The Icon designer modes

The Ports mode

An icon port is where the component will connect to other components or to a line. Simcenter Amesim ports come in different types and each has its own special style.

To add a port to your icon, select it from the list on the left, and drag it onto the icon. The port will automatically snap to the edge of the icon and you can drag it to any point on the edge:

Figure 343: Dragging a port to the icon

You can use the alignment guide to position ports opposite one another:

Figure 344: Alignment guide

Once a port is positioned on your icon, you can use the Properties pane to adjust it. Here, you can adjust the following properties:

• Port position: edit the X and Y values to position your port precisely on the icon.

• Port label: enter a string in the Value field to label your port, and use the Visibility checkbox to define whether or not that label is displayed on the port.

The Icon mode

In Icon mode, you design the graphical appearance of your icon. You can set the label's opacity, grayscale, text string and position:

Figure 345: Icon mode

You can also import an image to your icon using the button. See Importing an image.

The following options are available to fully-configure your icon:

Icon	Function
	Cut, copy, paste, delete, delete all
	Undo and Redo
	Zoom in, zoom out, zoom to fit
	Import image
	Resize the canvas
	Open the Pen Width dialog box to set a pen width in pixels
	Convert the selection to a solid line Convert the selection to a dashed line Convert the selection to a dotted line
	Select a text object and click this button to open the Edit Text dialog box
	Select a text object and click this button to open the Select Font dialog box
	Select this icon to set the fill color for an object
	Select this icon to set the stroke color for an object
	Rotate right, rotate left, rotate for the currently-selected graphical object
	Flip the currently-selected object horizontally or vertically
	Select this icon to open the Scale dialog box where you can adjust the horizontal and vertical scale for an object
	Select these icons to adjust the position of objects relative to other objects
	Group and ungroup the currently-selected objects
	Toggle the grid on and off
	Toggle the snap-to-grid function on and off
	Sketch tool
	Insert a rectangle
	Insert an ellipse
	Insert a line
	Insert text

Manipulating objects

When you place an object in the sketch (shapes, images...), you can manipulate resize and manipulate them through a double-click. When you do this, handles are displayed at the corners of the selected object:

Figure 346: Handles

When handles are displayed, each click on the object toggles between the two modes, rotate or scale . Dragging these handles allows you to resize or rotate and/or skew an object. If you press the Ctrl key while using the handles, the object's aspect ratio is maintained.

Importing an image

Click the button to select an image stored on your machine. When you import an SVG image to the sketch, you can select it and use the Ungroup icon to disassemble the image so that you can modify individual elements of it.

Note

The SVG import feature of the Icon Designer only supports Tiny svg 1.2. Please note that some elements specified in Tiny svg 1.2 cannot be directly created within the Icon Designer.