Common parameters

Common parameters

This facility is used to assign identical parameters to selected components. It can also be used to check that a given parameter has the same value in all the selected components and lines. In some Simcenter Amesim Run libraries, this facility is essential. An example is the Hydraulic library where most submodels have an integer parameter whose title is index of hydraulic fluid. By using common parameters all (or a subset of these) can be changed in one operation.

Assigning common parameters

Procedure

1. Select a group of components and lines (at least two).

2. Select Configure > Common parameters.

Results

You get a list of parameters. Each title in the list occurs in at least two submodels. These are the common parameters. The values of all the common parameters are also displayed. Note that three question marks appear (???) when different values are set to a given common parameter in different components.

See the Common Parameters dialog box below:

Remember that the name "common" means the parameter appears in at least two submodels.

Note

• If you set a new value in the Common Parameters dialog box, all the selected components which contain the modified parameter will be updated accordingly after clicking on the OK button.

• You can reset the title of a common parameter and if you do, the title will be copied to all the original submodels which have the old title.

• Min. Value and Max. value are constructed with the most restrictive range. Hence if one submodel has an integer parameter with minimum 0 and maximum 10 and another with minimum 1 and maximum 20, the Common Parameters dialog box will show a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10.