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1. Open a new project
2. Start in Generic Data by defining a Coastline, a Cross-shore profile (a slope, spatially varying bathymetry is optional) and tidal characteristics.
3. If required, define breakwater structures.
4. Open the Flowfields tool.
5. Choose a grid resolution and click on the draw "Draw grid outline" button (). Now, drag a grid extent on the map, while keeping your left mouse button pressed.:
   
6. Press the (Image Removed"Rotate/move grid outline (Image Added) button to move and rotate your domain.
   1. Hold CTRL to rotate your the grid , outline. the blue box indicates the grid extent, while the arrow indicates the offshore direction.
   2. Hold SHIFT to move your the grid outline, the blue box indicates the grid extent.
7. The type of boundary conditions model boundaries can be set within this sectionin the section 'boundary conditions'. You can choose from the following types of boundaries:
   1. Water levels, defined on the offshore boundary
      These are defined by the tidal components from in generic data
   2. Currents, defined on the lateral boundaries
      These are defined by the max. horizontal tidal velocities from generic data
8. Press the delete button to delete the coastlines from the map.
9. A spin-up time can be defined (HH:MM:SS format) after which the model will show output on the map
10. By pressing the PLAY button <BUTTON>, the simulation is started.
11. After completing the spin-up period, the model will indicate the water levels and flow velocities.
12. The plotted variables can be changed in the section Visualization
13. During the simulation, any breakwater (point) can be moved around by clicking on <BUTTON>
    1. The interactive flowfields will automatically update
    2. Note that you can also save your breakwater changes to the generic data (for use in other tools), by pressing the button "Set temporary structures to structures"
14. You can interact with the model progress:
    1. Click <BUTTON> to pause
    2. Click <BUTTON> to start/resume
    3. Click <BUTTON> to stop the simulation
    4. Click <BUTTON> to compute a single timestep

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