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Using the Wizard to Create a Model

o use the Wizard to create a model, click on the Wizard button on the New Model form and then press the Ok button. The New Model Wizard form will be displayed. There are five steps to creating a model using this wizard. Each step can be moved to using the Next and Previous buttons.

To begin creating the model, press the Next button and the General Data form will be displayed. This form is used to enter the title, number of layers, maximum depth, Darcy Velocity, and Laplace Transform parameters. All of this data is explained in detail in the section on Editing a Model below.

After the General Data has been entered press the Ok button to continue. The Wizard will then take you to the next step, entering Layer Data.

To enter the layer data, press the Next button on the Wizard form. The Layer Data form will be displayed. This form is used to enter the data for each layer in the model. The data for each layer is described in detail in the section on Editing a Model below. After the layer data has been entered, press the Ok button to proceed to the next step on the Wizard form.

To enter the Boundary Conditions, press the Next button on the Wizard form.The Boundary Condition form will be displayed. This form is used to enter the data for the top and bottom boundary conditions. The boundary condition data is explained in detail in the section on Editing Models below. After the boundary conditions have been entered, press the Ok button.

The next step is to enter the Run parameters for the model, press the Next button on the Wizard form to display the Run Parameters form. This form is used to enter the depths and t times to calculate the concentrations. The parameters are described in detail in the section on Editing a Model below.

When the Run parameters have been entered press the Ok button to continue with the Wizard.

The last step is to enter any special features; such as, radioactive or biological decay, initial concentration profile, non-linear sorption, passive sink, or time-varying properties. To enter the data for one of these features check the box beside the feature. After the special features have been selected, press the Next button to enter the data for the features. For each special feature selected a form will be displayed to enter the data for that feature. The data for these features is described in detail in the section on Editing a Model below.

When all of the data for the model has been entered, press the Finish button on the Wizard form to create the model. The new model will then be displayed and can be edited as described in the section on Editing a Model below.

See Also

Creating a New Model

Creating a Blank Model

Creating a Primary Liner Landfill

Creating a Primary and Secondary Liner Landfill

Creating a Vertical Migration Model

Creating a Horizontal Migration Model