The model parameters can be uploaded from an input file, keyed in from scratch, or built around the existing default model. The parameters are grouped into three categories i.e., Materials parameters, Process parameters, Solver settings

The part on materials parameters includes a built-in CALPHAD-type database that works for all pure elements and for around 60 alloy systems. All parameters are editable, and most have an explicit and comprehensible physical meaning.

After setting up the model and checking the parameter consistency, the simulation can be started and controlled easily via simple toolbar buttons.

In addition to the main simulations, PhasePot can be used to calculate and display phase diagrams and the related thermodynamic functions, as a part of consistency check of the input parameters. The screenshots below show examples of the corresponding output for three phases in the Fe-C system:

The simulation results, which can come in the form of 2D maps of field variables, profiles, or history graphs, are displayed at the prescribed time intervals whilst the program is running. They can also be saved into files, which can be uploaded and investigated later. The output data can include: the phase field, the orientation field, the temperature field, concentration fields, various thermal histories (including the DSC trace), profiles of field variables along a path, and the phase diagram.