What is Component Customization?

Before answering this question it is worth reviewing what you can do with each product of the Simcenter Amesim suite.

Simcenter Amesim

You build models by connecting together components either directly or using lines. In Submodel mode you attach mathematical descriptions to each component and line. These are either submodels or supercomponents. You can then change parameters, perform runs and analyze results.

You can also create your own supercomponents.

Simcenter Amesim Run

Simcenter Amesim Run

You cannot build models and supercomponents. But you can use models built with Simcenter Amesim; to change parameters, perform runs and analyze results.

Submodel Editor

Submodel Editor

You create your own submodels to use in Simcenter Amesim models.

The submodels you create in Submodel Editor and the supercomponents you create in Simcenter Amesim are described as generic generic objects . When submodels are of a very general nature, the number of parameters to set can be very large. This is even more true for supercomponents. To overcome this problem customized submodels and supercomponents were introduced.

Component Customization

In Component Customization you load generic objects (submodels or supercomponents) and then:

• fix and hide some parameters,

• rename other parameters and set new default values,

• link together two or more parameters with a global parameter having a scope limited to the customized object,

• hide some variables,

• retitle other variables and set new default values.

The result is a customized customized objects version of the generic object.