Activity variables and customized supercomponents

Activity variables

Following the steps in the previous section the status of all activity variables are hidden. For this reason you will not have access to these variables in Simcenter Amesim regardless of the state of the Activity index calculations check box in the Run Parameters dialog box.

We will now reintroduce these activity variables.

Procedure

1. In Component Customization uncheck the hidden box for all activity variables. You will then get the following Simulation mode preview.

Figure 63: Simulation mode preview

Actually since there is no friction in the MAS005 submodels and no possibility of adding friction in Simcenter Amesim, these two particular activities will always be zero and hence can be hidden.

2. Take each activity variable in turn and remove the unwanted prefix and adjust the titles to make them unique. Below are some suggestions.

Figure 64: You can remove unwanted prefixes

3. Save the customized supercomponent and load the revised version into Simcenter Amesim.

4. Enable Activity index calculations and do a run.

5. Use Analysis > Activity index to produce an Activity Index List dialog box.

Figure 65: Activity Index List dialog box