Welcome to the User Interface video series.
This tutorial introduces how to import functions for use in the KeyIn Materials and KeyIn Boundary Conditions windows
in the GeoStudio product suite.
Functions that can be imported from other GeoStudio files include hydraulic conductivity functions,
volumetric water content functions, climate data and other functions required for boundary condition definition.
We will start with the VADOSE/W 2D Tutorial example file open.
We will go through some of the steps of recreating this example by using the import command.
There are three material types,
with the upper soil separated into two different hydraulic conductivity functions.
The only boundary condition that requires a function in this example
is the climate boundary condition.
We will open a new VADOSE/W file that already has been saved with the required time steps
and axes already drawn.
We will import the regions from the original VADOSE/W file first by going to File,
Import Regions...
A window automatically opens to allow you to change the problem coordinates
or problems scale so that the regions are within the extent of the drawing page.
Since the regions already fit within my current drawing page, I will simply click OK.
Next we will go into KeyIn Materials to define our materials.
The first material we will add is the waste material.
We will choose the simplified thermal material model and click on the ellipsis button beside the water content function drop down box.
We will click on the arrow beside the add button to show the options available for creating water content functions.
We will choose the import command and choose the original tutorial file where the functions are located.
Now we can choose a single function,
or hold down the control button on the keyboard to choose multiple functions,
or simply use the All or None buttons to highlight the functions we want to import.
I will choose all functions and click on import.
Now all of the water content functions from the original file have been added to the water content function list.
Next we will follow the same steps for the hydraulic conductivity functions.
Now the functions are available in the drop down menus for the water content and hydraulic conductivity functions
in the KeyIn Materials window
and we can create the materials as needed.
We will not recreate all materials at this time,
as we can also simply use the copy and paste method to add the materials to the Materials window.
For the copy and paste method, both VADOSE/W files need to be open.
First, I will go into the KeyIn Materials screen in the original VADOSE/W tutorial file
and highlight all the materials listed.
I will right click within the list window and choose copy.
Then, in the new VADOSE/W file, I can simply right click in the materials list window and choose paste.
Now all of the materials, including their functions, have been pasted into the KeyIn Materials window of my new file.
For the boundary conditions, a similar approach is used to import the functions required,
including the climate boundary condition.
We have now reached the end of this video tutorial.
Thank you for watching.