Features available in Submodel mode

Submodel selecting

Submodel mode features

Entering Submodel mode

• Before you can enter Submodel mode from Sketch mode, all components and lines must be connected. It is not possible to enter Submodel mode if this condition is not met.

• When a new system is built and you enter Submodel mode for the first time, some submodels are set automatically for some components and lines. A submodel is automatically assigned to a given component or line if:

there is only one submodel available for it, and this submodel is compatible with its adjoining component or line submodels, or,

there is more than one submodel available for it, but only one is compatible with its neighboring submodels.

In the case of a line, the submodel associated with it will probably be the DIRECT submodel. The DIRECT submodel is the simplest possible line submodel: the two ports connected by the line behave as if they were directly connected together.

• No submodel is automatically assigned to a given component or line if there is more than one submodel available and compatible with its neighboring submodels. In this situation, the user must manually select a submodel for this component or line from a list of suitable submodels. Components and lines which do not (yet) have submodels associated with them have reverse video appearance: the foreground and background colors are interchanged:

In this example, the two components in the middle (a 2-port mass and a spring) each have two or more possible submodels available, and are therefore displayed in reverse video when you switch to Submodel mode.

• All components and lines must be associated with submodels before entering Parameter mode. Note There is a special button labeled Premier submodel Premier submodel button in Submodel mode.

The Categories disappear when entering Submodel mode since they cannot be used anymore.