Displaying two or more Simcenter Amesim systems simultaneously

system displaying more than one

When you select an existing Simcenter Amesim system it is loaded and appears in the sketch area. You can load other existing systems or request new systems. As you do this, they appear in sketch area.

You can think of them as being in a stack with the last one selected being at the top of the stack. You can control how they are stacked using the Edit > View Edit menu menu:

Figure 42: Edit menu

You can select one of the systems and bring it to the top of the stack. You can display them all using the Cascade and Tile options.

For the current tutorial example:

Procedure

1. Start by loading the Quarter car system.

2. Next open a new system.

The Quarter car system will be located behind the new system.

3. Select the Edit > View > Tile option so that they are both displayed.

Figure 43: Display of two systems

Note Only one of the windows is "active". To make a particular window/system active click in it. Different systems can be in different Simcenter Amesim modes. One system can be in Sketch mode and the other in Parameter mode.

Results

The next stage in our example is to select the complete Quarter car system, copy and paste it to the other system. Make sure both systems are in Sketch mode.