Simcenter Amesim nodes

A Simcenter Amesim node is any folder or directory which is used as the root of a storage area by:

• Submodel Editor for generic submodels,

• Simcenter Amesim for generic supercomponents,

• Component Customization for customized submodels and supercomponents.

Below is shown a typical structure of a Simcenter Amesim node.

The folders are used as follows:

Folder	Exists...	Purpose
submodels	always	Used to store details of submodels and supercomponents associated with the node.
Icons	only if a category has been created	Used to store category icons and icons of components stored in the category.
lib	only if a user creates it manually	The preferred place to store an archive library (.a or .lib).
data	only if a user creates it manually	The preferred place for any data files.
doc	always	The preferred place to store any documentation files such as HTML.

The files in the Simcenter Amesim node are as follows:

File	Exists...	Purpose
submodels.index	always	Used to associate submodels and supercomponents with icons.
AMEIcons	only if a category is created	Used to specify the files of the category associated with the node.
AME.make	only if created manually	Used to modify the behavior of the facility that creates or "makes" the executable of a Simcenter Amesim model.

Files in the Icons folder

Icons folder of Simcenter Amesim node files in

The .xbm files define the icons for categories. The .ico files define the icons for the components in the category, the icon description and the position and type of their ports.

Files and folders in the submodels folder

submodels folder of Simcenter Amesim node files in

• .spe files which specifies the characteristics of the submodel. These files are read by Simcenter Amesim and specify how the call is to be made to the submodel.

• .sub files which specify the contents of a supercomponent.

• .c or .f files which are the source code of the submodels.

• .o or .obj files which are the object code of the submodels created when the source is compiled. These are stored in a special sub-directory of submodels which depends on the compilation platform.

Files in the doc folder

This folder has the following structure:

Figure 509: The structure of a doc folder

The important point is that the html folder contains .html files for the submodels and supercomponents associated with the Simcenter Amesim node. The pdf folder contains the documentation of the library in PDF format.