Purge

Purge

Purge tool

This facility must be used when you want to remove some files which are not compulsory for a .ame file associated with a Simcenter Amesim system. They are files that can easily be recreated. This is very useful for example, when you want to send a big system to another user by e-mail. This can also be useful if you are going to package the files using File > Pack.

Selective purge

We recommend you perform the purge on a system that is closed because Simcenter Amesim will generate all the files again if you save the system.

1. To purge a .ame file, select the menu item File > Purge.

The following dialog box appears. Figure 26: Selective purge dialog box

2. Click on the Add button.

A file browser appears. Note You can select multiple .ame files, or entire folders to purge using Ctrl+click or Shift+click.

3. Select the .ame file(s) or folder(s) you want to purge and click on Open.

The selected .ame files or folders are added to the Purge tool: Figure 27: Purge dialog box

If you click the arrow symbol , the list of all the files currently associated with your model is displayed as in the following figure. Figure 28: List of the files associated with the model

The checkboxes allow you to select the files you want to remove.

4. Use the checkboxes to select the files you want to remove and then click Purge.

A confirmation message appears.

Note

If you do not select any files or folders in the list (deselect all the checkboxes), the size of the .ame file may nonetheless be reduced when you click Purge. This is because the purge will remove certain internal files (which will have no impact on the functioning of the model).

Recursive purge

Purge recursively

If you select the Purge recursively checkbox, the purge tool will search through all sub-directories, and collect all circuit files for purging:

Figure 29: Recursive purge

Active configuration

Active configuration

User configurations

On the Active configuration tab, you can use the different User configurations to quickly select different sets of files to purge.

Figure 30: Active configuration tab

Select one of the three configurations to help you make your selection:

• User configuration: Select the file types you wish to purge using the checkboxes.

• All files: Selects all the checkboxes to purge all files.

• Default (result files): Selects only result files for single, batch and experiment simulation runs.

Note

If you select User configuration User configuration , you can select the different checkboxes as you require. If you select All files All files or Default (result files) Default (result files) , you can modify the list of selected checkboxes, but the active configuration will automatically switch to User configuration.

If you select the Simcenter Amesim Run / executable files Simcenter Amesim Run/executable files

Purge
Simcenter Amesim Run / executable files
checkbox, the system executable file will be purged. This means it will no longer be possible to open the system in Simcenter Amesim Run:

Figure 31: System failure warning