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Status Bar
The status bar, located at the bottom of HyperStudy, displays supplemental information about your study.

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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- HyperStudy Overview
  A multi-disciplinary design exploration, study and optimization software.
- User Interface
  Explore the user interface.
  - Menu Bar
    The menu bar contains pull-down menus that provide access to standard functions such as file management operations, system preferences, and help.
  - Ribbons
    The ribbon allows you to quickly access tools and standard functions, and is located along the top of the user interface. Click on an icon to open the related tool. Hovering over a group of icons may reveal additional tools.
  - Explorer
    The Explorer displays a hierarchical view of your study setup and approaches, and can be used to guide you through the study setup process.
  - Directory
    The Directory displays all of the files in the current study folder, that is the study in use in the Explorer.
  - Work Area
    The work area is where you define study models, input variables, output responses, and approach details, and post process results.
  - Message Log Window
    The Message Log window, located at the bottom of HyperStudy, logs warnings and errors encountered while you are conducting your investigation.
  - Status Bar
    The status bar, located at the bottom of HyperStudy, displays supplemental information about your study.
  - Set HyperStudy Preferences
    Configure the view of HyperStudy.
- Invoke HyperStudy
- Set HyperStudy Preferences
  Configure the view of HyperStudy.
- Common Use Cases for Setting Up a Study
  How you use HyperStudy depends on your model type, your simulation software and your design objectives among other factors. You can use HyperStudy as a standalone software or you can start it from another product.
- Common Use Cases for Selecting Approaches
  Once you have finished setting up your study, you will need to select one or more study approaches to find the answers to your study questions. The best combination of approaches and the best method to use for each approach depends on your application and objectives.
Tutorials
Discover HyperStudy functionality with interactive tutorials.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Perform Studies
A study is a self-contained project in which models, variables, output responses, and approaches are defined.
Learn the Approaches
Each approach in HyperStudy serves a different purpose in the design study.
Customize HyperStudy
Customize HyperStudy by registering solver scripts, functions, and optimizers, and defining user preferences files.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts used to access HyperStudy features.
Frequently Asked Questions
This section provides quick responses to typical and frequently asked questions regarding HyperStudy.

Status Bar

The status bar, located at the bottom of HyperStudy, displays supplemental information about your study.

The right-side of the status bar displays information about the step you are currently on.

Figure 1. Example: Status. The status reads, `/Beverage Can/Setup (Nominal Run, 1 Steps)/Evaluate` to indicate that you are currently in the Evaluate step of the Setup in the Beverage Can study and will be performing a nominal run.

The left-side of the status bar displays the number of errors and warnings in the current study.

Tip: View a detailed list of the warnings and errors by clicking the message in the status bar.