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The Bramble home page, showing the sidebar, the header and the Updates tab

The Bramble app has four areas: the sidebar on the left, the header along the top, the footer along the bottom, and the main content area between them.

The sidebar lists every page, in four groups.

Simulation Admin

Page Path Use it to
Programmes /programmes Create, edit and select Programmes
Projects /projects Create and select Projects in the selected Programme
Runs /runs Create Runs and open them to configure, launch and monitor Attitudes
Queues /queues See jobs queued for, or running on, the HPC queues

See project organisation.

Visualisation & Data

Page Path Use it to
Results /results See forces and coefficients, configure table views, and open the postpro viewer
Mappings /mappings Build surrogate models (e.g. kriging) from the results of several Attitudes
Reports /reports Create and review custom reports
Mind Maps /mind-maps (Beta) Lay out a Project's Runs as a mind map, with results for each

See results and post-processing.

Setup & CAD

Page Path Use it to
Template Cases /template-cases Upload and edit Template Cases
Maps /maps Define the Attitudes (test conditions) for Runs
Kinematic Setups /kinematics Define default parameters, coordinate systems and moving Parts
Assemblies /assemblies Group Parts into Assemblies and view them in 3D
Parts /parts Upload geometry, and transform or deform Parts
Postpro Settings /postpro-settings Configure the images and movies generated by post-processing

See geometry and simulation configuration.

File Exchange

Page Path Use it to
File Exchange Area /file-exchange Exchange files securely with the Bramble team

Not seeing a page?

  • Restricted Users don't see Queues or the Setup & CAD group.
  • File Exchange is hidden by default. To show it, untick Hide the File Exchange Area in your user settings. See use the File Exchange Area.
  • Template Cases, Maps and Kinematic Setups, and the Run CFD Setup and PostPro Setup tabs, are hidden if the user setting to hide CFD setup is on.

From left to right:

Sidebar toggle. Collapses the sidebar to give pages more room, or expands it again.

Programme and Project selectors. Two dropdowns showing the selected Programme and Project. Most pages show data for the current selection only. Switch here without leaving the page you're on. Pages such as Projects, Runs and Results need a Programme (and Project) selected first.

Theme. Switch between Auto, Light and Dark.

Top Up Account. Only for Accounts that pay by card. Opens the payment page.

Tasks. Tasks assigned to you by other Users in your Account.

Notifications (bell). Two tabs: - Latest Updates: status updates from the Runs you're subscribed to. - Tasks: your tasks.

Uploads (cloud). The progress of recent geometry uploads. Uploads carry on in the background while you use other pages.

Refresh. Reloads the data shown on the page.

Connection status. Shows whether the app has a live connection to Bramble for real-time updates.

Settings (cog). User settings, and Account settings and User Management for Account admins. See users and accounts.

User menu (your name). Choose these from it: - Account: switch Account, if you belong to more than one - the billing pages that apply to your Account: Credits, Payments, Core Hours Usage or Meancalc Usage - Logout

Home page

The home page (/, or click the Bramble logo) has two tabs:

  • Updates: the latest status updates from the Programmes and Projects you're subscribed to. Check Updates sets how often the list refreshes, and Clear Updates empties it. If you aren't subscribed to anything, the tab says so.
  • Queues: a summary of the HPC queues, like the Queues page.
  • Terms of use: opens the terms you agreed to when you started using Bramble.
  • Notifications: reopens Bramble's site notices, such as maintenance announcements.
  • Version (bottom right), e.g. Bramble Bluebell v2026.08.3: the version of the app you're using. Include it when you report a problem to support@bramblecfd.com.