Obtaining parameter and variable names

API obtaining parameter and variable names

To obtain the name of a parameter or variable from an existing Simcenter Amesim system, right-click and select Copy parameter path or Copy variable path:

Figure 13: Copying the parameter path

Once you have selected either of these functions, you can paste the path into any text editor to display the result:

Figure 14: The parameter path

Here we can see the parameter path for the parameter named stiffmode on the springdamper01. In the code this will be used as follows when setting the parameters:

Copy

AMESetParameterValue('stiffmode@springdamper01', '1')

Note that in the case of a supercomponent, the path is as follows:

x@comp1.comp2