Changing parameters: possible cases

The form of the dialog box depends on the type of submodel/supercomponent that is associated with the component or line. There are 5 possibilities for a component:

• Generic submodel

• Customized submodel

• Generic supercomponents without global parameters

• Generic supercomponents with global parameters

• Customized supercomponent

For a line the only possibility is a generic submodel.

Changing parameters for generic submodels and customized supercomponents

You can think of customized supercomponents as "honorary" submodels. They behave just like generic submodels. It is not possible to explode or explore them. The designer of the customized supercomponent decides the parameters and variables you have access to, and these are what you see.

There are three possibilities (the Change Parameters dialog box, the contextual Parameters window, and the Watch parameters window).

These are described in Parameter access.

Changing customized submodel parameters

If you double-click on a component which is associated either with:

• a customized submodel, or,

• a generic submodel for which customized versions are available,

the Change Parameters dialog box will have an extra menu as shown in the figure below.

This menu enables you to change between the generic "parent" and the available customized versions of it.

Note

The value of the parameters that are common to the old and the new submodel are kept.

The Parameters pane and Watch view are the same as that for the generic submodel.

Figure 94: Available customized submodels menu

Changing parameters for a generic supercomponent without global parameters

Generic supercomponent changing parameters for a supercomponent without global parameters

If you double-click on a component associated with a generic supercomponent without any global parameter, you get a Change parameters dialog box. An example is shown in the figure below.

Figure 95: You can modify the parameters of a supercomponent

To continue, treat the contents as a system by selecting components and lines to examine and modify their parameters:

• double-click (to get the Change Parameters dialog box), or,

• click (to get the contextual Parameters window).

Changing parameters for a generic supercomponent with global parameters

Generic supercomponent changing parameters for a generic supercomponent with global parameters

This is intermediate between a generic supercomponent without global parameters and a customized supercomponent. The global parameters in question have a scope limited to the supercomponent.

When you double-click on it the supercomponent tab opens. This will display the global parameters.

Figure 96: A supercomponent global parameter

You can use Ctrl+click to open the Global Parameter Setup window in which you can modify the global parameter value.

Figure 97: Modifying a supercomponent global parameter

Consult the Supercomponent Facility manual for an example.