Category settings

Add category

Icons menu Add category

If you do not want to use a component icon from the available Simcenter Amesim libraries, you must create your own component icons and these must be stored in your own category icon. Category icons are the ones you see on the right-hand side of the Component Customization window.

The steps involved in creating a new category icon are the following:

Procedure

1. Select Modeling > Category Settings > Add category.

A browser appears.

2. Select a directory for your category and click on Select Folder.

3. Click on OK.If the selected directory is not in the Component Customization path list, the following dialog box is produced:

Figure 77: Adjusting the Path List.

Click Yes to update your path list. You will be asked for the category name and description.

Results

As soon as the description is validated, the Icon Designer appears. You can now create an icon for the new category and save it.

A complete description of the Icon Designer is given in the Features available in all modes section of the Simcenter Amesim Reference manual.

Figure 78: The Icon Designer

Remove category

Icons menu Remove category

To be able to remove a category

• there must be no component icons in this category and

• you must have write permission for the appropriate .xbm, .ico and AMEIcons files.

Procedure

1. Select Modeling > Category Settings > Remove category.

The Remove Category dialog box appears: Figure 79: Removing a Category.

2. Select the category you want to remove.

3. Check the box Remove icons file if you want to remove also the file of the icon (.xbm).

4. Click on OK.

Add component

Icons menu Add component

create a new component

First, create a new component:

Procedure

1. Select Modeling > Category Settings > Add component.

The dialog box shown below is displayed: Figure 80: Adding a New Component Icon.

2. Fill in the Name, Description and Parent category fields to give the necessary information on your new icon. The Parent category must be one of your own categories, you cannot add icons to standard Simcenter Amesim categories.

Then, specify an icon for the new component. There are 3 different ways of assigning an icon:

• Draw a new icon: click on the Draw icon button to produce the Icon Designer. Design the icon and set its ports: please refer to the Supercomponent Facility manual to learn how to create an icon and add ports to it. Finally click on the Save button of the Icon Designer dialog box.

• Load an icon from a file: a file browser allows you to load a bitmap from a file.

• Select an existing icon from another category: select the icon you want within a list of existing icons.

When you have designed the icon and set its fields properly, click on the OK button.