Description of the submodel list dialog box

External Variables

External variables Displaying

Figure 436: The External Variables dialog box

The figure above shows a typical example. The information about outputs and inputs is useful in discovering why submodels can or cannot be connected together.

Also useful is the information displayed by the message in italics: For variables which have a direction associated with them, a positive sign is in the direction of the arrow.

This information describes the sign convention used by Simcenter Amesim for external variables.

Click Close to close the External Variables dialog box.

Help

The Help button displays a description of the highlighted submodel. This description is in HTML format and it appears in a separate window as shown below:

Figure 437: Displaying information on a submodel

View

See Assigning and removing a supercomponent to or from a component for a description of this function.

Unset

Submodel removing in Submodel mode

Figure 438: Removing a submodel

If the component is already associated with a submodel when it is selected, the dialog box produced is slightly different as shown in the previous figure. The header indicates the name of the submodel currently assigned to the component and the Unset button becomes available.

If you click on the Unset button, the current submodel is removed from the component. You will very rarely use this button. Normally you simply select another submodel and the removal of the current one is automatic. If you do this, Simcenter Amesim will attempt to copy the parameters of the old submodel to the new provided the checkbox labeled Copy parameters when submodel changes is selected.

There is one circumstance in which you do need to explicitly remove a component submodel. This is described in the next section.

Cancel

The Cancel button can be used to close the submodel list dialog box without setting any submodel.