponding to the reaction rate. KMART writes the results to an ASCII output file to allow the results to be plotted with KENO3D or Javapeño.


    Once the input is complete, the user can click the Run button to execute the problem in SCALE.

     

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