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Starting TOP-Energy

Starting TOP-Energy

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Starting TOP-Energy

After installing TOP-Energy, you will find a shortcut on your desktop.

Start TOP-Energy using this shortcut:

When the program is started, the following dialog box appears.

Here you get the following options:

  •  Open project: dialogue for opening saved projects
  •  New projects: Variant with simulation (recommended) or Only simulation (create a new project with the selected, still empty, nodes in the Project explorer)
  •  Help: Open the introductory articles Getting started or the complete overview of the online Documentation in the browser
  •  Recently opened projects: list of recent projects (number adjustable)
  •  Examples: Open projects to demonstrate basic functions. The projects named Tutorials are presented in the documentation.

To start a new project, select Variant with simulation in the start dialogue.

Project Explorer

In the top left window called Project explorer, the project tree is built up during the creation of an energy system. You start with an project node as root node of a project. You can rename this node by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename. If your Windows system uses a language with non-Latin characters use a keyboard setting for Latin letters, e.g., English or German.

A project tree consists of nodes representing different modules and components.

Click on the plus symbol to open the next lower level in the project tree.

At the beginning below the project node, the project tree contains the Component Library  filled with the material models (MM)  and the still empty ETA project Time Series Container (see following figure).

The Component Library is filled with the required components during the course of a project.

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