The Aspen Plus Main Window

The Aspen Plus main window (shown below) appears when you start Aspen Plus. From the menu bar, select Window and then select Workbook to get the display style shown below. Workbook mode is used in all the examples in this book.

The Process Flowsheet Window appears automatically along with the Aspen Plus menu bar, various toolbars, and the Model Library.

Aspen Plus displays context - dependent definitions and information

in the prompt area of the main window. Whenever you need

information about the currently highlighted item, refer to the

prompt area for guidance.

Help Button Next Button

Menu Bar

Toolbars

Process

Flowsheet

Select Mode

button

Model

Library

Prompt area

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Opening a File

Open a file for an Aspen Plus simulation by either:

1 Double-clicking the file in Windows.

2 Selecting the Open command from the File menu in Aspen

Plus.

In this section, use the Open command on the File menu to open a

partially completed Aspen Plus simulation stored in a backup file.

1 From the menu bar, select File.

The File menu appears:

2 From the File menu, select Open.

The Open dialog box appears. Your default working directory

appears in the Look in list.

3 Click.

To Display the File

Menu

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A list of folders appears in the Open dialog box:

By default, the Favorites list contains five folders that are provided

with Aspen Plus. The files in these folders are designed to assist in

creating suitable simulation models in Aspen Plus.

Note: Add folders to the Favorites list by navigating to the

appropriate folder and clicking.

4 Double-click the Examples folder.

5 From the files list, select flash.bkp and click Open.

6 From the Aspen Plus dialog box, click Yes to close the current

run before opening a new run.

7 If Aspen Plus prompts "Save changes to Simulation 1?", click

No.

While Aspen Plus opens the simulation model, the cursor shows

the busy symbol, to indicate that Aspen Plus is finishing an

operation. When the operation is complete, the cursor returns to the

arrow shape.

Note: You don’t have to close the current run before opening a

new run. If you click No in step 6, you will have two Aspen Plus

applications running at the same time, each with one open

simulation (Aspen Plus cannot open multiple simulations).

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